R.L. Davis Fine Art

 So... I've been browsing my old sketchbooks.  They date back years.  As I flipped through them, I realized there were quite a few sketches that caught my eye.  So, why not try to paint some of them up!   I love to draw, doodle, sketch, whatever.  It's easy and you can literally spend all day at it or five minutes.  My sketchbooks aren't pretty.  They're not perfect or colorful masterpieces.  They're things that get recorded from spontaneity or inspiration.  I've filled them with small sketches, mostly 2.5"x3.5", so there are quite a few on a single page.  Plus, notes and dribbles of my mind at wander.  It's a great thing, to be able to unload scenes and images that flash through my brain during the day.  If I don't sketch them, my ADHD will move on and a potentially great image will be forever lost! Why this particular drawing?  It has a good composition and nice tones.  But it really speaks of a warm summer day.  Where is it?  I dunno, but it

  Art Journal 05-10-2021  First off, I just want to say a huge Happy Mother's Day to my mom.  She's a fighter and I love her.  I couldn't be with her when she got diagnosed with stage-1 cancer in 2020.  Thankfully, my siblings all live closer than I do and were able to be there for her.  I'm grateful for my mother, without her influence, I wouldn't be the person I am today. Left to right: Shannon(niece) Mom(center), Christa(sister) and Me! Note:  I live in North Carolina and my family all live back in South Dakota.  It's always been hard to get away to visit them during a normal year but super painful during lockdown in 2020. To keep and stay busy, I thought I'd start a journal of sorts with my blog.  Part art journal and part personal.  After all, my art life and personal life are connected.  Art is just another extension of me and one cannot exist without the other. So, without further messing about....  February of 2020 (before the Covid lockdown).   R.L