Playing with some new paints on this rainy day. I’m always drawn to blues and greens. Have been painting interpretations of little patterns inspired by the pages of a japanese textile book.
Category Archives: sketch
just a small hello
…for today, hands are working on small, quiet things just for the sake of it. A little paper cutting and sketching and going through all my pretty papers. This leafy gold sheet is my favorite.
wild rose
Tiny, fragrant, rambling things.
sketchings
I think my creative muse is most wild in the springtime. Blooming and blossoming ideas and sketches right now. Outside most of the day today, sitting pond side. The air smells of cherry blossoms, the earth cool. Sketching sea ladies based on antique photos and hanging out with my little guy. Happy spring!
lately, wanderings and paintings
Been working on a lots of new paintings. White-washed layers have been consuming my painting time. Sketchbook pages, ideas, plannings. For the new year and now. I keep playing around with variations of a sketch of this one woman…. Bits. I found the loveliest roll of 1940’s wallpaper along a driveway, discarded.
sketchbook
I just thought I would show a preliminary doodle in my beloved hardbound sketchbook, which follows me around everywhere. I usually take up many pages in my book before it comes together. Happy fall, all!
rainy day, again
Have been working on cotton watercolor paper, a sketchbook of sorts. Playing out my little portraits in color, experimenting with the idea of softer….softer lines and maybe colors, sometimes. Definitely softer edges. The rough watercolor paper mimics the texture of the canvas of which I am working on today, and of which is stacked up …
a bit on how things come together
Sketching faces on cotton watercolor paper (my favorite!). Still undecided on the hair. Sketch of scarlet tanager’s in my giant book from June (the pages do not fit into my scanner) And a collage of it all (with my hand and favorite papers) in my watercolor album. Just playing around, process journaling. A giveaway will …
finished sketch
Pomegranate symbolism. Totally subconscious (I really just wanted to draw one!) But now looking into it’s symbolism I am intrigued by its subconscious meaning to me, today. Plus like them because it looks as though they are wearing tiny crowns! Drawn and shaded in dark grey colored pencil (because the smudging of graphite drives me …
things to come
The last few months I have been busy developing faces, ideas, compositions for summer painting time! Taking little notes on each page so I remember what I want to do. Secret sketching time, I guess. A spreading out of sketches on my painting room floor… And these don’t include the sketchings in my giant book. …