Leaf, paint doodles

Eventually a person has to learn to doodle in the same medium as the he or she will create the final product. I struggle with the medium of paint. This week I just played around with the paint, creating backgrounds, playing with stencils, etc. Obviously there was no end result or nice burst of inspiration.... hence the pun.

Fog

I'm so excited! I must share this little painting with you. When I have no inspiration I paint backgrounds and see what asks to be painted on them. This turned out to be some beautiful red orange fog on a pea green sea. The ship was lost in the fog and wandered off center. The painting needed something. Nessie popped in for a cameo and everything was perfect. BUT I was surprised to find a haiku writing itself. Enjoy my very own new poem and small painting.

What happens after midnight

caffeinated glee

fades with morning fog. 

~Kathy Bianco

Blackbird Haiku

I also completed this drawing in colored pencil the same weekend as the octopus in the previous post. The haiku is by Wallace Stevens

When the blackbird flew out of sight 

it marked the edge 

of one of many circles.