tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56808073186357805162024-03-08T10:25:54.106-05:00Sketchbook Wandering Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-82767967440922211552024-02-18T13:53:00.006-05:002024-02-18T13:53:36.118-05:00Fountain Pens, Cursive Writing & Penmanship<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho7wAGDpEW_PQsmh3COdH5Oq4eluiA4abSXpN8b8HI5W2Gy7xAYRiqT-l8RTMtDC9iBkYOgA9a_0PnQAb6ML7eeNYigzN6XaYryrx8CzGNzwZfQaWzh-CRX7Fg6gbcnUsLi3Xe_4TmA_yKtp3jy_K2-0cp1dMSAQeay1SgpytFbivfpcqdwUkL7YMZGjWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1280" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEho7wAGDpEW_PQsmh3COdH5Oq4eluiA4abSXpN8b8HI5W2Gy7xAYRiqT-l8RTMtDC9iBkYOgA9a_0PnQAb6ML7eeNYigzN6XaYryrx8CzGNzwZfQaWzh-CRX7Fg6gbcnUsLi3Xe_4TmA_yKtp3jy_K2-0cp1dMSAQeay1SgpytFbivfpcqdwUkL7YMZGjWA=w400-h289" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">If you put "fountain pens" into my Search Bar, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">you'll find previous posts about them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJV0KpT-E3-Ef-77oab4KhI8O61hwt4KnlWvV9o33siAp-4T6o5yKGdF0UonsUf-dUsOntkE9tcmopc0OypAv87sK44FwDhz2AIvbCNC7ctMPPKPuuJGBqAKfyMEdHaYYN-033ylbFQAkNGhPDB-E3E6sQunPAWN73Z6OsECv_JnaOxcVi9AzFVCMKLhHT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1305" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJV0KpT-E3-Ef-77oab4KhI8O61hwt4KnlWvV9o33siAp-4T6o5yKGdF0UonsUf-dUsOntkE9tcmopc0OypAv87sK44FwDhz2AIvbCNC7ctMPPKPuuJGBqAKfyMEdHaYYN-033ylbFQAkNGhPDB-E3E6sQunPAWN73Z6OsECv_JnaOxcVi9AzFVCMKLhHT=w358-h400" width="358" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I've been taking notes about the history of pens, writing tools </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& penmanship from a book, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: arial;">Script & Scribble, The Rise & Fall of Handwriting</u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Using fountain pens</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">is "Slow Writing" compared to computer tapping in the way that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">eating whole foods is "Slow Food" compared to eating fast food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I so enjoy the tactile feel of ink flowing through a fountain pen nib</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">on quality paper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCGXxhQnL_tJevNI0Wn3mA1jvPCR85M0rkIs8jg_XNad-X1jBiTIJbH8MMcAAK6f3jj_XiofzGUEWWzt5Ns6WTOqYuFz0YQIB5EfhmwRosWMxgPoSA_h3T-pP9Iwv_nZybwwrfcW0ZxSedX2obp5uUJMrjMcrJkZCzi2ZMgGc1GhNt4hPqytZk7bXJyUGG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCGXxhQnL_tJevNI0Wn3mA1jvPCR85M0rkIs8jg_XNad-X1jBiTIJbH8MMcAAK6f3jj_XiofzGUEWWzt5Ns6WTOqYuFz0YQIB5EfhmwRosWMxgPoSA_h3T-pP9Iwv_nZybwwrfcW0ZxSedX2obp5uUJMrjMcrJkZCzi2ZMgGc1GhNt4hPqytZk7bXJyUGG=w520-h640" width="520" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The variety of pens & inks these days is amazing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I mostly write with a range of blue to green inks, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">though I still enjoy good old black, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">especially