Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Watercolor ink on paper
When I was a young girl I would have given my entire collection of Nancy Drew mysteries for the costume this youthful model had on in figure group this afternoon. She was sparkles from head to toe. It was a bit disorienting at first. I usually go in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Watercolor and pen in travel sketchbook
We’re living under a smoky haze these days in northern California. The sun rises, a bright red glowing ember in the sky. Wildfires burning out of control in a hundred different locations, sparked by lightning last weekend. Too many to put out, some will burn for weeks. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Me, Ben-graduate, Andy
Ben is post-graduation, post-all night party today. And those eagle wings seem stronger and less in need of a mother bird today. I even caught myself saying “Maybe you should take a nap before you go out tonight.” Then stopped and said aloud (so I would hear myself) “But you [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches, Figurative Abstracts, Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Allow me to introduce you to my husband by sharing a sketch I did a few years ago from across a table at a restaurant. We were discussing art and he was weighing in with his opinion. I assure you he was referring to much of contemporary art and not any art you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
(a portion of) a water media painting (collage, acrylic, cassein) on illustration board
Just a peek at a painting which is still in process (the finishing is always the hardest!) Do you know those dulcet tones of a choir of contented hens? Mine have settled down again now that Nimbus has stopped brooding. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Acrylic, charcoal, ink on paper, 11″ X 15″
Every time I glance at this new painting I see more figures, and yet it speaks more obviously to landscape. These Fantascapes have become the playground of my mind and all that is behind the mind. They are fueled by this very loooong spring we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Acrylic and ink on paper, 11″ X 13″
THis is the curvy Elizabeth from last Thursday’s figure studio, only now she’s dreaming, and what a dream! Have you a title for this piece? or a story for it (not too x-rated though please! There are children and grandmothers who visit this blog!)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We left our home and families today - with their homework crunches and gardens to weed and houses to renovate, etc. and entered the world of garden and paint and drawing and the excellent company of other weekend “escapees”. And I, as teacher, had the most relaxing imaginable day, a lovely warm day - [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Charcoal, watercolor, pen on w/c sketch paper
I recently picked up a new book, Spirit of Drawing: A sensory meditation guide to creative expression by Connie Smith Siegel, Watson-Guptill 2007 One of the exercises starts with eyes closed and hands on your blank paper, sensing it through touch. Eyes still closed you pick [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks, Nature Abstractions, Uncategorized on April 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
charcoal, watercolor, pens on sketchbook paper
i ate my lunch with a caterpiller today, while sitting beside a lazy cat whose head followed the crackers down into the humus dip and back up to my crunching mouth. My own gaze was fixed on a tiny acrobat dangling in thin air somewhere midway between ground and high [...]
