Tag: sketchbook
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Unfinished
It’s only a leaf. It was only a few moments, in the shade. It was only a short wait. It was only a pen, and paper, and the delicate fernlike leaf of the Daucus carota and inspiration… And then it was unfinished. Joyfully. Abandoned. In favor of the company of love. And now it…
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Journals
I own a lot of journals. There’s a meme going around about writers and unused journals, pens and other paraphernalia and I feel so called out. But really, as an artist and a writer, journals, sketchbooks, markers, pens… all tools of the trade. Many of mine are cheap and utilitarian, but once in a while…
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At The World’s Top
Where it’s cold and the wind blows the ice crystals into smithereens and only the spruce endure the freezing of every fiber over and over year in and year out… the ice dragons drift through clouds.
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Art Update
I’ve been spring-cleaning today, getting into the nooks and crannies neglected while school was on. The dog has mysterious abilities to get her toys in the oddest places. But unless you want tips and tricks for deep cleaning with a dust allergy, it’s not an interesting or exciting process to blog about (or do). So…
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Graphite on Paper
At the beginning of this drawing class, we learned that drawing is making marks on paper. The marks we were making in this first half of the semester were specifically graphite on paper. Tomorrow I turn in my portfolio and receive a critique of the work I’ve been doing. I have no idea how that…