waterproof, so that I can add watercolors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMZY25faK-7-xAMTuCIDWysZ5TYNInO2NxMANWOoNIYdpcCXRfQ_mTodsrcRv3cIO2z579Kbu07TZX6eu2X7gt6PtDtARlIPbjLHymeQySNLAKqEBYft6kCgWxNec6VhBQKN-QI-_LLF73ozIovp59Uag0mJFVAsDJvj2COiFQ5dwLM-WJ8d2jz-2Dl3de" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMZY25faK-7-xAMTuCIDWysZ5TYNInO2NxMANWOoNIYdpcCXRfQ_mTodsrcRv3cIO2z579Kbu07TZX6eu2X7gt6PtDtARlIPbjLHymeQySNLAKqEBYft6kCgWxNec6VhBQKN-QI-_LLF73ozIovp59Uag0mJFVAsDJvj2COiFQ5dwLM-WJ8d2jz-2Dl3de=w389-h640" width="389" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They are simply one of my very very favorite tools.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They have been since I wrote with </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">my 1st Schaeffer cartridge pen at age 11.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Visit Goulet Pens if you want to know more about fountain pens!</span></span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-80474903043509290162024-01-29T14:48:00.002-05:002024-01-29T18:11:05.212-05:00Quick Sketching After All these Years<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAPokehyXffw9rRlv8ZJVd1G1C7kABXsoCGPnCkXqJzjvv80bCiqpTm7bg7cs2GY6nKMIGesrI_vRK65gckgIyZUK5WBahEsU5Kt48pv1Xh-tODdHqgRH9R-6wG07Uzgbj0jKbI-VYSkCnBysBPLkh5JO1lqjf52ojFWRv6FwbcjB1BJLsJOryCP_F9Up/s1644/C952D869-5687-4EEE-9352-C67C8E390ED2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAPokehyXffw9rRlv8ZJVd1G1C7kABXsoCGPnCkXqJzjvv80bCiqpTm7bg7cs2GY6nKMIGesrI_vRK65gckgIyZUK5WBahEsU5Kt48pv1Xh-tODdHqgRH9R-6wG07Uzgbj0jKbI-VYSkCnBysBPLkh5JO1lqjf52ojFWRv6FwbcjB1BJLsJOryCP_F9Up/w510-h640/C952D869-5687-4EEE-9352-C67C8E390ED2.jpeg" width="510" /></span></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I haven't posted here consistently over the last few years.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I have consistently sketched.</span></div></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For years, especially QUICK sketches of people...</span><span style="font-family: arial;">while waiting in lines in stores or cafés...</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72X_e8BJq49KpauSpNV2Xhly_dXhlqakGIfCc6ixK4IESDnjkezTcODC6XsuYI-xTMou5fJZCOaaC6sMlMRlc9ihgAiQlvwixMlKGdKzLPpzVTdsljTvawZA7p8cA_AiQDyCpS37k3fHjKWh-Oh4za8yNGSpO7QRU_0IhyphenhyphenUt09Yfvas2C9y9ExMb-pE8r/s640/Jan%20last%20time%20sketching%20cafe.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="511" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72X_e8BJq49KpauSpNV2Xhly_dXhlqakGIfCc6ixK4IESDnjkezTcODC6XsuYI-xTMou5fJZCOaaC6sMlMRlc9ihgAiQlvwixMlKGdKzLPpzVTdsljTvawZA7p8cA_AiQDyCpS37k3fHjKWh-Oh4za8yNGSpO7QRU_0IhyphenhyphenUt09Yfvas2C9y9ExMb-pE8r/w512-h640/Jan%20last%20time%20sketching%20cafe.jpeg" width="512" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">People reading, or chatting make great subjects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdF2U7xfNEI4IjJEMdaSus3lIPh4LDNtc7Y-7enw6FK9Y7S518KuTA-7LrcT7tWQQwnLtDtlrZiq54ITvJgay9y4uBCh8mAJO6TGMzwNnyiWZ03yC7Ikdew1GZZA1tcPsq2SiVqM41bVCJYIJW21p0ztczpi1qOj2P-6JoxJ3e67kUEmJZ7Nfa2o-HCfeo/s2386/22AE3297-2353-4870-8414-86C68C4FB7BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="2386" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdF2U7xfNEI4IjJEMdaSus3lIPh4LDNtc7Y-7enw6FK9Y7S518KuTA-7LrcT7tWQQwnLtDtlrZiq54ITvJgay9y4uBCh8mAJO6TGMzwNnyiWZ03yC7Ikdew1GZZA1tcPsq2SiVqM41bVCJYIJW21p0ztczpi1qOj2P-6JoxJ3e67kUEmJZ7Nfa2o-HCfeo/w640-h480/22AE3297-2353-4870-8414-86C68C4FB7BD.