digital photography

  • Day 329 – Paper Cranes

    This afternoon I helped teach kids, and a few adults, how to make origami cranes, during the War Memorial’s Tree lighting event. My favorite part is the looks on their faces when I’d have them pull the wings out and… Continue reading

    Day 329 – Paper Cranes
  • 326 – Japanese Maple

    This morning on the way home from the bus stop I took pictures until my fingers were too cold to operate the touch screen. I spent quite a bit of that time on this beautiful Japanese Maple in the front… Continue reading

    326 – Japanese Maple
  • 323 – Foggy Morning

    This morning on the walk to the bus stop, my son and I enjoyed the morning fog. It makes for a magical experience when shared with a six year old. I love how many colors are captured in this one… Continue reading

    323 – Foggy Morning
  • Day 315

    Today I decided I needed to at least start another gouache painting, even though my asthma is still lingering. This evening I started to paint a landscape with birch trees. I am not using any reference photos for this so… Continue reading

    Day 315
  • Day 314

    Today’s artwork is a self portrait inspired by my rough day with asthma. It is based on a photograph series I photoshopped to represent the elements. This particular image was from my water photograph. I hope tomorrow is a better… Continue reading

    Day 314
  • Day 307

    Today was my last day this year dressing up for Halloween festivities. We had the pleasure of attending our friends’ Halloween party where they went all out on spooky decorations. I got this picture, and I loved the way the… Continue reading

    Day 307
  • Inktober Day 18

    I worked on my inktober sketch for a bit during this morning’s Zoom with June. I ordered a pack of velum sheets so I can make some stained glass coloring sheets for my youngest. I figured I’d give it a… Continue reading

    Inktober Day 18
  • Inktober day 10

    Today’s prompt for the Inktober challenge was Nomadic. After yesterday’s drawing of Aeryn Sun, I still had Farscape in mind when deciding we hat to sketch today. Moya and her fellow Leviathans are giant Space-whale living ships that travel the… Continue reading

    Inktober day 10
  • Inktober day 9

    So today’s Inktober prompt was ‘Sun’ and I couldn’t help but think of Aeryn Sun from Farscape. Peeking ahead at the prompt list, I predict more Farscape themed sketches this month. This morning was a beautiful day to take the… Continue reading

    Inktober day 9
  • Inktober day 8

    Today’s Inktober prompt was ‘hike.’ the obvious choice would be a person taking a hike, but as that is exactly what I did for the ‘Trek’ prompt on Sunday, I brainstormed some other options. I settled on the football snap… Continue reading

    Inktober day 8