Found this one the other day in an older Moly. It’s always been one of my favorites, especially since the last time I drove by this place it had been remodeled and had lost all its old-time charm. It has also been published in a couple of local calendars. It’s the front view of an old country store in Sierraville on Hwy. 49. Sometimes when I’d drive by there’d be a group of older men sitting there chatting or playing checkers in the shade of the old porch.
This sweet little flower, no more than 4 inches high, grows in absolutely dry hot places and along the edges of some of our roadsides. As the blossoms die they turn a bright orange.
watercolor sketch
We are having thunderstorms today, although so far no rain, but it smells like it might rain. I hope so because otherwise we’ll have lots of forest fires. Anyhow, because of the thunderstorm I took a sample of each flower and did this painting at home. The scan does not show the color of the paper very well because it’s actually a very pale yellow on which the blue stands out really well. These are pussypaws and blue penstemon, and I was at a place today where they actually grow together like this and make one heck of a colorful summer show.
Moleskine sketch and the final illustration for the newspaper. Watercolor.
Lady Gaga is such an inspiration, for me at least. The camera does no justice for the colors. Watercolor.
“Bushman Rock Paintings”
Ancient Bushman paintings like these can be seen in many parts of South Africa, especially in the Drakensberg mountains. The Bushmen, or San, are thought to have been the first modern human inhabitants of Southern Africa. Only a few thousand survive today, living mostly in the desert regions. Their art tells of their ancient lives, with particular emphasis on hunting and the animals around them.
The Bushmen are a hunting and gathering people of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa. There are many interesting aspects of their culture, but their connection with the natural world is mostly expressed through their rock art and healing/trance dances. The healing dances and the Bushmen’s rock art are both central to the Bushmen’s way of life, and through them we can learn a lot about their lives.
Watercolour done in my Moleskine Watercolour Sketch-book – 8″ x 5″
Un bimbo mi osserva mentre tento inutilmente di disegnare le piroghe che scorrono sul Canal di Mozambico. Eccolo…
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