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Simple, FAST line drawings, sometimes with added color </span><span style="font-family: arial;">from my notes & memory</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> once I'm home.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why do I like to do it? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sketching is the vehicle that allows me to observe more carefully things of interest. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">( often for me that means sketching people.)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDo8OXIZkoqJVqnEN0ZtRoJpKwOEDkQdwa9LFTbDrs50ToSNqnCSwXKhWZ-Zk07Yy3MirdeM335A7jzX83fBQ8z5eQ03gTMl7txrXZsDSkxF8rNgSFfGg0zUvbAJWkFkWjee1X0uWmK-bM14rkrhyphenhyphenQGDzDkf2A-aRF4_Y2vshW_zGRvEwoKgfGZFfjeYm/s492/image3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="492" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDo8OXIZkoqJVqnEN0ZtRoJpKwOEDkQdwa9LFTbDrs50ToSNqnCSwXKhWZ-Zk07Yy3MirdeM335A7jzX83fBQ8z5eQ03gTMl7txrXZsDSkxF8rNgSFfGg0zUvbAJWkFkWjee1X0uWmK-bM14rkrhyphenhyphenQGDzDkf2A-aRF4_Y2vshW_zGRvEwoKgfGZFfjeYm/w640-h544/image3.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sketching focuses my energy, calms my hyperactivity. (Meditation!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLbVX1ZaX00Wc0rGZPB-8IOmhxZ50dFBzkS7MXvAIgi4pee3IttZr-5V69wRPpFy3F-fgeYiHgwFCQ_oh8X0PesagrzLlOycZyyYsw8NcZUQMPl30UYIX3lQFYyLpzvTMhvgZ69nwGBJdJFkFZlfdkvo-GiQ-Gvp3FiW2kVQ9UloaXzZHDCgJ5PYq2Zbv/s2592/FC04E37E-F5C7-40CD-9407-12DFCE657501.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieLbVX1ZaX00Wc0rGZPB-8IOmhxZ50dFBzkS7MXvAIgi4pee3IttZr-5V69wRPpFy3F-fgeYiHgwFCQ_oh8X0PesagrzLlOycZyyYsw8NcZUQMPl30UYIX3lQFYyLpzvTMhvgZ69nwGBJdJFkFZlfdkvo-GiQ-Gvp3FiW2kVQ9UloaXzZHDCgJ5PYq2Zbv/w640-h478/FC04E37E-F5C7-40CD-9407-12DFCE657501.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tactile sensation of movement on paper while I'm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">tuning into my surroundings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the senses working in harmony.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisE2OjL8bLX9QHomenfGonrEO3m_6W-sYHa2DGjbMHKrehZGBKys8dL3FHDwa_L5omxwidpY-Uc8J02p2aUo5zrDrKFzQ3Mx7na6c0auIMJU4XKRZp6vCXqrcJgRlEeMJv2PBYAG4mvLPF9Xy3qctVCkFVsyjFXdoZda3_gYjt3P9hdkleXDnr-gLSgaWS/s2289/028DCF55-06E8-449A-B8E7-BDB83D5DABC3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2289" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisE2OjL8bLX9QHomenfGonrEO3m_6W-sYHa2DGjbMHKrehZGBKys8dL3FHDwa_L5omxwidpY-Uc8J02p2aUo5zrDrKFzQ3Mx7na6c0auIMJU4XKRZp6vCXqrcJgRlEeMJv2PBYAG4mvLPF9Xy3qctVCkFVsyjFXdoZda3_gYjt3P9hdkleXDnr-gLSgaWS/w640-h436/028DCF55-06E8-449A-B8E7-BDB83D5DABC3.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And as with these 2 recent, quick sketches, done in an</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">out of town café, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it gifts me with a souvenir. