Jan's Art Journal

Merry Christmas! It's a rainy, dreary day in Michigan. I'm sure glad we have our little tree. We put it up as soon as we got back from Tanzania. I enjoyed looking at it so much that I decided to sketch it!

Be spontaneous in your sketching. Maybe you'll get something worth doing something with later, and maybe you won't. Look at the effort as a "warm-up." I have pages that look just like doodles. So what.

I'm onto a new sketchbook. I'm just like a kid with a new box of crayons. I bought several gray pens to use for the middle tones. Can't wait to use them.

We'll be leaving for our winter sojourn to Florida on Jan 2. Can't wait for the sun and warm weather.

Jan's Art Blog

PALS

When we were in Africa several years ago, I fell in love with these guys. I just had to paint them! This is an oil painting.

It was the first time I had ever attempted to paint zebras. The stripes were a challenge. I put aside any more zebra painting for a while.

I then decided to do a painting with pastels. I started the painting a number of times, but couldn't get past the stripes. My instructor, Professor Lockard said, "Treat it like a horse. Find the lights and the darks." I kept looking for the lights and the darks and all I saw was stripes! I finally finished it! I'll put it on the next post.

Jan's Art Journal

TOP OF THE WORLD. Acrylic by Jan Wiedmayer.

We had a wonderful trip to Peru this past Jan/Feb. My husband, Dick, climbed to the top of Hwayna Picchu. He was so proud of his accomplishment, I had to paint his success.

Grammer and spelling corrections

Sorry for the spelling and grammer errors in the last post! I'll be more careful next time.

Jan