WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT ?

First of all, let me explain my blog title:
Raleigh - INSIDE&OUT.

If you were born in the old Rex Hospital in the early 50's like I was, you weren't born INSIDE the Beltline. You were just born and lived IN Raleigh. Period.

It wasn't until the early 80's, when the Cliff Benson Beltline was finished that homes and their residents and pets were assigned the titles "Born Inside The Beltline" or "All Those Other People," otherwise known as "Outside The Beltline."

As a result, at the ripe old age of 30-something, I became an Inside The Beltliner through no fault of my own except being born to parents that owned a home on St. Mary's Street.

So, now let me explain what you'll be doing here. You will be following my journey, through sketching and lettering, while I meander Inside and Outside the Beltline.

I'm new at this, so I hope I either give you inspiration to try your hand at it as well, a boost to your ego because you've found someone who's not as good as you are (yet), or at least a good laugh!

In any case, come with me. Be my passenger. And let's enjoy this journey together!!

Monday, July 25, 2011

The Summer House - Lewis, Delaware



I really like this little journaling spiral book. It is a Canson Montval field Watercolor Book, 140 lb. Cold Press, 7x10. Just the right size to tote with you on an excursion. This little treasure will probably go with me to Cancun.

This is my simple rendition of the Summer Home us girls stayed in for almost a week last October. At this point I was unsure of my sketching abilities (still am), but penciled the drawing and put in a hint of color at that point. Yesterday and today I added more color until I was okay with it and also added the text, both written and computer generated.

I have several watercolor sets to choose from on my desk. I am not taking out my huge palette that I bought to take a watercolor class! Why do I want to save those for something really important? I should probably go ahead and use it. Why wait?

I'm not super gaga over this sketch, but I like remembering the house.

(I have tried everything I know to make this image come out so that you do not have to lay your head sideways to see it, but c'est la vie!)
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