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrirgpI9Gw2wIctx8qZ9-IaG24MYPx3kpAVDt9TMRvOwLwnpUYfWaTOlMT5u0JCm4ZUrdoPWNy9LQSavk_GFvfM6nO37KbQEFimZiRMuwUugh-8EJrG-Aax19UySYcUg_fJUhs4_LdeScmhC3Psy5WemD1bpRwsrf6jQTgdrWDmjUzdrz0vgyzQVj8TUa/s2013/50E3D948-7385-4DDB-9748-F2075AA8C482.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2013" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrirgpI9Gw2wIctx8qZ9-IaG24MYPx3kpAVDt9TMRvOwLwnpUYfWaTOlMT5u0JCm4ZUrdoPWNy9LQSavk_GFvfM6nO37KbQEFimZiRMuwUugh-8EJrG-Aax19UySYcUg_fJUhs4_LdeScmhC3Psy5WemD1bpRwsrf6jQTgdrWDmjUzdrz0vgyzQVj8TUa/w640-h490/50E3D948-7385-4DDB-9748-F2075AA8C482.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-21122023785763674862024-01-18T18:10:00.004-05:002024-01-19T18:29:26.878-05:00From Idea to Completion: A New Phase<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_AaYluOATyKmBrMaASE6Y4b5RIHEOf6M8Ff6QLIfRlkgbQ2D28I2kBljrCh4D9sizbh7sfrKlllrPX9d7ksyz3I_dwmXKEmkcHb-7Md3PkoXaDAdhFZEIAyoiZ3S6b-pRkMX8EFnwTg3n5O7zemoDLu5txzXs-iMjOF6XxtkuEZA-tcePPRkWV1mJyd5/s1218/06859910-F6BD-4388-9466-A0D4657DCC25.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1218" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_AaYluOATyKmBrMaASE6Y4b5RIHEOf6M8Ff6QLIfRlkgbQ2D28I2kBljrCh4D9sizbh7sfrKlllrPX9d7ksyz3I_dwmXKEmkcHb-7Md3PkoXaDAdhFZEIAyoiZ3S6b-pRkMX8EFnwTg3n5O7zemoDLu5txzXs-iMjOF6XxtkuEZA-tcePPRkWV1mJyd5/w640-h452/06859910-F6BD-4388-9466-A0D4657DCC25.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I recently resumed work on a long standing project. I'm looking back on some work that has led me to this place. Rough drafts, & continual art explorations, sure, but also work on my organizational skills, on staying focused, & on learning to de-clutter my space & my brain. Looking forward, moving out of an idea phase to an action phase. I'm beginning to bring individual segments to completion. This (cropped) sketch went into my daily journal today. (Credit: Even though I love this bridge & have been there many times, I used a photo by Anne McKinnell, a beautiful outdoor nature photographer, as a reference.)</span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-84531607795346149222023-12-13T11:48:00.001-05:002024-01-19T19:40:09.759-05:00Holiday Greeting Cards 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">I had different Christmas-y sketch ideas </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">for a holiday card. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">B</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">ut this image was the most "autobiographical", if not </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Christmas-y. It's from a series I had printed from the original.</span></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfOt2mX9pexnUO8svpGvhw2X4Oo6FlOyk27mRHWvoDFxqkJNQ_PqBezhBdS1Ux2Rt1fjdCzBLXzvKKLNx03inBesbsFjQuuScVzmQduC-juZ8sYLzGYRyXKI5Ln5VBs3-2IiASKvj39vfKaNt4vcE47bAVMXZ0UV9wHipQ0sxIt3G77ywvY5LSlJULJ9K/s1562/9A5D30C4-D4F7-4401-8A33-870331A5816C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1163" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfOt2mX9pexnUO8svpGvhw2X4Oo6FlOyk27mRHWvoDFxqkJNQ_PqBezhBdS1Ux2Rt1fjdCzBLXzvKKLNx03inBesbsFjQuuScVzmQduC-juZ8sYLzGYRyXKI5Ln5VBs3-2IiASKvj39vfKaNt4vcE47bAVMXZ0UV9wHipQ0sxIt3G77ywvY5LSlJULJ9K/w238-h320/9A5D30C4-D4F7-4401-8A33-870331A5816C.jpeg" width="238" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before the color prints, I had copied small black & white line drawings </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">from my original</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> & handpainted each one, adding colored pencil & pearlescent paints. