The act and experience of drawing is so much more than what happens between the eyes and hand. To put pen to paper while looking at something in front of you is often a portal to all the other senses and even to discoveries. Take the above drawing for instance. While I drew my sunroom … Continue reading More Than Meets the Eye
Tag: sketching
Tingle
Our neck of the woods received a wallop of snow last weekend! As if the excitement and delight of SNOW isn't enough, I've also been sensing a familiar tingle, a bit more than I have in previous weeks. It began with sketches showing up in my writing journal. The tingle continued and is now waking … Continue reading Tingle
Where the Light Gets In
I sit here on our back deck marveling at the sunrise. Light creeps into the neighborhood like fingers finding their way through the maze of cars, bushes, mailboxes, trees and houses. Patches of light cover yards and streets like picnic blankets. Golden shafts blaze down and through shrubbery like kids playing tag or hide and … Continue reading Where the Light Gets In
To Walk Among the Shells
We just returned from a week at ocean's side. It was much needed and I marvel at the gifts that came through the days with my husband's family, through walks by the water, naps in a hammock, time to read and write in my journal. The first day out on the beach I could barely … Continue reading To Walk Among the Shells
Weaving Gratitude
“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.” ― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy It seems necessary and good to stop for a moment here in the middle of the #100Day Project and look around me, take stock, and share … Continue reading Weaving Gratitude
Connections
I am realizing a connection between my current mark-making sketches and the weavings I'm enjoying lately. The scarf that recently came off the loom holds threads of all kinds - thick ones, thin ones, novelty yarns, handspun wool, cotton, and so many colors. They are woven across a variegated warp in undulating waves, circles, stripes … Continue reading Connections
The Many Walks of Type 1 Diabetes
For those who have a child living with Type 1 Diabetes, there are many walks in life that others will never take. For our family, the first of these walks occurred when our youngest daughter, Maddie, was 7 years old. We walked her into Brenner's Emergency Room, after having been told by our pediatrician that … Continue reading The Many Walks of Type 1 Diabetes
A Week of Blind Sight
“Art does not reproduce what we see. It makes us see.” ~ Paul Klee Seven days. One week. The length of a nice vacation or a hike on the Appalachian Trail. Each and every day of creating marks on 10" x 10" Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper, felt like a blind endeavor. I am not trained … Continue reading A Week of Blind Sight
Process vs. Progress
I am a process girl! Yes, indeed...I love to delve into the methods, the whys and wherefores of making, the steps (or lack of) to creating, the slow path of stitching, the zen of painting, and the mindfulness of drawing. This is where my writer self gets all excited. To even attempt to put into … Continue reading Process vs. Progress
#100dayproject
(Day 1 page) The idea of 100 days of sticking to just one way of creating is not appealing to me. I am skeptical of my ability to hang in there for that long. Also, I seem to thrive on variety, having the freedom to create as ideas come to me, leaping from drawing everyday … Continue reading #100dayproject