I found this painting while searching through a box of old photos the other day. It was gifted to me by Albina Blanchette, an artist and resident of a convalescent home I worked at in high school. When she discovered I was interested in art, she broke out some of her pieces and talked about them.
Her method was dipping a palette knife in paint and dragging it across a sheet of paper. Miss Blanchette would look at the results – this appeared to be a landscape – she then went back in with a brush and worked on it. The final, which was about the size of a business card – was cropped, glued to a piece of paper, and signed. I adore the beachy vibe of this composition. This technique of painting is looking for what I refer to as “Happy Accidents”, and could easily be a rainy day project with kids.
Today’s doodle is another one I did sitting on the couch while watching television. It was drawn in a 6 inch by 9 inch sketchbook manufactured in India for Ticonderoga and was sold at Target. It’s got a wire binding which I prefer and an unusual heavy plastic cover that does a pretty good job protecting it. It’s lousy for wet media but good for pencils. All in all, it’s not a bad sketchbook as cheap sketchbooks go. I may have to get another one.
This Fonz T Shirt ad appeared in Justice League of America No. 138 published by DC comics in 1977. 
