What's in my Studio...

We're still traveling. The art desk where I'm working right now is the coffee table in the condo we're renting. Here's a shot of a painting in progress: 

Colors aren't true, but you can get an idea. I'm quite enjoying my Peerless Water Colors, which are so convenient for traveling and using with my water brush. Of course, that doesn't mean I left my other travel set at home... it's here too, just not at use today. 

Also wanted to share a bit of the trades and goodies I acquired at the ARTzona retreat this past weekend. 

I had a wonderful time visiting with familiar friends, and meeting some "old" online friends in person for the first time. What a delight! And of course, met a lot of new folks as well. Most of the folks I've traded with at some time or another on atcsforall.com. It's such fun being in a room full of artists and taking in the creative atmosphere. 

One more shot... of my Etsy work station while on the road. Laptop is with me and I've been conducting business as we go along. I have orders from both shops to mail as soon as we arrive home. :)

Sharing my traveling workspaces with Julie's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday. 

Little paintings

Playing around with little watercolor paintings while we're traveling. I'm in Mesa, AZ to attend ARTzona - an art retreat hosted by my friend Trina. Our first pre-retreat event is a hike at Usery Park this afternoon, timed to coincide with the sunset. My camera will be in tow and I hope to have some lovely photos to share.

These two paintings are finished, of the several in various stages in my kit. Lot's of rough sketches to convert if I'm able to concentrate.

I am still working slowly on my 30 paintings to be completed by the end of January. Traveling has interrupted the flow a bit and we'll see if I can "get 'er done".  That is my catch phrase for the year, by the way. "Get 'er done." Usually it's prefaced with "suck it up princess". :) I got that phrase from a mentor years ago. Suck it up Princess; get 'er done! Ha!

Hope your week is going well!

Sharing with the lovely artists at Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristen.  Do take a peek to see what wonderful art they have created this week. 

What's in my Studio...Lap

My work desk while traveling to Arizona is my lap... as we're driving along. These pages have bits of things to remember and a sketch of some of the scenery along the way. I plan to watercolor this sketch and made little notes on the side to remember the colors. You can't see the sketch very well, unfortunately. 

Check out what others have on their work desk at Julie's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

ARTzona!

Where I'll be in January....

And I'm sure both my husband and I will be ready for some R & R in the sunshine after our busy Holiday Art Show season!