Recent drawrings.  (yes, I know.  I spelled it that way on purpose.)  🙂

Delight!

My drawing table sits right in front of a large window overlooking a portion of our back deck.  The deck has several bird feeders for all the wonderful visitors we have year round.  I think this is a slate-colored junco .  He was quite beautiful and visited only briefly...I actually had to draw him from … Continue reading Le Visiteur

Perusing all the UNfinished sketchbooks, I decided to pick up a favorite and see if I could finish it.  Why I ever stopped drawing in it eludes me...I think it has more to do with my creative ADD, flitting from one "ooh, let me try that!" to another, than it does any dissatisfaction with the … Continue reading A Day for Color

So proud of these two young people--doing what they love to do.  In drawing them, I'm doing what I love to do.  Cool, eh?

When I work from a photograph (this one taken up the road off Smith Hollow Lane), I can take my time considering how best to translate into lines what's going on in the image.  The great thing about a Bic pen is that you can vary the values not only by the density of cross-hatched … Continue reading Grand Doodling & Hidden Words

I'm still enjoying "knitter" paintings!  I've got a large canvas ready to go for the next one which will include two people knitting.  My inspiration for this one was my oldest daughter, or any teen girl knitting.  The colors are a bit jazzier than the last two, appropriate to the subject.  I completed this painting … Continue reading The Second Pair

I'm not! Enjoying so much the play of line as value, movement, and texture.  I like asking myself, "What kind of line will express this direction or movement in the sky? How can lines and the build-up of them, show depth and time of day?  Will certain lines give the feel of clouds? grasses? hay? … Continue reading Tired of these??

The last page of a sketchbook journal is always a bit wistful feeling to me.  I'm sad to see the journal's end, but excited to begin the next.  In this case, I had already begun the new one, the Book of Sanity, which I've been sharing with you of late.  But the last page of … Continue reading Book’s End & Cover

I'm especially taken with this drawing.  It's not often that I look at my own work and think: oh, who did that? I like coming back to my sketchbook to look at all the lines, both crosshatched and twirly.  I really love that combination in the line work.  I also love the areas that are … Continue reading Our Sweet Cate