Lawn overlooking Ipswich Bay

Flew home to Massachusetts for a family reunion

Another day going over the Bay Bridge…and something keeps provoking me to draw about it.

When in doubt, draw the snack!

Palo Alto means Tall Tree, if I remember correctly, or maybe it’s just Big Tree. We spent the afternoon at the outdoor pool, and I had a little time to draw–right across the pool was this Palo Alto.

Finished late saturday night. Spent the day with good friends working on beading projects. Very fun. Then had a great date–a movie (Scoop, the new woody allen–entertaining) and a delicious dinner at the Metro.

This is a flash drive case that I have turned into the handiest, most lightweight gouache paint box (thanks for the idea, Liz!). Hooray! I love these M. Graham gouache colors–they are making me really excited to do my daily drawing.

My new gouache arrived–what a treat to go from trumped-up poster paints to the Real Deal. Hooray! At Liz’s suggestion I have taken a box that housed a flashdrive that came with BlogHer swag and used modelling clay to create a lightweight paintbox. It has a satisfying magnetic closure that makes a nice click. I’ll post a picture when the little blobs of paint dry.

The weather report for this week. It seems to apply to the mood of the house, as well.

can’t post the image tonight–blogger is misbehaving!

finally–the post went through!

Sat with Liz in the Presidio overlooking Baker Beach this afternoon and painted.