Florence Turnour's Blog

Here are some drawings I did that I posted on Facebook, but not here. Sherman Gardens and Library Work in progress Seal Beach Pier Los Alamitos Bay Downtown Long Beach Downtown Long Beach Signal Hill Two views from the beach at Belmont Pier Gondola Getaway, Los Alamitos Bay Rancho Los Alamitos Thanks for looking!

I'm taking an on-line class from Jane LaFazio called Watercolor Sketchbook: Designs from Life . The first week was about flowers and creating a completed page. I started my drawings at El Dorado Nature Center for my first page. Here is the finished page, with designs added. I made some stencil designs from the yerba mansa shape, and made some gelli prints with them. I cut the shapes out of watercolor paper as well. I think I'm going to stitch it on as a flap to the page with the yerbamansa. I drew hibiscus flowers from my back yard for the second page. I also painted some day lilies, but I haven't finished the page yet. The second week's assignment was to draw vegetables. We were also encouraged to make rubber stamps from some of our patterning, but I haven't done that yet. The second week is all about vegetables. I chose radishes. There's even a horse radish. Thanks for looking!

There's a rancho very close to the university here in Long Beach. It's tucked away in a gated community. We went there this afternoon to look around and draw a little. The kids sat down to draw and drew a couple of pictures before I mentioned casually that they should be drawing something they saw there at the rancho, rather than cars and bears and things. While I was drawing this corner of the Rancho, a man made a few hilarious attempts to get up into the enormous tree in the garden. I overheard a woman say to him, "You jump up and I'll give you a push." I thought that was likely to be great fun to watch, but I guess he thought so too, since they didn't try it. See how big the tree is? Thanks for looking!

Studying in the library. I found a book of faces. Thanks for looking!

These are your bears on math. Love the bear-cam:  http://explore.org/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls

Quick! Draw fast. Kids move. Thanks for looking!