Our boy Ox (Ushi-Wakamaru) passed away a year, month and day ago. His favorite place is now a Gulf Fritillary #butterfly haunt. I think he would be pleased. I miss him more than any words can express. #Dogs steal our hearts away. #watercolor #art #sketch #drawing

Yet more #butterflies and #Nature. The first one captured the color but lost the delicate details. The second used a wash to do the opposite. I find #watercolors still a tricky #art form. But I think I can #NatureJournal with them.

We now return you to your previously scheduled summer swelter (yes, the rains are done) #summer #summerheat #weather

If you leave them treats they will come. Happy belated #Caturday.

Life began a new phase for these two #butterflies in our backyard. #watercolors #art #Nature #naturejournal

Almost done with “The Backyard Butterfly Project”. Celebrating with a mango-pineapple daiquiri. #watercolor #butterflies #Nature #art #mixology #daiquiri

Made some, for me, breakthroughs over the last week and a half and I begin to see improvements in brushwork and color distribution. Not perfect by any means, but I’m drinking a bit of celebratory wine anyway. #art (?) #watercolor #Nature

It’s a rainy day here in Central Texas…so, #watercolor #flowers. This morning’s walk in the light rain was refreshing and the Spring-like temperatures are encouraging a second flowering season. #art (?) #Nature

One of the joys of living in a large community of retired hippies is that hey teach their grandchildren the joys and freedoms of artistic self-expression. I have watched this grow over the months of morning walks with great pleasure.

In the midst of #LindseyGraham taking a dirt nap there were #butterflies. Could not do the foreshortened wings in the bottom one well. #Drawing work for future #naturejournal entries.

I am deep in thought. Do not disturb me, peasant. I am enjoying the pitter patter of the rain outside. Julie d’Aubigny wishes you all a happy #Caturday.

Sometimes art happens by accident. Removing pits from cherries and prepping mint for a Cherry Smash gave me a thistle flower. Better art through #mixology.

A World of the Mundane Imperfectly Captured But it’s fun and I do learn something each time. #cats #butterfly #watercolor #art #nature

The struggle with #watercolors is real! Here we find a Question Mark #butterfly perched on a lichen and moss embossed branch. #Art and #Nature overlap even when our skills are not quite adequate to capture it all.

When I was (much) younger, I thought that the Cold War was the fight I was born to fight. Now I am old and I am tired. But #Fascism has come here and I cannot sit in the sidelines and let others fight alone against it. I know I am not alone. And I am thankful. #Trump #America #4thofJuly

There not being a lot to celebrate on this 4th, I decided to have a Festival of Artistically Bad Trees. Feel free to celebrate along with me! #art #watercolor #trees

I look at the real #artwork that you guys post and I feel…behind the curb. My #art is young (unlike me) and bears all of the faults of youth. Yet, I feel obliged to call out into the Abyss for likeminded, if immeasurably more advanced, folks…. #watercolor #nature

It’s been a long #Caturday…. Just going to rest here a moment.

Tomorrow will be the 1 year anniversary of the passing of my #dog Ox (Fujiwara no Ushi). I did this #watercolor cartoon of him in samurai Valhalla (which does not exist). I miss him very much. Loyal, faithful, protective, adventurous and the best walking companion.

It’s #butterfly and #caterpillar time of the year. Texas Crescent adult and three Black Swallow caterpillars.

@thetavernknight.bsky.social , why are both Marcelli and Di Mazo backweighted in their guards? I see where this is advantageous fianconata and inquartata counterpunching. But shifting weight forward, even if leading with the sword would seem a dead giveaway. I know, basic knowledge…

Beginning to play with this to augment Marcelli….

Success, failure and everything in between…. Yes, that is my #watercolor journey so far. I try for a little bit of whimsy, a little bit of wonky but sometimes it’s just my #sketching or #drawing gone astray. Oh, what we suffer for our #art…. Lol.

They are closing this burger joint in a short while to expand the nearby interstate. What a damned shame…. #watercolor #art #burgers

I have a name for my #watercolor “style”—Early Beginner. But #art is fun…or it should be. There is no #sketch that I can’t “ruin” with a little badly applied color. I will get the hang of it. I invite you to come along with me on this journey. It’s more restful than politics.

I am sorry. They go too soon.

My cat wasn’t nearly as well hidden as yours….

I’m doing #watercolor exercises to work on my non-existent technique. I think I did okay with the sky but the grass brushstrokes need to be narrower. “A Cat’s Eye View of a Central Texas Summer”. #art (sorta) simple #landscape