A creative life is rarely a straight arrow path. Perhaps precisely because it IS creative, the path is winding and circuitous, with many side trails leading off the main one which eventually brings you back on track or becomes the new main path. This is how my own creative life has felt for nearly 20 years. I … Continue reading Knitterly Arts Podcast!
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In the Presence of a Tree
I sat in the presence of a tree today to lean in, to listen to what it has to say. To draw from its lines a story of the tree with pen and brush in hand, my sketchbook on my knee. It offered me a leaf, with limb bent low, and dindled and quivered glad … Continue reading In the Presence of a Tree
The Anti-Inspiration that Works!
I have found some of the most unusual inspirations along the creative path as an artist. I may be the only one who finds freedom and renewed passion in these quirky anti-inspirations, but I'll share this latest one with you, just in case it helps you too! Here's how it goes... My passion for drawing … Continue reading The Anti-Inspiration that Works!
InkTober UnderWay
#InkTober is proving to be such fun for me! I saw that it was coming up a few days before October began from Liz Steele's Instagram feed. I thought it would be a great opportunity to just play with ink of all kinds...pens, washes, even a splash of color if I wanted to. I got … Continue reading InkTober UnderWay
When Magic Happens
It happens at various times along the way. Magic that is. Years ago, when I first swiped watercolor on a white page...I drew in my breath and held it as I watched the color move on the paper, blend with other colors. Something special was happening that was just for me. The magic of watercolor … Continue reading When Magic Happens
FINALLY!!
SKETCHBOOK CHAT #4! Drawings from a two-day sketch crawl in Boone, NC with my parents! Tips and techniques for you to try as well! Enjoy! Artfully Yours, Jennifer
My Trellis
There's been lots of livin' and therefore lots of drawin'!! Somehow I thought life would slow down after the wedding, but since it hasn't, filled to the brim with all good things, I've taken to drawing to slow down the moments a bit, to lean into all the goodness jam-packed into my days and weeks. … Continue reading My Trellis
Homebase
Anytime I allow my fascination to carry me into mediums I haven't used in a while, I always find myself returning to a black pen. Every day I reach for the Moleskine, or the Handbook Journal, to log yards of lines in either a Sharpie fine-line pen or a Bic Pen or a thicker brush … Continue reading Homebase
Fascination & Play
I am fascinated by many things. Nature, faces, shapes of objects, fibers, color, line, stitches, light...on and on to where I'm fairly dizzy with delight. This fascination is surely the heart of an artist's life. Being an artist has less to do with raw talent and more with being fascinated by something and granting oneself … Continue reading Fascination & Play
Drawing to See
I was railing at no one and everything, howling at the just-up sun, grappling with the ongoing sense that my life is out of control (even though it isn't). I know this song and dance. I've heard it many times before. I've railed so many times in my life now that it sounds like an … Continue reading Drawing to See