Miscellaneous

 

I want to add a tree but maybe I should stop now.

I really hate this but will post it just so I remember what not to do.

This started with some twigs from my yard. Coated them with brown paint and slapped them against the paper to create branches. Too faint. Added leaves, flowers, and a bee.

Can't decide about this one. Awful or acceptable.

No painting, just flowers and leaves from my yard hammered onto paper to release the colors.

My girls.

City girl goes to day camp.

Brooklyn girls on ship in East River, Manhattan in background.

Learning to paint.

Pressed (actually hammered) flowers. Nature's paint.

Soap bubbles. Experiment.

Soap bubbles with starfish and fish. Not one of my favs.

Just soap bubbles. 

More pressed flowers. Odd but interesting colors.

Just dragonflies. 

 

One of many fails, but I give myself an A for effort

 Here is the original photo, found on this blog. 

Below is my attempt to re-create it. I am not, not, not fishing for compliments. It's very so-so but I'm not unhappy with it. Next time I'll make sure the horizon is horizontal and I may ditch the foreground shrubs/trees/etc. This blogger keeps posting photos that make me want to paint. 

More paintings

 From the talented Margo of San Francisco.

More of my efforts.