Well, I try… I thought it would make for a smile, anyway!

Thank you for keeping in touch, too!

I do think it is difficult to “find your groove” when you are traveling. The small canvases are a very good idea for creating a kind of “art pack”. Sometimes you just have to put some paint down. Maybe not for any other reason than just to keep things going or play with paint. For me holding a brush is far different from holding a pencil…and the feeling of the paint is far different. Sometimes you just gotta do it!

This is funny…you are right!

Will you be in Singapore long? Be safe in your travels, too!

Thanks

I bought the small canvasses because I had the idea at home to take them with me on my travels. To make a box for in my suitcase and kind a like you are doing on your bed. I also bought small aquarel paper and brought my pencils along, but I can"t seem to find the rest to create something…… I haver started a little mandala but I miss my usual stuff and indeed THE WHITE! I should have bought that, you never can have too much of that!

We are bought blogging and commenting from hotelrooms, so funny.
You drive home safely Kim!
greetings>M<

things have really been crazy around here lately, but maybe I can get back to some reasonableness for a month or so soon.

I am glad you like the photos…hopefully, if I can get online later today, I will have one last post from Vermont to share!

Thanks for stopping by to see what was up here. I need to do better making my blog rounds!

Have a Great Weekend!

Okay, so those reds are literally Alizarine Crimson and Titanate Yellow with a touch of Titanium White…will that help out any?

Now about our route…we didn’t take the one through NYC because that is just full of heavy, heavy traffic from where we live all the way through NY. So we went straight up through Maryland, Pennsylvania and just inside NY, we took a hard right and then a bit north into Vermont! It was a pleasant and easy trip…just a little long. We may take 2 days to go back, though…Jonathan needs to be here a little later in the day.

Thanks Les…

I really admire your determination to paint! I usually take felts and pens and pencils when I go away, but to actually paint canvases…well, that seems just too difficult! You go girl!

I loved the corally reds on the canvases, so I went out and tried to mix those colours in glass – it didnt work (. Never mind, I had fun trying.

Thanks, Shayla – I do love that place in Golden Bay – it has a real soul. Perhaps it’s mainly because it is so close to the ocean and the bush – whatever it is, it has magic.

Drive safely home – take all the time you can – we’d love to see more photos. We traced your route (or what we imagined) on the atlas – you go through so many interesting places.

Arohanui,

Lesley.

I think I have learned that although I have done a good deal of yoga, sitting cross-legged for a long time leaning forward is not a good thing. I am going to have to pace myself a bit better than I have done over the last few days. You are right, though, not doing art is not an option.

Thank you for catching up with me. It is always lovely to have you visit!

It is lovely to meet you, as well.

I am glad you enjoyed the interview I did with Lesley. That studio is really amazing, isn’t it? The views are amazing from there! This will tell you what it is like…she moved there from a house which was right on the beach!!! There are other interviews, too, if you like that kind of thing (links are to them all in the right hand column to this blog).

I loved visiting your blog and will be returning often…you share so much and I love that!

Thanks Shayla