Leo is here :)

Do you all remember this post from the 7th of March?

http://lauradallagata.blogspot.com/2014/03/waiting-for-leo.html

There is something funny to add….I started this drawing thinking that Leo would make his appearance the day after, on Women's day :) as for his parents' plan.

In the middle of the drawing I got a text from Sabrina telling me that he was out already!!

What a beautiful surprise :)

This is a gift to this little tiny tiny man, he is soooo very cute!!! Got the best out of mom and dad . 

 

    

9x12 inches

oil on canvas board

Leo is here.

Leaving for Japan tomorrow morning : Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto are our stops.

 DO NOT WORRY  I will post sketches!!! 

Have  a good evening everyone! 

Kisses from Ocean Beach, another day of summer here :)

Two more sketches from the beach!

Two more sketches from the beach, not as hot as the past few days but still nice and warm. 

This is first one is done with brush and ink

 This second one is done with pencil:

This is girl was looking for not broken shells…very cute!

I liked her dress especially…

Happy Sunday from Ocean Beach!

Red shoes and jeans.

24x12 inches
oil on gallery canvas
Red shoes and jeans.

Taking this painting to school today, last day of class and last still life homework.

HAPPY ME.

Here you can see pictures of the work in progress:
http://lauradallagata.blogspot.com/2014/05/skateboard-red-shoes-and-jeansalmost.html

Happy Friday everyone!

ciao ciao

FREE TO PAINT WHAT EVER I LIKE NOW:) let s the summer begin!

Yellow and Sunflowers

9x12 inches

oil on canvas board

quick study

Yellow and Sunflowers

This is my quick study from yesterday afternoon,  I love the colors, the brush strokes, the composition …I am actually VERY pleased with the result :)

I might do a larger painting based on this study later in the summer.

I mixed too much color for this painting, still plenty to yellow and ochre on my palette!! I might have to paint some more sunflowers today or tomorrow!

 Another very beautiful sunny summery day over here in Ocean Beach….

ENJOY !!!!

Ferrari driving test

9x12 inches

oil on canvas board

quick study

Ferrari driving test

Today I called finished my long still life project for the Academy ( will post it here soon) and as reward to myself I got to paint WHATEVER things I like. 

Here a pictures of the work in progress:

Looking forward to the summer break to do some free painting !

Last week of school this one :)

Feeling very excited  for the holidays ahead :) Feeling  15 years old again!!!

On a legs suntanning mission, sketch

sketch with pen and colored pencil

I couldn't take a picture go this lady! The whole pose was just shouting me: PLEASE SKETCH ME ;)

Here is a picture of the lady:

We are enjoying some wonderful weather once again here by the ocean, planning to walk up and down the beach with my camera in the afternoon :)

Have a nice day everyone!!

Sketch, today is summer and I am not going to the office

sketch with black/red ink and pen

 Today is summer and I do not go into the office

As you guys know we had a week with a couple of VERY hot days over here in San Francisco,  and Ocean Beach turned into an Italian Riviera kind of beach .

Mona and I had a long long walk and I took tons of pictures of people I found interesting in a summery way. I am going through those pictures now and translating them into drawings. This is the first one of my series of people out on Ocean Beach when out there is summer.
I liked this lady pose immediately, especially how she was keeping her legs.

Loads of people  on the beach, doing every kind of summer beach activity .

It was awesome :)

During one of those two days ( 30 April) I took out my summer gear and for a couple of hours, maybe even three! it was like a dream come true :)

Seeing a lot of people into the water I tried to go in myself, it was SUPER COLD! I was out of it in less than a second.

But on the beach it was hot indeed, check out the HOT DOG