i've 2 more pages of my sketch journal up on flickr, if you want to click through to see them.
i am not particularly into football, which i suppose is too bad as i am from seattle, but there you have it. i am hoping to spend today alternately cleaning furiously and enjoying breaks for knitting and so on.
enjoy your sunday, however you chose to spend it.
So I am working on a new series inspired by Islamaic architecture, but I am not entirely new to onion domes. This little pen and ink drawing is something I did in 2006, inspired by the domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square. Wikipedia informs me that this cathedral is more formally known as :Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat. That's a bit of a mouth full but I like it.
Today has been long, the morning taxing my muscles as I shifted boxes around and up and down ladders, and this afternoon taxing my brain as I edited a catalog. I am ready for a long holiday weekend! And I might just get some painting in, we'll see. I am kind of taking a break from formal painting to allow my creativity to refresh itself after my intensive art making between September and December. I've been reading a lot and knitting a little.
So I am working on a new series inspired by Islamaic architecture, but I am not entirely new to onion domes. This little pen and ink drawing is something I did in 2006, inspired by the domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square. Wikipedia informs me that this cathedral is more formally known as :Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat. That's a bit of a mouth full but I like it.
Today has been long, the morning taxing my muscles as I shifted boxes around and up and down ladders, and this afternoon taxing my brain as I edited a catalog. I am ready for a long holiday weekend! And I might just get some painting in, we'll see. I am kind of taking a break from formal painting to allow my creativity to refresh itself after my intensive art making between September and December. I've been reading a lot and knitting a little.
this is my new sketch journal. It is a journal designed by Sabrina Ward Harrison and it came from papaya art. It is a nice size and it has lovely thick pages that are great for pen and ink. i got it for christmas and am very happy with it.
page two:
dreams born of tea steam
it's been a rough day, i could use a cuppa.
random etsy sale! 20% off anything in my etsy shop. coupon code is :
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you have to enter that to get discount! :) happy tuesday. happy snowday for many of you! (me included.)
www.meinoel.etsy.com.
a good time to shop for valentine's day!
Pantone says that pink will be the color this year, but I went for orange in this case. This hat was for a babyshower this weekend for a baby of unknown gender (well, unknown by me and its parents, it probably knows itself and will share that information soon when it feels like emerging.) anyway that being the case I decided bright orange would be good, and I suppose it has the added advantage of making your baby easy to spot in a crowd.
the pattern is Deep South Fiber's Basic Baby Hat. The yarn is Pima Cotton & Silk Hand Paint in the color called flame.
It WAS a busy weekend. white elephant party friday night, baby shower Saturday. Sunday I stayed in bed and knitted whole listeing to Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire audio book. And I took several naps and read some (Connie Willis' Blackout, so good!)
and now it's back to work.
Jesse sent me this cool article on Ammonites. Ammonites are organisms commonly found as fossils. They are related to Octopuses, Squids, and Cuttlefish. They look something like Nautiluses but are only distantly related. Read all about them! Obviously I am a fan, this is a painting I did featuring one last year. It's 20 x 10"
