Blue Tree in Yellow Sunshine by Vernita Hoyt

Tree Study in Blue and Yellow
watercolor on sketchbook paper 
copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt

When I need a warm up to help me into a different medium, I can always count on a tree or few to do the job.

Over the weekend, I did several sketches in ink line with a watercolor wash. Primary colors call to me, this time blue and yellow. The beauty of a sketchbook is that I can paint whatever I want with whatever colors I want to use. Nothing has to be realistic.

I like the simplicity of this piece. With the right mat and frame … 

After the warmup, I proceeded to a commissioned  artwork.

Vernita Bridges Hoyt
 Texas Sauce Art Life

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The Piglet Sketch Art by Vernita Hoyt

Piglet. Sketchbook Art.
Artist Vernita Bridges Hoyt

When my grandson was small he had a few Webkins. I think this little piglet was my favorite, so much so that I added Piglet to my sketchbook in 2008. 

Not for Sale. 

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November: Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. We all know people who have fought the battle with lung cancer. Many of us have lost loved ones to this war. The two sketches below are offered to benefit LungCancerAlliance. I will be listing these and more in the Etsy gallery shop soon. You will find a mini-gallery floating in the right hand side bar at Texas Sauce Art Life.

Postcard Sketches of Clematis Flower

November 30 need not be the end of Lung Cancer Awareness. As we move forward into December and the new year 2015, let's do what we can to help find better treatments and/or a cure for lung cancer. 

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings. 
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas™. 

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Christmas Cards + Greeting Cards by Vernita Bridges Hoyt

Remembering our Veterans

Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner. 

Many of my paintings have been included on a holiday card or other greeting card design. The above image shows a few cards, and you will find additional cards available here.

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Red Watermelon Still Life by Vernita Bridges Hoyt

SUGARY SWEET WATERMELON

copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt

SOLD
oil on cradled wood panel, painted with a palette knife

8x8 inches with 1 inch deep sides painted red

(subject was a watermelon from Wade Pennington & Sons, Grapeland, Texas)

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