Coffee Time

Artist Bob Burridge has a weekly newsletter/video called Bob Blasts that I have been following for awhile.  When the latest Fall in Love With Journaling Prompt was Tea Time/Coffee Break, I decided to try to emulate his coffee cup series using watercolors.

First, I did just one cup in a small 5.5" x 8.5" Strathmore Mixed Media journal.

 Then, in my 9 x 12 Strathmore Visual watercolor journal, I did another and added some text on card stock.

 Finally, I did a double page spread in my Canson 7" x 10" Mixed Media journal.  

I think I like the first one best.  Bob recommends working in a series and painting very loosely.  He is fun to watch on the videos.  By the way, he sells his coffee cup paintings (9" x 12" acrylic on paper) for $195 each!

The Smell of Chocolate

The latest journal prompt from the Fall In Love With Art Journaling Challenge was "Do You Smell That?"

I immediately thought of the delicious aroma of chocolate that hits you upon entering Norman Love's Chocolate Shop in Ft. Myers, Florida.  I painted some of his jewel-like candies with watercolor for my journal page.

I loved that place.  It appealed to all my senses...well, maybe not Touch!  Do you see the sign in front of the chocolate bouquet?

 Love me some chocolate!

I just found out that there are two chocolate shops in downtown Raleigh.  Field Trip!

Fall in Love With Art Journaling Fall Challenge

I never finished the thirty journal pages in the last challenge, but the newest one has started up on Facebook:  Fall in Love With Art Journaling Fall Challenge.  You can sign up by following the link.

The first challenge was to use initials or monograms.  I did a simple watercolor wash, some letters with black marker, and some doodles around the edges with gel pens.  Good type of work for watching college football games.

Here is a little beach scene I did on a 4" x 6" card. 

There was another rocket launch from Cape Canaveral on Friday morning at 6:28.  This time we were still at my brother's house before leaving for Sarasota.  In the picture below you can see the sun rising over Fort Myers, and the white clouds are the vapor trail from the rocket. Very cool!

Our beautiful weather continues here in southwestern Florida, while most of the east coast is swamped with rain from Hurricane Joaquin.  Thank goodness there was no direct hit, but there is a lot of flooding in the Carolinas.  More rain is coming their way.  Hope the sun comes back out soon for them.