..still out here on the West Coast and just loving life.  I didn’t really sit down and do any drawing in San Diego, but take a minute this morning and draw a little something, working within a circle format.  I think I may do five more of these, I like the confines of a circle, like it is containing the drawing- a little visual tension.  And I think we all know I will be breaking out of the circle in later drawings, but for now it is nice to have a boundary for the drawing to ‘live’ in.  Today, heading out to the Sawdust Arts Festival in Laguna Beach…ready for some inspiration from the local artists....special thanks to Lauren and Ryan for being such awesome hosts, and planning this amazing day!

Somewhere up in the sky I did manage to make a little art, at least one drawing.  Whew- talk about cramped working conditions!  Thankfully, I am left-handed so the only person I bothered was John, and he was willing to endure the occasional elbow jab in the name of art.

I added some watercolor to today’s drawing, so this was new.  For the CA trip I also scaled down the size of the work, leaving my 18x24 watercolor pad at home on the table in favor of a smaller Bristol Board pad, I think it is 9x12?  Too lazy to go check in my bag right now (still getting used to the time difference, 3:25 back home= 12:25 here in San Diego) Back to the paper…I really do like working on Bristol board, or a smooth watercolor.  I like to feel like I have the option to switch from drawing media to painting/collage and the paper can take it.  So this lil’ pad of Bristol should help me to capture some of the inspiration I feel when we come out to the west coast.