May 2015 – Joyful Ploys

May days…

May 21, 2015May 21, 2015MaryLeave a comment

I haven’t posted anything since the beginning of this month. I’ve had a birthday and other fun things have come and gone and we still have another week in the month…so, bring it on May 🙂

I tried to do a painting ala Diane Culhane but this just isn’t working. I will probably end up painting over it…I’ll see if it can be saved.

A peek in my sketchbook:

I also completed another mini watercolor book:

Check out this blog. Lots of different artists to check out there. Have a good weekend!

doodles and more scribbles…

May 2, 2015MaryLeave a comment

I just finished a two week class with Diane Culhane. I know I said I wasn’t taking anymore online classes 🙂 Diane’s class is from Silly U sponsored by Carla and Steve Sonheim.

I also noticed that Carla posted about a new challenge on Instagram. She choose cats for her challenge. I don’t have Instagram but those of you who do may want to check it out. To find out more about the project go here.

The class with Diane was about making art with doodles. I found that I have a problem doodling on demand. We made tiny little watercolor books and doodled in them. Here are some of my doodling efforts from the class: