life drawing
Last sketch of the day. Used my new tiny palette mix on top of a few ink pen lines. My favorite part is the ear.
Category: Making
recycled tealight
A used tealight with a little wax remaining in it Plus Two empty half pans filled with watercolor paint from tubes Equals a tiny palette with a favorite blend for dark neutrals! I melted...
more signatures
I cut and folded and trimmed 8 signatures for future use. Guard sheets have Asian screen painting imagery from an old calendar. Interior sheets are Blick’s 9 x 12 white sulphite drawing paper. Things...
visualizing
Short-cut quilt in progress. I’m building a top and bottom out of nine-patch squares and strips of fabric. The fabric with pronounced gray-green stripes is khadi cloth from India, a gift from Suzanne. The...
Gee’s Bend
The Master Quilters of Gee’s Bend, Ala. I am fascinated by the quilt artists of Gee’s Bend. This is a beautiful little film about them, their work, and their community.
bookmaking
Happiness is a few hours in the bookmaking studio this morning, looking up occasionally to observe a light snow falling. I assembled this Coptic book, with covers made from ecodyed papers toned with watercolor:...
working on
a baby blanket for the pizza man and his wife. Amazing how muscle memory retained how to crochet after so many years. The Midwife Blanket And it’s cold and going to get colder and...