sketch journal

sketch journal
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something else i worked on earlier this week. it is done in pitt pens, size S.
goodness, have been so tired the last couple days. i need to rouse myself to do something...

roses and rolling hills

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if you are one of those people in places where it is really really hot, you might want to plan a trip to seattle. seattle, where i have recently been wearing gloves. and turtlenecks. and wool in all its many forms. yes, seattle. the land that summer forgot and the decades cannot improve. if it's freezing cool breezes you seek, you can't go wrong.

and anyhow, in case you were wondering, i am still using the same color scheme these days. this is another new little painting which is also in my etsy shop.

dreaming in ink.

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i am behind on email -- sorry ! i will catch up. i tell you, this week, doing 4 people's jobs at work, it is draining. so all i have been doing in the evenings is drawing, doodling, in my sketch book. these are pitt pens, size S.

this weekend was the sort of weekend when art just does not want to happen, so i had decided to take a week or so off from it, when suddenly, it DID happen. perhaps there is something to be said for giving up, or maybe i just mean letting go.. so, anyway, here are two watercolor paintings which i have listed in my etsy shop.

painter's vest

painter's vest
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i need to enlist some help to get a better picture of this, but this is what i came up with in a few minutes using the timer on my camera. this is the finished Painter's Vest. The pattern is by Jane Thornley of www.janethornley.com.

bison and mice!

these are 2 little paintings i have completed recently. they are on etsy:

majestic bison, watercolor and ink, 4x4":

mouse knight, watercolor and ink, 4x4":


i just love bison. well, and mice too, though i think the mouse fondness is a better known fact about me. i can't really imagine an animal more noble than a bison. they are so enormous and stately. if i saw one close up, i would want to run up to it and throw my arms around it, like lucy and susan do to aslan in the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. though i suppose the bison would probably attempt to gore me if i did that. but really they look so .. cuddly, and fierce, at the same time. i think this place, america, must have been a much finer place when they were great herds of bison roaming around.

may beaded house

may beaded house
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this really counts as my may beaded house because i started it on may 31st! this is the last of the series, which i began a year ago.

seed beads, brass charms, ceramic button, and watch gears.