I chanced to see the trees dancing in the breeze. Said I to the trees could we dance together please? And I curtsied to the boughs of the trees. -jpe
Tag: sketchbook
New Walking Shoes!
I'm not really starting the EDM list as so many are doing along with Danny. I just got some new walking shoes a couple of days ago. I could not believe how worn down the pair I was wearing was...huge holes, nearly clear through to my toes! These new ones feel like springs, almost. I … Continue reading New Walking Shoes!
Encouragement from Across the Ages
I came across this quote on Ian Sideaway's fabulous drawing blog: "Do not fail as you go on to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good." (Cennino Cennini) In case you do not know who Cennino Cennini … Continue reading Encouragement from Across the Ages
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
A Must Share!
Something about my little beach drawrings made me think of Maurice Prendergast, an artist I've admired for years. This was only after the fact, not something I was aware of while drawing at the beach. But it made me google him and read more about him as an artist when I found THIS! You simply … Continue reading A Must Share!
A Treat for You…
CLICK HERE for a video montage of all my drawings made while on vacation with my family! I hope you enjoy! 🙂
Final Day
Wishing I could fly my kite all the way home from the beach, I'm enjoying the last full day here. There are so many drawings I've not been able to share with you...perhaps I can create some sort of video montage for you when I get back home. But not before I fly a kite … Continue reading Final Day
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
On Parade
I was in my morning walk "zone", lost in thought, when I became aware that I was being watched. Looking up from sand and shells, I saw seagulls, hundreds of them, lining the beach where waves meet the sand, all of them standing looking my direction. It was as if they had tweeted each other … Continue reading On Parade
My Makeover by Mia
With her palette of blushes, eye and lip colors, my 5 year old neice looked searchingly at my face and said, "Now let's see..."She commenced to giving me about 5 different layers of lip color and liner, two shades of blue and green blush which she carefully blended, and a trio of bright blue, purple … Continue reading My Makeover by Mia