DryBrushWet Studios - Musings on Art, Nature, and Work

New Website and Blog !!

2008-04-22T10:16:00.000-07:00

I would like to thank everyone who has read my blog here on blogger, it has been great sharing with you and receiving your support. I have a newly redesigned website and I have moved my blog to it. I do hope that you will come and visit my updated site at www.drybrushwet.com !

Thank you.

Cat'n'Rat in the Field

2008-04-13T16:33:00.000-07:00

A Goose in the Grass

2008-04-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

Sky Spiders

2008-04-11T18:16:00.000-07:00

Tamarisk

2008-04-10T18:43:00.000-07:00

The tamarisk is flowering along Cache creek, and is really spectacular! It's considered a harmful invasive species by some, but I like it.

Tomatoes from Seed

2008-04-09T18:12:00.001-07:00

Yolo Sarge's tomato project is about ready to begin. Most of these containers are different varieties. He started them from seed, and they appear to be large enough to plant.

Downy Woodpecker

2008-04-08T11:27:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of my photos of the secretive downy woodpecker. I have a difficult time trying to get a decent photograph of these guys.

New Garage

2008-04-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

Finally got a finish coat over the primer on the new garage.

Crow Stories

2008-04-06T11:32:00.000-07:00

The other day I was driving through a parking lot when this imaginative crow swooped down in front of my vehicle and dropped a walnut directly in my path. The end result was a perfectly cracked walnut; dined upon by my feathered friend.

Four ACEO's

2008-04-01T16:36:00.000-07:00

My latest ACEO attempts: Steller's jay, northern oriole, ruby-throated hummingbird, and emperor penguin. Practice, practice, practice!

Mother's Day is Coming

2008-03-31T15:09:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day is coming soon! And at photostamps.com you can purchase real USPS postage decorated with your favorite photo of your mom! (or Grandmother, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Dog, Cat, etc!)

If you are an artist or a business, you can even purchase stamps featuring a piece of your artwork or your business logo!

Check them out - the quality is great and their customer service is excellent.

Vegetable Garden Prelude

2008-03-29T17:06:00.000-07:00

Although I haven't started my vegetable garden yet, some of my herbs are beginning to bloom. I feel that this is a successful commencement.

The Mighty Oak

2008-03-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to share this photo of a beautiful old oak in its new spring plumage.

Tiger Swallowtail

2008-03-25T13:21:00.000-07:00

Here's my latest attempt at an ACEO with india ink and watercolor.

ACEO

2008-03-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

This is something new for me. It's an ACEO: a miniature painting on a 2.5" x 3.5" card. I think that I'll try some more of this.

Rose

2008-03-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

Here's my attempt using "wet on wet"

to paint a rose growing in the front

garden.

Wild Mustard

2008-03-18T11:36:00.001-07:00

This "wild mustard" goes by many names, both common and scientific; but I think "Brassica rapa " is the scientific name for the variety found here in Yolo county. Whatever the name, it can be quite overwelmingly brilliant in full bloom.

California Poppy

2008-03-17T14:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a road leading out of the Dunnigan hills into the Sacramento valley, with the Sierra Nevadas in the background. Spring is nearly here, as is evident from these golden beauties.

Tomatoes

2008-03-10T16:18:00.000-07:00

Sarge's tomatoes out at the Cache creek ranch are now at the first stage. These are seeds from Totallytomato.com . We had excellent results from these seeds last year!

PhotoWorks

2008-03-07T10:59:00.001-08:00

Well here we are, it is early March and the start of "family photo" season. As the seasons progress and you are collecting all those great photos of your family, you may want to start thinking about gifts for parents and grandparents next christmas - and I would like to recommend a PhotoWorks Calendar! Is there a better way to keep your family connected across the miles than a calendar with personal family photos on it that is seen each day? What grandparent doesn't like to see photos of their own kids and grandchildren enjoying life? Check out Photoworks - click on the image below and contemplate a very personal present for next christmas or for that upcoming birthday!

Bluebelly

2008-03-02T17:40:00.000-08:00

It was a beautiful springlike day on Cache creek Saturday. Upstream, they were having the annual "Almond Festival". Downstream, some friends and I were just soaking up the sun; along with this young "Bluebelly", or fence swift.

Sketching

2008-02-26T13:47:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd post some sketches that really aren't leading to any new paintings, but are certainly relaxing excercises.

Flickers

2008-02-24T12:12:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of flicker images that I've been working on. We used to call them yellowhammers as kids, and according to Wikipedia there's an interesting history to the name.

But, of course, these were the yellow-shafted variety as opposed to the red-shafted or northern flicker that I have depicted here.

Alabama Yellowhammers

"Under its local name "Yellowhammer", the Yellow-shafted Flicker is the state bird of Alabama.[1]
Alabama has been known as the "Yellowhammer State" since the American Civil War. The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of Rev. D.C. Kelly, arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen. Forrest's troops were stationed. The officers and men of the Huntsville company wore fine, new uniforms, whereas the soldiers who had long been on the battlefields were dressed in faded, worn uniforms. On the sleeves, collars and coattails of the new cavalry troop were bits of brilliant yellow cloth. As the company rode past Company A , Will Arnett cried out in greeting "Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, flicker, flicker!" The greeting brought a roar of laughter from the men and from that moment the Huntsville soldiers were spoken of as the "yellowhammer company." The term quickly spread throughout the Confederate Army and all Alabama troops were referred to unofficially as the "Yellowhammers."
When the Confederate Veterans in Alabama were organized they took pride in being referred to as the "Yellowhammers" and wore a yellowhammer feather in their caps or lapels during reunions."

Buy a Limited Edition Print, Support a Cause!

2008-02-20T00:51:00.000-08:00

Now you can buy a limited edition print and support a worthy cause at the same time. Beginning today, when you visit DryBrushWet Studios on eBay you will find several prints sporting an "awareness campaign" ribbon or organizational logo. When you purchase one of these prints, 25% of the purchase price will be donated to the featured charity.

Charities include: Ducks Unlimited, Lymphoma Research, and Breast Cancer Research.

American Robins

2008-02-13T18:18:00.000-08:00

A large flock of robins came through today. Here's a bunch having having a few drinks together at the "old" duck pond.