Thursday, August 16, 2012

PPF: Beach Combing Sketches

Time for another Paint Party Friday! Go to this link for a whole variety of painterly goodness.  I really appreciate how this meme keeps me on track for  playing with paint at least once a week.  Even if it's just a few simple watercolor sketches, it's still better than nothing!  This week, the Ode to Nature online class that I'm taking is all about collecting treasures from nature.  I went on a beach walk and collected lots of great stuff.  Most of the prompts were about photography, and I'll be posting my photo projects over the next couple of days.  In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the sketches of seashells, a crab shell, and my new favorite thing to sketch:
feathers!  I think I could spend a lot of time sketching feathers.  They're really fun.
Have you found anything new that you like to sketch? Or paint?
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29 comments:

  1. AmyAugust 16, 2012 at 10:13 PM

    Oooh, those feathers are great, well done!

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  2. DebbieAugust 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM

    Love your beach sketches!!

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  3. AnonymousAugust 16, 2012 at 10:50 PM

    Your feathers are beautiful.

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  4. NatashaAugust 16, 2012 at 11:53 PM

    Always so much inspiration at the beach. Love your feather sketches, they are on my neverending list of things I want to do!! :)

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  5. IreneAugust 16, 2012 at 11:59 PM

    So enjoying seeing all your sketches from the Ode to Nature course. I particularly like the feathers and the simplicity of them.
    Loved your labyrinth by the way. What a find.

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  6. Alicia CAugust 17, 2012 at 1:10 AM

    I love the simplity of these great ocean objects!

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  7. scrappyjackyAugust 17, 2012 at 1:47 AM

    Love how you've done the feathers.
    I so enjoy walking on the beach....so many treasures to find.

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  8. Šolanje na domu-WaldorfAugust 17, 2012 at 3:10 AM

    Fabulous sketches! i wish I was at the beach gathering such objects. :)

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  9. VictoriaAugust 17, 2012 at 4:39 AM

    Totally gorgeous..your feathers are magical and inspiring..beautiful shading and sense of lightness and poetry! I love finding feathers,they are always special messages!
    Beautiful post!
    Victoria
    visiting from PPF

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  10. ann @ studiohydeAugust 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM

    Love your sketches. There is nothing better than beachcombing for things to sketch.

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  11. SianAugust 17, 2012 at 5:33 AM

    I don't sketch or paint, but I'm definitely feeling feathers at the minute too. I've been cutting them from paper with my Slice

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  12. BeverlyAugust 17, 2012 at 7:25 AM

    You can never go wrong with beach elements as far as I am concerned. Awesome sketching of the feathers! I am on a concerted scavenger hunt effort today :)

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  13. carol l mckennaAugust 17, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    Your delicate art work is divine ~ do think this might be your style you are coming into ~ Lovely work ~ ( A Creative Harbor)

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  14. UnknownAugust 17, 2012 at 8:20 AM

    I, too, love the simplicity... such beauty!

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  15. GlorV1August 17, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    Great sketches Rinda. Nicely done.

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  16. ElizabethAugust 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    I like the feathers and the crab shell. Nice drawings.

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  17. Carolyn DubeAugust 17, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    Your feathers are my favorite today! Love how each one is different!

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  18. Carola BartzAugust 17, 2012 at 1:33 PM

    Rinda, your sketches are wonderful. For a long time I have wanted to do that, go to the beach and sketch some of the shells etc. So far I've never done it. Yours is a gentle reminder to finally get my butt over to the ocean - or just sketch a few of all the items I collected there.

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  19. Mary C. NasserAugust 17, 2012 at 3:26 PM

    Wish I were taking that class, too!
    I love your seashells, Rinda!
    So beautiful!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  20. MarjiAugust 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM

    I love your feather sketches! The top one is really lovely. All are beautiful. Happy PPF

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  21. Lynn CohenAugust 17, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    You've taken me to the ocean side with these...and birds are there too. All so nicely done. HPPF!

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  22. laurieAugust 17, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    i really want to take that class but don't have the time right now so it is fun to see your "homework". i love the organic shapes, soft colors. i sketched and painted a crab shell in june but you have captured the texture and varied color better than i did - well done. :-)

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  23. Missus WookieAugust 17, 2012 at 11:01 PM

    oh these reminded me - I spent hours as a teenager at school sketching feathers. Before I stopped art for 'serious' studies... don't have those any more but can admire yours

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  24. Anne MandaAugust 18, 2012 at 5:49 AM

    Lovely drawings, pretty colors! Happy PPF!

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  25. carlareyAugust 18, 2012 at 7:25 AM

    Great sketches! Feathers are some of the most fun things to sketch and paint.

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  26. bohemiannie! artAugust 18, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    Awesome sketches! You've made me want to do some beach combing.

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  27. AlisonAugust 18, 2012 at 12:52 PM

    Love your sketches Rinda!
    Alison xx

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  28. GingerAugust 18, 2012 at 9:50 PM

    Just tried to leave a message but blogger wouldn't let me! Hope it works this time.

    Every time I see your sketches Rinda, It makes me think I should pick up my pencils and get back into drawing. I'm sure one day I just might! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  29. AnonymousAugust 25, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    You did a super job on the feathers.

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