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Pink elephant

featured bugs and joy

Sue Clancy
Mar 10, 2023
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This week I finished a painting I've titled “Pink Elephant”.

My sketchbook last Friday had a sketch of an elephant that inspired the mixed media painting above. I'm including my sketchbook page again here so you can see the sketch and the painting side by side. I liked the elephant's pose…

… I added the wine and umbrella when I did the final painting “Pink Elephant” because I've been reading about the Prohibition era. (Details of my reading and thinking over on my blog https://sueclancy.com/peanut-boater-and-pnw-poetry-prose-bugs/)

During another morning using my fountain pen and a water brush to smear the ink I drew a peanut shell safety helmet wearing hard working squirrel.

And on a rainy grey day I used the Portland Rain ink to draw a doodlebug.

And another day I drew a different doodlebug. I'm enjoying the patterns these bugs doodle.

On another morning I drew my coffee.

Another morning was a bad-news sort of morning so I drew a defiant joy.

On another day I used a separate small 3 x 4 inch piece of handmade paper, not in my sketchbook, to do this sketch below because it's cheerful. I happened across the blank sheet of handmade paper in a drawer so I drew on it because it was there.

I'm thinking I may make a mug with the dancing hippo and the cat and dog with flowers - such a mug would make me smile. We'll see…

I hope your day contains some joy!

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Liz Gauffreau
Mar 10Liked by Sue Clancy

I love the pink elephant, safe from the effects of overimbibing! I also love the squirrel with his peanut shell hardhat. It immediately made me think of a friend of mine who has a "thing" about small animals wearing tiny hats.

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Rebecca Holden
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Mar 10Liked by Sue Clancy

This is such a delight, Sue - a great start to the weekend!

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