Walking through the woods along a rambling brook and I spotted these terrific, vibrant yellow blooms growing amongst the composting autumn leaves of last year. They are so beautiful, so dainty with brown and green spotted-leaves. They are growing in clumps along a woodsy stream, in an almost swamp-like area. Do you you know what …
Category Archives: sketchbook
new lockets and fig buttercups
Two bits of good news. I am not mia or forgetting about this blog! I have some major time-consuming work obligations right now (which take up part of my weekend as well) but come the end of May it will end and I will be less busy! Also, I look forward to a relaxing, painting-filled …
sketchbook and a rainy day meadow walk
Sketches are building up all over my floor! The lucky ones are neatly organized in a very big book. I try to do at least one a day, in the book or scribbled on scrap paper. So now I need to post them more. It’s pretty much the only thing I do right now. and… …
spring!
getting ready for a new year
In cleaning my studio room today I came across some additional lockets that I had stashed away (and you can preview three of them in this post. I’ve already decided that my mini print locket days are near over, as time to source is scarce, and I am not out thrift and antique shopping much …
This past month
While I have been away…. Dreaming of wintery things and taking long solitary walks through icy fields and woods. Dreaming of ancestors and lace, ice and wildflowers, little gardens that withstand the snow and cold, honeybees and the sea…and art (this is where I tie it all together!) And it’s not even winter yet! The …
A big old post because I’ve been away so long…tangled hair teacups and sketches
Where did the week go? And someone tells me its March already… spring will soon be here! I am so awaiting the sweet colors of spring and sitting out in the grass. Anywho, lots of inspiration and sketching here. I have been collecting pictures of flapper-ish women, muses and models for paint and sketching maybe. …
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oh wednesday
Tried painting with a feather today. Fingerpainting is much more fun. Just two little playground pieces. I am most happy painting tight details but these loose concept sketches and assemblages sometimes get the create juices flowing. I usually keep them to myself but why not share once in awhile?
little green
just two, fragments of yesterday’s sketchbook, stitching, sketching, whitewashing, cutting.