Day Two with UnPlain Jane

Since I know I will be drawing lots of flowers

 from my gardens at home when our class ends,

I wanted to take advantage of some of the neat found objects at

Random Arts.

Above is a drawer pull.

I loved it

Jane LaFazio was able to help me 'see' it more clearly,

and she suggested the method for drawing the screw.

This is a second funky drawer pull

that Jane Powell has at Random Arts.

I'm still painting it - it needs its shadow and some darker shading.

After lunch, Jane LaFazio discussed stylizing

and we were encouraged to stylize something from our morning drawing.

I found that very challenging, 

mainly due to the pieces I had chosen to draw.

You can see a couple of my ideas above the brown drawer pull

on my sketchbook page.

I refined those two sketches

and used this one:

Then we carved stamps using our stylized images.

 a page covered with my stamp:

I love how it turned out!

Our downstairs neighbor at the B&B was a guitar picker.

Every morning and evening

he would sit out on his deck,

below ours,

strumming lovely little tunes.

It was a treat!

Even though the heat has been a challenge,

we have enjoyed a lovely three days of classes

and meeting new friends

in Saluda, NC.

peace