I have an online friend and fellow artist who lives in New Zealand and paints and illustrates beautifully in watercolor. Hanneke recently posted some paintings of flowers and titled her post, "Practicing Flowers". One of the things I enjoy about being a fellow WordPress blogger, is that we can chat back and forth with ease, … Continue reading It’s not the flowers themselves…
Category: Philosophizing
Early Day
I sit here at my drawing table in the quiet and stillness of early day. I'm furiously trying to capture the look of my neighborhood as dawn begins to rise up from behind the hill. Two lampposts glow in the hazy dark of colors that my palette does not have. I try. Within seconds, it … Continue reading Early Day
What I Have to Give
When the basket passes by, I often wish I could give something other than money. Not that I always have that to give. We've been taught that, MORE than our money, God wants our Hearts. So I often imagine my own little self inside that basket, being whisked away for use in His Kingdom. I … Continue reading What I Have to Give
Life Is A Garden
Walking down my favorite lane this morning, my thoughts flitted over the empty wheat field, and landed in the garden area near the end of Silver Dapple Lane. Mr. Whicker has given this end of his field to his tenants who live in homes on his land. They have a thriving garden full of corn, … Continue reading Life Is A Garden
The Habit of Attention
Sitting here in the overwhelm that seems to be my life these days, I flip through my sketchbook to begin drawing on a blank page. This is the last drawing entered in my Handbook Journal, drawn last Tuesday at Baptist Hospital waiting for my dear mom to come out of surgery for breast cancer. What … Continue reading The Habit of Attention
Searching & Finding
Day 1 at the beach: In less than half an hour of being out on the shore, I chance to look down and see a sea stone...beautifully rounded and smoothed by sand and water. This sets me on a course to find and collect more sea stones and sea glass thru the week.Day 2: Bent … Continue reading Searching & Finding
The Beauty of Line & Watercolor
A couple of days ago, Maddie and I sat out in our backyard, in the cool morning, to draw. I had several sketchbooks (as I do when using watercolor, so that I can move on to another drawing while one is drying), pens, watercolors; and she had her big sketchbook, pencil, and markers. When she … Continue reading The Beauty of Line & Watercolor
The Grumble Blankie
Recently, I've realized a nasty habit: I complain a lot. You might be surprised at this. But if you heard the tape that runs in my head some days, or if you asked my husband...you'd hear an awful lot of grumbling. Laundry, dishes, dust, work, busyness, crazy drivers, not enough of this, too much of … Continue reading The Grumble Blankie
Just Draw…and Live!
I read Voscamp quoting Luther: "If you want to change the world, pick up your pen." I'm not sure about changing the world, but it certainly changes me to pick up my pen and draw. I doubt this is what Martin Luther meant. Writing is what he meant by picking up your pen. But I … Continue reading Just Draw…and Live!
Drawing & Emotion
One morning last week, I made this drawing in the early hours. I usually write before dawn, before anyone is up. These journals do have doodles and drawings woven in and around the words. But on this particular morning, I pulled out my somewhat-neglected-of-late sketchbook...and drew. It didn't matter WHAT I drew...just that I put … Continue reading Drawing & Emotion