Central Park Bandits 1/2 sheet Arches 140 # cold press
Here are those little bandits you saw in the last post in the very beginning stages. I wanted to show the water and the leaves that had fallen into the water with the raccoons peeking out of the drainage pipe they popped out of! And they were a lot cuter than the rats we are used to seeing around town. (Ugh, don’t get me started about rats.)
Now, what’s up with today’s date of 12/12/12? People get so strange about dates and their meaning. This will be the last time in our lifetimes that we will see consecutive numbers! How many people got married today just so their anniversary would be consecutive 12s. Crazy! I remember my anniversary and there are no consecutive numbers involved. My husband remembers our anniversary because he got the date engraved in his wedding band so he could check if he ever forgot. And now we have 12/21/12 coming up. If the Mayans were so smart, how come they never saw the Spanish coming? More date craziness: March 14 is pi day. April 20 is, well, if you don’t know what April 20 is, I don’t want to be the one to tell you. There’s another one but I can’t remember it right now. Of course, that won’t matter if we don’t survive past 12/21/12. I hope we do. I don’t want to miss Christmas, my birthday (12/28/12, feel free to send a gift. Any gift valued over $50 should be insured :)) and New Year’s.
Speaking of gifts, I’m watching the Robin Hood Foundation Concert for Sandy relief. As some of you know, members of my family were displaced by the storm, my niece lost everything in her apartment, my sister-in-law lost the whole first floor of her home. Many other friends and family were affected and there are still people in the NY Metropolitan area including NJ and CT that don’t have power or a place to live. If you want to you can click on the link below. You don’t have to. I won’t know. (You can still send me a birthday gift. )
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December 12, 2012 at 9:39 pm
napabelle
These guys are so cute !! You sure tackled a difficult subject: leaves on water !!! Well done, your rocks are very three dimensional and I love the little punches of reds !
I’m the 22nd: some day we’ll have to get together to celebrate !
December 13, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Carol King
Hi Isabelle, thanks for your kind comments about my painting. I really liked the punches of neon orange from the frisket, but couldn’t recreate that with the paints I had so I went with red.
And yes, one day we will have to celebrate our birthdays. You’re 3 days before Christmas and I’m 3 days after!
December 13, 2012 at 7:30 am
padmaja
Cute couple. poor things scared of humans, hope they feel safe after coming out of their hide out, nice one Carol!
Birthday wishes to you, on that day I will be celebrating too, because my son is coming home after 2 years 🙂
December 13, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Carol King
They didn’t look that scared! And there were tons of ducks in the water too. I’m so happy to hear your son is coming home on the 28th. Is he is the service? I bet you will be glad to have him home.
December 13, 2012 at 1:29 pm
hannekekoop
Lovely, lovely painting, Carol :-). This view from above and those leaves are great too. ( Maybe some kind of ATC-sale for the benefit of your niece and others? I’d love to make/donate some ATC’s for it.)
December 13, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Carol King
you are too sweet Hanneke! thank you for your kind offer of making ATCs for the relief effort. I’ll ask around and see if we could figure something out.
and thanks for your comments on the painting. We were looking down from a bridge at the ducks when these two popped out.
December 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm
cathy
Hi Carol, I am guilty of not reading blogs lately. I have been into reading as of late. I didn’t realize so many of your loved ones were involved in Sandy doings. So sad. The concert was heartwarming and hopefully raised a ton of money for all involved. Thinking of all of you with warm wishes for speedy recoveries and normalacy. xox
p.s. still looking for that special xmas gift that i found on the streets of mexico, a pooping monkey toy. Such a value 2 bucks:)
December 18, 2012 at 11:49 am
Carol King
Hi Cathy, so nice to hear from you. thanks for stopping by and reading the blog post. And I really do do hope that you can find that monkey toy. (not really) 🙂
December 15, 2012 at 10:40 am
joantav
These little critters are much nicer than the rats we usually see creeping around. lol Nice!!! I’ve been wanting to get back into the city to sketch, but I’m so behind getting ready for Christmas because I was getting ready for shows.
I watched some of the concert and made my donation. Now I want to see them actually going to the affected areas and HANDING OUT MONEY! I just can’t imagine what the people who lost everything are going through with the holidays coming. May their lives get back to “normal” quickly.
I also would be happy to donate something for a fundraiser if someone organized it. Artists are good at rallying around a cause.I can’t sing or perform but I can paint.
December 18, 2012 at 11:50 am
Carol King
Joan, if you’re headed back into the city for sketching let me know. I haven’t’ been able to meet up with the crew because of all the holiday stuff but maybe in the new year if it’s not too cold.
And yes, these little critters are way better than the rats we usually see!
December 15, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Nora MacPhail
So cute!! Great perspective.
December 18, 2012 at 11:50 am
Carol King
Thanks Nora! glad you stopped by.
December 17, 2012 at 3:29 pm
lesliepaints
I like the painting just as is. It is sparkly and the raccoons are so cute.
I don’t know about dates but am willing to bet many of us are still around come 12/21/12. I have heard said that we are just moving into a new awareness and can believe that just from the effects of Sandy, not to mention other storms and summer heat indexes and tragedies. Let’s hope our willingness to assist through donations get to where they are needed and I mean your relatives also. Great post, as always, Carol!
December 18, 2012 at 11:51 am
Carol King
Well if you go back and look at them now, you will realize I posted the finished picture. It’s really not that different though. thanks for your visit and your comment.
December 18, 2012 at 1:37 pm
lesliepaints
They are supercalifragilisticexpealidocious! Love that star leaf sitting alone, off to the right of the raccoons! Just noticed that!
December 18, 2012 at 1:31 am
Carole Baker
Beautifully composed painting. I love the red leaves. I’ve enjoyed your blog. Thank you for your demo of collage on glass. Now there’s another thing I want to try.
December 18, 2012 at 11:52 am
Carol King
Hi Carole, There’s a long dark winter ahead. Get the glue and some color copies and go to town! Thanks for visiting and commenting.
January 8, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Linda Halcomb
Carol, I love the way you are using color and the shading is wonderful. I hope your family is recovering from this horrible lose. Have the Red Cross and the other agencies been able to provide assistance? We all give and just pray that it gets to those that need it.