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 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
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
Playing around in the studio this week I found these beautiful and amazing labels over at Miss Moss's Cottage…a.k.a. Dispatch from LA. Mary Ann has made a big 'ol batch of Quirky Handmade Labels available to us out here in bloglandia. Click on over here for the details…nine bucks and you get all the labels you see … Continue Reading
The last of the boxes are unpacked and I'm officially in my new studio! People have been curios, so I'm posting a few more pics. It's a spacious, light-filled studio in a tree house. I've even carved out a little time to finish up these mandalas in my journal. I love the bright cheery radish … Continue Reading
Some pages from a new journal I just started inspired by my time at the PLAY journaling retreat. I picked up a Holga camera I had gotten for my birthday a couple of year's ago and Tracy helped me figure out how to load the 35 mm film – old school! – and off we went … Continue Reading
Some more inspiration from the PLAY retreat. This page from my friend Leslie's journal just blew me away with it's insight and wisdom. She had taken a class at the Artfest Annex in Seattle with Jesse Reno and this quote above came flying out of his mouth. And seriously. When you think about it, how true is … Continue Reading
Just back from the PLAY journaling retreat in Port Townsend. It's such a wonderful get away in the depths of January. And so great to reconnect with all the creative souls that make the sojourn. I mostly worked to get my Sketchbook Project journal finished. Which I did and mailed off yesterday, within a hair's … Continue Reading
Dreaming of this… …while looking at this… …have escaped into my new watercolor box working in my "In Ten Minutes" journal for the Sketchbook Project. I have procrastinated like a freakin' banshee on this one…4 pages done and it's got to be mailed a week from today : ( My saving grace is that … Continue Reading
Views out my dining room window this morning…3 degrees…dreaming of summer corn fields and this delicious dish… …to be copied for a recipe book we are making for the PLAY Journaling retreat at the end of January. Happy Winter Dreaming! p.s. thank you, thank you, thank you Lisa for this fabulous recipe!