Painting at Susanne's

In the Kitchen

3.25" x 5.25

Watercolor

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Susanne is off showing her friend around Israel, 

so I get to use her place to paint this week.  Nice friend, huh?

Tiny watercolor sketch to leave behind.

Cafe Shefer in Tel Aviv

Cafe Shefer

8" x 9"

Watercolor

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If I stand on the top floor of my apartment and look across the street, 

this is the view I often see.

 This cozy cafe greets me every time I walk out the door, 

but this view is always fun because I can watch, unseen.

I especially enjoy this cafe in the evening 

because the tapping of spoons stirring coffee rise up 

and sound like delicate wind chimes.

Tel Aviv: 29th World Wide SketchCrawl

Our corner of the world participated in today's World Wide Sketch Crawl.

Below see photos and drawings from Nachalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv this morning.
Creating a community of friends passionate about drawing around the world.
Click Link to see  Tel Aviv on Worldwide SketchCrawl
and other cities and countries

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Susanne's work below

Leon's work next

Ida's drawings

Miriam's drawing:

and Lola's

Wendy's drawings below...

Renate's drawing

and what happened to Jane's???

Harriet's work

and below are mine.  

Except, really, this photo was not taken today...

it was taken by a friend when we were in Venice this summer.  

If she had shown up today, I would given her credit for the photo ;-) xo

and some more photos of us enjoying the sea breezes, drawing and making new friends.

Women in my life

#2 & #4 B pencils in sketchbook  21.5x 28 cm

This little project started because I was trying to do a Karin Jurick project and wanted to put some different sorts of faces on the manikin heads. 

As I was looking through my photos I started thinking about the women that make up my life these days.  What started out as a few quick sketches became a drawing project that took up all the time I had allotted to finishing the initial project, so I most likely won't get that done this time.  

This was really good practice with a lot of different sorts of faces and it made me feel good to think about each woman as I was sketching her.

funny drawing, huh?

black ink in sketchbook

I know it looks like a doodle, but really it is a drawing from a pond. I also tried a watercolor that was so bad I wouldn't dream of putting it here! The part of this that you cannot see is the wonderful sounds and smells and lushness of this little pond, so seemingly  out of place in my world.  

On the other side of the globe is a marvelously talented and tireless artist who sent me to this pond on my side of the globe.  The pond belongs to her sister, who is also an artist, who also lives in Israel and also loves watercolor. This sister invited me into her wonderful garden to paint and draw with her today.  Beautiful and fun. Can't beat that combination!  Thank you Myrna!

Khayalot on the Way Home

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Transparent Watercolor 20x26 cm

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 This is how I saw 2 soldiers on the train on their way home for the weekend.  I love the affectionate way of people here  -  the natural coziness, being comfortable with being close  - both physically and personally. It is especially endearing between soldiers, classmates and the elderly.

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This watercolor was painted from the sketch which I made into a value study last week and was inspired by Karin's challenge entitled Work Boots. 

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Usually, I don't like to talk about the process of painting, but I have to say - 

I learned so much while painting this, that it felt as though I had taken a class when I was finished.  While it may be overworked and the colors may not be what I had envisioned, this painting will change the way I approach my next work.

Khayalot Drawing

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#2 Pencil 20x26 cm (value study for a painting)

Soldiers on the way home for the weekend.