Trump’s Impeachment

Published on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 by joannaalmasude

Yes, it is “story time”, as told by the Republican party during the November 2019 Impeachment Inquiry. This is my attempt at creating a political cartoon. It’s really just a sketch of a very annoying person who seems to have no sense of reality.

Mistress Annes Potyons & Remedys

Published on April 10, 2019May 11, 2019 by joannaalmasude

Trip to the Rayleigh, Essex Museum! I want to share this fun little booklet that I found at the Rayleigh Town Museum. We went there on Wednesday (4/10/2019) Mistress Annes Potyons & Remedys was so interesting that I made a PDF of it to share with everyone. I couldn’t find an author….. so I assume […]

Watercolor of Billie the Cat

Published on April 3, 2019June 12, 2019 by joannaalmasude

This is a watercolor of Billie the cat. He is a 20 year old black cat that we visited in Rayleigh, Essex UK this month. He is the sweetest thing, with a purry meow. He spends a lot of time napping, and was happy to pose for me. As per usual, I have uploaded a […]

Powder Blue Primrose

Published on April 2, 2019May 11, 2019 by joannaalmasude

Today I painted a Powder Blue Primrose that I saw bloombing in Rayleigh, UK. Trying to work on practicing watercolor. So many of my students paint in watercolor – so I think it is good practice to keep up with my skills. Plus…. I can’t carry around my favored painting medium, large scale oil painting […]

More Flowers!

Published on March 31, 2019April 1, 2019 by joannaalmasude

Ta-da a Flowering Currant Bush. And I want to credit and thank my art teacher from elementary school, Karen Larrabee for finding the name of this flower for me. So, yes, I have given in … and painted more flowers. There are a number of factors playing into this extremely unusual activity of painting in […]

Grape Hyacinth

Published on March 24, 2019April 1, 2019 by joannaalmasude

Typically, I do not paint flowers…. but I have been drawn to them here in Europe. Taken a lot of photos of flowers. Here is a quick little watercolor sketch I did yesterday of Grape Hyacinth. Yes, I also have framed prints of this watercolor available to purchase! Just follow this link if you are […]

The Adventures at the Alltybrain Farm, Brecon, Wales

Published on March 17, 2019March 28, 2019 by joannaalmasude

What an adventure! We arrived to Brecon from Manchester on March 4th 2019, very sick. We had picked up the flu in Manchester (even though we both had a flu shots in the fall). For the time we were in Brecon, I did think it was just a nasty cold. But in the end, it […]

La Nucia, Spain

Published on February 15, 2019June 12, 2019 by joannaalmasude

La Nucia is a little suburb of Benidorm, Spain…. it’s mostly in the mountain area looking down on Benidorm which is by the sea. I have never stayed on a mountain as high as this one… a very interesting experience. We are staying here in a condo high up on the mountain with 2 lovely […]

Benidorm, Spain

Published on February 10, 2019June 12, 2019 by joannaalmasude

For anyone interested in finding a reasonably priced Spanish beach vacation spot, check out Benidorm. Coming from the United States, I had never heard of it. It sits between Valencia and Alicante on the eastern coast of Spain. We are here in February 2019 for around a month. The weather is pretty nice (50s at […]

Quick Sketch of the Lagrasse Abbey

Published on January 23, 2019June 12, 2019 by joannaalmasude

Today I did a quick sketch of the Lagrasse Abbey. It’s wintertime and very cold. The colors are very muted – but I thought the dried tall grass (a nice yellow ocher) was the most interesting part of the image. I do have a hard time staying interested in images that lack people or animals, […]