Art and Meera

Art and Meera turned 11 today!

And it was 79 degrees F today !!! #spring #cherryblossons peaking 12 days early #tulips #tidalbasin #dc #nature #beauty #posing https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJ7drrsMynpOP6ARxZwDr44-BjTJ5RA-JVhX80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#alstroemeria #lily #closeup #iphonephotography #artbymeera https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGUzk4OLAh7Nxp0xJmfkP4wMTse8dw_QfOfJ40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#daffodils #spring #springblooms #iphonephotography #nofilter #yellow #nature #beauty https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDHyQpuN4tLui1dbi3nNTnDmE8aHOuQCI3UD40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

When there were two other adults also keeping a eye on a kid who loves to climb, I felt comfortable enough to take out my sketch book and pen to sketch :) #princessdianaplayground #pirateship #londondays #latepost #penandink #urbansketch #pleinair #penandink #micronpen #outingwithgrandson #travelsketch #sketchbook #artjournal https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuowzOsnSv1icdzzFiC11leijS2OrXCMu96700/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

DONE!!! #oneweek100people day 5: 82-100 march 10 2023 this is the first time i did not stress out each day sketching about 20 people/day! I stuck to using pen&ink and pencil line drawings. I drew groups of people in 2 sheets of paper 7x9” each day choosing photos that i had been meaning to sketch - some day soon i hope i to paint them bigger in watercolor. Thank you again @marc.holmes for challenge - thoroughly enjoyed it this year :) Today’s are beach scenes that i did not have time sketch and had to be content with taking photos to file away ! The final 6 are from Pondicherry, India where the beach is protected by rocks and boulders and so no swimsuit beachgoers. #penandink #beachsketches #pencil #sketchbook #drawingchallenges https://www.instagram.com/p/CpnK1B3u-zvMKDxwaQXz-FLiRiXXMS68icFFjg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#oneweek100people day 4 nos 63-81 Today its photos from airports that i wanted to sketch for a while :) the first one even has baby - while the dad with his hands full struggled to open the stroller, many were watching! 2nd one is at Heathrow airport, London. The robot clearner was going back and forth but no one noticed. Sketching like this is getting faster by connecting lines and figures. #penandink #micron005 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpkj3d9rwWeF9xsLXOukNf7qZXI9dBeykeZ0ss0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#oneweek100peole day 3 march 8 2023 41-62 sketching from photos of scenes i really wanted do for some time now! First one needs to be in color - its the busy colorful Camden High St in London - the buildings facades are so interesting !!! i spent way too much time doing the buildings! Second one using sailor fude pen is a combination of couple of photos because i wanted ten people in there :) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiASXvOYO9TC6ClLTZj5eCAho2jIqYYCgscAY0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nightsky #iphonephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CphkghEOxJIIAIasdN2Rmj-ivRkH65XCjo_4Y00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#oneweek100people day 2 nos:21-30, 31-40 From photographs taken at London and Whitstable, UK October 2022. The first is of a protesters in black, with white facemask,white sheets over them lying on the sidewalk. 2nd is of croquet players. I had wanted to sketch them when i saw them but did not have time then so just clicked the photos for when i could. #penandink #colorpencil #londondays #travelsketches https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpfh7NurdA0hArRRYB6enUD8G4ADZMdPeTuL5g0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#memory January 4 2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_qrWnr6c82HqmPJtxWNi2bS0Yut92en_ltSQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wishing all peace joy prosperity in 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm374uYuDiQqqJ6reCUozIyGlRK5t6z5FC40Ts0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sunrise #morningmeditation #mood #silhouette #iphonephotography #nofilter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmy43-drSCqgQ0WUCUgsiYzm--5SF6LuX2ATJI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Two quick sketches done one on #procreate and one in my #stillmanandbirn #deltaseries sketchbook during our trip to Denver last week. Trying to decide if i should work on both further ! #denverairport view while waiting for our flight out. 2. #ThePonti at the #denverartmuseum waiting for our food https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhYALsPq1d273QV4MnfZN9z7x0BNNZLzB53e00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another #verylatepost ! I sketched it on location and later did watercolor washes at home. I forgot about it until today ! I had sketched the stage while waiting finishing as the program started. #sketchbook #sketchingonlocation #sneakingasketch https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1FN5IurP2VGbiEX8g8SsZihsQIRnJPnh3sds0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#warnertheaterdc #ceiling #ornate #sketched at the theater while waiting to see the Nutcracker ballet show and watercolored at home. #urbansketching #pleinair https://www.instagram.com/p/Cllo92zLCcl-Fk-3Xu49Ow4314vC-_kcY9lm1I0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#verylatepost - “Brand New Baby Grand Daughter” watercolor by Meera Rao The baby is a year & half and finally I get around to post this little sketch from 2021!! At least I did sketch it more than a year ago love it that this is being posted on the 14th Blog Anniversary! I wish I had a better image. I hope I will sketch many more as she grows to fully realize her wonderful potential. 2. Smithsonian Engagement Calendar 2021 week 15 The Kiowa Battle dress c 2000 by Vanessa Jennings (Kiowa/Pima) is “similar to those worn by female relatives of the warrior members of the Ton-Won-Gah, or the Kiowa Black Leggings Society. The yellow patches with the horse heads indicate a Vietnam War veteran from the US Army's first cavalry." I actually had not paid any attention to this photo on the opposite page in the upcycled sketchbook - the Smithsonian Engagement calendar 2021- while I sketched my grandbaby so many many weeks ago! It is one of the very few times I totally ignored the image in the engagement Calendar until it was time for me write about it in the blog :) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZme-mPOjhAnSk3Kt6u4bciUeXS3aiJqgSj840/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=