Streetcar named Desire

I found this great slate at Michaels and finally got the nerve to try to paint a streetcar on it.  If you have been to Jackson square, you know, slate says New Orleans.  After watching a great lesson about perspective on you-tube, this version is much better.

I've painted this same shot here and in another art journal so, decided it was time to jump into the slate thing, even though this page is not done. 

shrimp boat water color

"I've been having this on my desk for weeks now",  as they say in New Orleans.  I love the way they talk down there.  First thing my friend and I did last year was "make groceries" for the week.  And, we put them in a buggy, not a cart.

I made the water a little bluer for artistic reasons.  Not real thrilled with it but it was good practice.  

New Orleans water meter

I have had this slate on my desk for weeks trying to figure out something to put on it to remind me of my trip to New Orleans last summer.  While showing my husband the new flickr format I realized I had the art already done!  Cut it out of my watercolor mandala journal and mounted it.  LOVE IT!  Instant art.  Well almost, Buster was napping and the journal was in the tansu and he hates when I open the drawers.  I had to wait almost an hour while he finished his nap.  

streetcar

I have a piece of slate.  I'm thinking of painting this streetcar on it.  

New Orleans

Got to go to New Orleans on my birthday!  Girl TRIP!  We shopped until we dropped and took in all the great culture.  I have enough inspiration and supplies to last me a year.  

girls night out

I posted this page too soon. Now I think it is done.

girl's night out new orleans 2005

day of the dead