Abstract Joodle for December

One of the groups on creativespark.art is a Monthly Challenge.  This month's prompts are 

abstract
vegetable
artists choice

I do my Joodles (Jo-doodles) with a fine line pen usually.  I don't paint abstracts but I thought this might qualify for abstract if I splashed some coffee on the page and then doodled with a Prismacolor chisel pen. 

This last one is the orientation that I drew.  To me it looks like a chicken.  The first view above looks like a piggy looking up.  The second appears as a fish swimming to the right. And the third is like Santa with a bag on his back.  What do you see  ... if anything?

 

My On-line friend Barbara Pask painted a cute Santa - not abstract.    55 minutes on YouTube.

 https://youtu.be/TVm8z2dl_Cg?si=nRgpJh0Fa95SIYWW

 We got some packages mailed off yesterday.  Pretty busy at the Post Office and UPS.  Hope you are getting your stuff done!  I was going to put up the tree but they are going to wash the windows on Monday so will have to wait....

No Pressure Fun

Today was art with no pressure.  On CreativeSpark one of the August prompts was "whimsical".  I thought of my doodles or Joodles.  I did these in the Book Factory sketchbook on the back side.  I posted them on the thread on CreativeSpark.art.   https://creativespark.art/threads/monthly-art-prompts-august-2023.5841/

The other prompts are "urban" and "primative".  If you sketch or paint from the prompts let me know.

 

 

These Joodles don't mean a thing but sometimes they end up looking like something.  I Joodle when I don't feel like painting but want to do something.  Good for listening to a podcast or ???  I should have made new Joodles for the thread, but these are a few days old and not posted anywhere else.

Then this morning I was thinking about the watercolor window from Thursday and decided to do "my" window in blue.  I made it all up.  I see now that I should have had the window sill inside like in real adobe houses where with the thick walls, you can use the ledge for a window seat.  I loved that in the old house we had in Magdalena.  I would sit in the window and watch the "traffic" go by.  Maybe two cars a night.

It was almost fun to do the watercolor even if it wasn't exactly what I imagined.  I'm not skilled enough with them to get the design of the painting.  With pastels I try to have a focal point, make the corners different and a composition to lead the eye around the painting.  With the watercolors, I am working on how much water, blooms, making mud, etc.   I thought this wasn't too bad until I realized I had the sill backwards.    I will show you the painting anyhoo.....  It was practice and no pressure.

Blue Window
Watercolor in a Canson Watercolor Sketchbook
8 x 11 inches

Edited about 20 minutes later to add in:

Our neighbor and famous singer/songwriter, Libby Koch, will be performing at the Bugle Boy tomorrow, or today when you read this, Saturday, August 5.  Show starts at 8 but you should be there by 730 to get a good seat.  Libby has an amazing voice.  Get tickets at 

https://thebugleboy.org

Most of the shows are streamed and you can tune in that way if you can't make it in person.

The Bugle Boy is a wonderful listening room with a fun staff and great shows.  Check out the schedule if you can't come tomorrow.