November 2011: Hiking in Wunderlich Park

November 2011: Hiking by apple-pine
November 2011: Hiking, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

I took my little moleskine with me to the trail - not a large journal. Lots of mushrooms, patches of dry forest though. Tasty persimmons for snack :)

November 2011: Hiking and Persimmons

Badger Log


Badger Log, originally uploaded by apple-pine.
Swimming goggles don't help badgers with chopping onions!

November 2011: Day After Thanksgiving

November 2011: Day After Thanksgiving
November 2011: Persimmons

Badger Log Update

Badger Log by apple-pine
Badger Log, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

Swimming goggles don't help badgers with chopping onions!

Dear Reader! If you come to this page for the Badger fun please note that I am moving all the badger stories to the badger log - here:
http://badgerlog.blogspot.com/
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November 2011: 100 Views of Persimmons

I am addicted. I eat them at breakfast, as a snack, with my tea and at any other excuse of a meal. And I am going to share my persimmons with you :)

November 2011: Hidden Villa

November 2011: Hidden Villa by apple-pine
November 2011: Hidden Villa, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

Garden colors, bottomless creek and usual suspects - trip to Hidden Villa :)

November 2011: Hidden Villa
November 2011: Hidden Villa

Badger Calendar 2012

Badger Calendar 2012

Available to order today - with wishes for a wonderful New 2012 - year of the Badger ;)

I got my first copy and it's the size of a standard small wall calendar (7x7"), printed on a nice glossy paper and has a badger for every month and occasion! - check out photos below or click this link and go to preview to see them all before you order bunch!

Hurray!

November 2011: Dentist

November 2011: Dentist by apple-pine
November 2011: Dentist, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

I love drawing our visits to the dentist - so much better than being in that chair...

It's been a while...

Badger lives in this sett these days:
But thinking about coming back here :)

November 2011: Sketching in Point Lobos

November 2011: Point Lobos by apple-pine
November 2011: Point Lobos, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.
November 2011: Point Lobos
This weekend I had a glorious sketching day in Point Lobos State Park. Above are two large color sketches which you can see together with my watercolor and gouache paint sets on the image below.

More drawings and notes, as well as identification challenges are coming in the next post :)

Last Days of October

Somehow scanning was not my thing during last few days of October - so here is a quick dump of all leftovers ;)

October 2011: Halloween Contumes
October 2011: Sunol
October 2011: Water
October 2011: Treasures