The last of the New Mexico road trip posts. A journal spread/watercolor of the front of Mabel's house from a shady adirondack chair one hot afternoon – pencilled onsite and finished in the studio. Mabel's front door…my comfort drawing in the midst of a week of stretching and experimentation with the pencil and looking and … Continue Reading
I can begin to feel the summer dipping into fall and my rambles in New Mexico but a memory. It all began in Santa Fe with a stop at the International Folk Art Market and wound it's way up to Taos for a wonderful week of drawing in the desert with the lovely Sas Colby. … Continue Reading
A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of sitting with a cup of tea and Kass Hall's new book, Zentangle Untangled. It's lovely! Kass is a blogging friend and when she asked if I'd be part of her blog hop for promoting the book, of course I said YES! You can find out more … Continue Reading
Earlier in the month my friend Ellen and I headed down the long ribbon of highway to the Land of Enchantment to spend some time drawing in the desert. As a way point, we stopped in Santa Fe and spent an evening at the International Folk Art Market. The largest gathering of folk artists in the … Continue Reading
Just as the insane heat wave set in, and before the Flagstaff fire started, we had the great pleasure of attending a farm dinner out in the fields of eastern Boulder County. The night was hot, hot, hot at about 100 degrees, but the shade of the dinner tent kept the scorching heat off of … Continue Reading
Thank you to my friend Leah for this wonderful wake up on Saturday morning! Goose bumps and hope – way better than a concert hall!
I spent the afternoon in the studio (one eye on the fires smouldering in the distance) with a couple of friends making altered postcards. It is just what I needed after yesterday's 100 plus temps, roaring winds and freakin' fires billowing smoke down into Boulder! Today was a cool drink of friendship and some much … Continue Reading
The light of a summer's evening caught these bubbles outside my neighborhood market. They were promoting a solar oven that was baking cookies and was about the size of a double-wide kid's bicycle carrier. Very cool idea…but they had to keep moving it around the parking lot as the sun got lower and lower? Is … Continue Reading
This made me smile and feel hope for all of us. Thanks, Leslie! Happy Monday!
Still loving June and trying to say yes every chance I get, soaking up every precious day. Spent a lovely morning with my friend Alix sketching at Chautauqua Park and lunching in the old grand dame of a dining hall - a retreat to a bygone time. Meanwhile back in the studio I fleshed out my sketches … Continue Reading