Rebecca Sandford-Smith

@muddywatersthedog

Artist, public school teacher in San Francisco. Swivels head looking at plants while walking. I love learning and trying new crafts and skills and seeing the work that others do. Email rebeccasandfordsmith@gmail.com for art-related inquiries 💛💙

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Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· 16h

Re-vamped lettering on the mural dedication for our neighborhood’s upcoming garden tour 🌼🌻🐛

“Pollinators, Plants, and Propagators in the Portola” mural from last year gets its title and acknowledgements re-lettered. Circus- style font for the title outlined in gold with “in the Portola” a contrasting lava red color.

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· 25d

First color test for poppy mural 🎨

Painted-in colors on enlarged sketch of triple-bloom poppy mural segment.

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 14

My husband’s 40th birthday present is finished! 🎉 What? He’s 42 now you say?…

A finished acrylic painting waiting to dry and then be varnished. Image from photo husband took of his friends on an backcountry trip some years back.

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 11

Trying to get her to leave a couple of hot spots alone for a bit- she’s not sure how she feels about it…

My cat Bernie, laying in a hallway sun patch with a soft collar made to look like bread around her face. Her curled up tail shows what she is feeling- bothered!

A close up view of my cat’s face in bread collar. I think she looks very annoyed, no?

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 9

All agree! Muddy has very lucky people

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 9

Testing designs and enlargements with world’s best assistant 🌼

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 6

Details on a painting that has been waiting to be finished for going on some years now. It feels like I am closing in…

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 5

Taiwanese Pavilion, Shinjuku Gardens, Tokyo. From a few weeks back ❤️🗾🇯🇵

Trying out a new felt-tip pen on watercolor paper. This was the one day I sketched along-side my dad on our trip. He is so much better at doing frequent trip sketching- life goals! The sketch is of an interesting section in the Shinjujuku National Gardens showing a large structure that was gifted to the garden by Taiwan. 🇹🇼

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jul 4

Palm-sized watercolor kit! 🤲

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jun 30

Potential new mural work- fingers crossed!🤞

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jun 21

Kintsugi workshop in Kyoto!! Very fun Wabi-sabi activity with the folks.

Finished dark blue bowl with gold in the cracks.

Mom, dad and I showing off our finished “imperfectly perfect” work

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Jun 20

Fantastic Japanese kittens! 😍

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· May 17

Some exxtra large caterpillars on my neighbor’s Aristolochia! (California Pipevine.) 😍

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Apr 5

Getting closer- still lacking the gold & some quick “smoothing” here & there

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Apr 3

These things are too nice ($) to not repair.

Big heel basketweave repair in colorful space died sock

Basic basketweave darning in process on smaller holes

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Apr 2

Lil ornamental street poppy has a lot going on inside!!👁️

Tiny poppy growing outside of border and mulch. The petals are just leaving the leaf caps, and it looks like some colorful Venus fly trap

Somewhat demure side pose of random ornamental street poppy

Insanely pollen-filled to bursting interior of pink poppy with dark spots. Perspective with foot in the background makes flower look xtra gigantic

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Mar 31

Mission Blue- round 2. Hoping tomorrow’s third go at it should tie it up. Then on to the “pollen” and the labels

A more filled in painting of the mission blue butterfly on one of the pollinators mural panels

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Mar 30

Spring break means more time to work on mural additions!

Close to finished Fiery Skipper without label, (added in last.)

First round Mission Blue Butterfly mural addition

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Mar 21

Just the first pass- no rush since I only have a few new additions to finish before the end of June.

First paint layer for Fiery Skipper addition on pollinator mural project

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Mar 18

Adding a couple new things to the mural during the sunny season :)

Sharpie outline of mission blue butterfly on turquoise mural background with pipevine winding through

Fiery Skipper sketched in sharpie on turquoise mural with pipevine motif

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Mar 1

I love mochi, but…??!!

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Feb 9

Happening today!! UESF/ UASF/ family & community will be out picketing in support of our city’s public education ✊

Rebecca Sandford-Smith@muddywatersthedog· Feb 8

First strike in my teaching career tomorrow! Asking for more supports for students and school stability through teacher staffing and retention, cost of living salary increases, (not contingent on increasing class sizes or other benefits,) and fully funded health care for dependents. #UESF