http://www.saramathewson.com Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:16:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I haven''t been on here much lately, but that is mainly because I have been sick and haven't been able to paint and so haven't had much to post.  Plus, Chris has the camera and is gone.  But, he will return late tomorrow--yay! I seem to have some ongoing ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/23/sick/ I have no pictures to show. Inspired by the "Sunflower on Canvas", I'm working on larger sunflower painting using a full sheet of water color paper. I won't be able to show this work until Chris gets back around the 25th. I wrote a poem today which sums ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/15/possibilities/ I have had this 12"x12" watercolor canvas sitting around and I thought I would do a tulip painting on it, but when I was looking through my flower photos I came across some sunflowers and one just about jumped out at me. The photo is one I took when ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/09/sunflower-on-canvas/ The other day I started on a new piece. I was looking through some papers I have thinking that I may do a collage. I found a piece of white paper that has a fan like design. I don't remember the names of these art papers, but this ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/ Last week was mostly a wash as far as my getting anything finished in the studio. I did finally finish a watercolor yesterday, but can't post the pic yet as it is a present for my daughter and she reads this blog:) I've been reading a lot about perspective lately ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/01/that-darn-perspective-and-other-art-related-stuff/ I know this is an art blog so I will make this non art post short.  Yesterday Chris and I went to IHOP for breakfast. (Love the Swedish crepes with lingenberries).  We are sitting talking and drinking coffee.  They seat an elderly man in a booth right next to ours.  ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/01/chris-is-my-hero/ Sunday morning found Chris and I in the car heading south to El Paso. Our destination; the Franklin Mountains. We had been told that there was usually a great display of poppies there in the Spring. We missed the little festival that they had the weekend before ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/25/the-elusive-poppy/ Back in January of 2003, Chris and I took a our first trip to Arizona together. We drove my Expedition(I no longer own it), and we camped in it. First we visited my brother and sister in law in Colorado and then we went down through New Mexico ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/24/the-chiricahua-mountains/ Well, it has been so long since I posted a painting that I've done, today I have three! Now, they aren't brilliant masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination. No, one is downright ugly and one is so-so, and one is ok. hehehe Here is the ugly one: What in the world ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/15/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/ I didn't get much done again today. I did make a couple of charts of colors from 2 sets of watercolors I have. I hadn't used either of them in a long time, and wanted to see what the colors were like. the first set I did ... http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/14/post-from-31308-stephs-b-day/