Chanel magazine cover

Did a little study of the 2022 Chanel magazine cover: 

playing with pen and watercolor together

Decided to doodle with a pen and then watercolor it:

And then:

More experiments!

Saw someone use a cylindrical object to paint a circle for a landscape, so I tried something similar.

Then I flipped it over and tried working with a mix of those 2 watercolor crayons I have and regular watercolors.

simple flower for today

more experimenting

Got these:

And this

Which opens up into THIS

So I screwed around a bit

And then did this little quasi-landscape

experiment earlier this week

A couple days ago...

Sandy Beach, or, tonight's experiment

tonight's experiment

Here's the finished product, I think...

Star fields need stars...

WIP

I've no idea yet what this will be when done, if it's not done, but I was watching Star Trek: The Voyage Home, and struck by a star field.

Painted Tapestry

Recreating my friend's tapestry practice project (Tapestry Practice),

Green and Birds and Sky

Here's my watercolor experiment from the other night:

Blue Shostakovich

Julien Cruchandeau Aligote 'LeVillage' 2020

Still not a wine blog.  Really.  OK, for the record, Aligote is a white grape.

"From 50 year old vines in the hills above Nuits St Georges, this Aligote is fresh and spicy with green apple acidity.  Bright, crisp almost crunchy fruit and a deep, floral lingering finish carried out long by the limestone minerality."

I think that's accurate.  I like it, I'm not crazy about it, I think I'd like it more during summer, not winter, but it is fresh, crisp, etc.  Quite delicious.

Read more about this wine at Elden Selections. 

  

not a wine blog, i swear

BUT.  This is nice. Carmel Road, Montery, California. Pinot Noir.