Carol King: drawing, painting, complaining

Automatic drawing which turned into a botanical pencil in an 8×10″ sketch pad Last week as we walked out of Target to the parking lot, what do we see but a large black bear wandering around. ...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/automatic-drawing-target-typos-and-of-course-bears/

Grace Church Spires, NYC – Watercolor on Arches 300# cold press.  Approximately 18″ x 22″ A number have people have asked where I have been and expressed that they have missed my posts.  ...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/thank-heavens-for-small-miracles/

Central Park Bench – watercolor 16″ x 11 3/4″ on Khadi paper.  Based on a reference photo by Randi Klein.  (Thanks Randi!) My sister’s golden retriever, Gus, gets to run freely around ...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/build-a-wall-and-make-who-pay-for-it/

Red bud leaves in autumn – watercolor in sketchbook Where have I been? asked no one.  I haven’t posted since July. Why?  Two words.                                      ...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/swing-state/

NYC rooftops, WIP – oil painting value study.  Approx 8″ x 11″ Green tulips – watercolor practice on Strathmore paper The Husband and I are taking beginner Spanish classes.  Again.  We...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/donde-esta-el-bano/

3 pots – watercolor on Strathmore 140# coldpress – approx 8″ x 10″ The bears have been very active lately.  Two nights ago we came out to walk the dog. As we got to the top of the drive...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/3-pots-multiple-bears/

Oil painting after Chardin – WIP – approx 8 x 10″ on canvas paper Begonia leaf – graphite and colored pencil in sketchbook Rhododendron leaf –  graphite and colored pencil in sketchboo...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/happy-4th-an-oil-some-botanicals-a-watercolor-and-kansas/

Caladium leafChristmas Fern Venus Sweet Shrub in pencil Venus Sweet Shrub in pen & Ink Tree branch with lichen I decided to take a drawing class at the local community college.  That class was f...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/natures-notebook-and-how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-ny-accent/

Two slices to go –  watercolor on Arches 140# coldpress Did you ever say anything and as the words exited  your mouth you thought “never in a million years would I ever think I would say t...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/two-slices-to-go-bears-and-tacos/

“Waiting” 22 1/4″ x 15″ watercolor on Arches 300# cold press I’ve always wondered this?  I guess I am too old to write “U” for “you” and “Ur” for “your”.  Unless you�...

https://carolking.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/whos-got-the-time-mexican-food-in-wnc-a-sorry-state-and-bears/