3-22-16 ~ Fish Sending You an Easter Kiss ~ Genie Robinson

"A photographer is like a cod, 

which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity."

~George Bernard Shaw

 My fish I completed in my art journal today. She's sending you all a kiss.

I used watercolors and watercolor pencils.

Pam’s Basket and a Lady Slipper ~ Genie Robinson ~ Flowers

"Knowledge is power..

   knowledge is safety...

knowledge is happiness."

~Thomas Jefferson

This pretty little basket was made for me some 30 years ago by our art teacher, Pam Tinsley, back when we taught together at Highland Belle Middle School.  I have used it over and over again through the years, and it is still in pristine condition. It is one of my favorite things in which to place fresh flowers.  I need to learn where to place my journal in order not to get all the noise in the photos. This one is full of it.

The yellow Lady’s Slipper was sketched using Dr. Oscar Gumption’s book Wildflowers of the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains. Dr. Gupton was a professor in the Department of Biology at Virginia Military Institute here in Lexington, VA. My son continues to be good friends with his son, Craig.

Daffodils ~ Genie Robinson ~ Flowers

Spring Is on Its Way ~ Daffodils

My favorite little flowers in spring are my daffodils. I have them in all shades of yellow and in all sizes. I’ll go out with my scissors to cut them to bring in the house, and then feel guilty for cutting them. This is my first attempt at trying to capture them on paper and to get the trumpet tops to look like they are above the petals. You can see where I did have some difficulty bleeding the colors, but I hope that will improve sooner than later.  The picture is done with watercolor pencils and light pencil sketching.