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Less vibrant & smooth than the printed version, but to me </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">they're sweet in their roughness. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy Holiday Season to all, & Happy Winter Walking. Rita.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaQwwMHoSqjQDhe6FH7y_SYQga6NWLsh6SJH-HpFQBOdL_2LsUBOILVi_1645JxCKhROZDZhAhJv8n58uUriWQZxYeifCfDaBroV6vC8xxk4kLW4x1Kx8kK3rXPrctOKwgMPTaf6sz1kiEQB_di6W46HvU635utsOojntFGBV9MM2tYXoL4O5LaALMCzB/s1639/4DAEBF7D-7AAE-4025-8C66-798FCE8D2FC2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1639" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaQwwMHoSqjQDhe6FH7y_SYQga6NWLsh6SJH-HpFQBOdL_2LsUBOILVi_1645JxCKhROZDZhAhJv8n58uUriWQZxYeifCfDaBroV6vC8xxk4kLW4x1Kx8kK3rXPrctOKwgMPTaf6sz1kiEQB_di6W46HvU635utsOojntFGBV9MM2tYXoL4O5LaALMCzB/w640-h596/4DAEBF7D-7AAE-4025-8C66-798FCE8D2FC2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-54662636308787244172023-11-19T09:50:00.001-05:002023-11-19T09:51:20.771-05:00"Welcome Back, Sleepy Sun". Solstice ATC's.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wk9osQyNAbhZFT3S1cRlwMnDselZ80CdQa2QIqjaSCBuS_oDkLXB9tK4jv_RlgiUppBQeSV0QD-D4Il7Z2ZG91mPenPU4E6el5RK9aU6W34pU9vkL4TSiAAirtm-sRu8wMl1sxVZCwh7XTp5S4QsgKjvE5KOmWQdqKfc46FSuD-2HT2lm3vEltOuvMeu/s1926/ECB013D1-F9B0-4A0A-B405-C3C9C05228EA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="1926" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wk9osQyNAbhZFT3S1cRlwMnDselZ80CdQa2QIqjaSCBuS_oDkLXB9tK4jv_RlgiUppBQeSV0QD-D4Il7Z2ZG91mPenPU4E6el5RK9aU6W34pU9vkL4TSiAAirtm-sRu8wMl1sxVZCwh7XTp5S4QsgKjvE5KOmWQdqKfc46FSuD-2HT2lm3vEltOuvMeu/w640-h570/ECB013D1-F9B0-4A0A-B405-C3C9C05228EA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A sampling of my last 20 cards for my ATC group. This is my last batch for awhile as I'm beginning</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a new, focused, extended, illustration project. In the meantime these cards have been so much fun. For these suns I intended to hand draw each one to be more or less the same. But they emerged with personalities of their own!</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Thinking of you, my blogger friends.</span></span></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-69828393060420695242023-08-20T19:36:00.002-04:002023-11-17T06:23:09.299-05:00Paper Dolls: Artist Trading Cards<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Before there were Barbies, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">there were paper dolls. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They paved the way for Barbie, that fashion icon.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGv1mhKQ021qpVRTph11y9b3nAXphouWeGuHW2wA_2Xm90KP4sayhZvh2ZRs5qRS5AO3fK8PlfxitxJXqkS-O9e3jdBMNWw8Y2kjEfvqw34ZLBe4vsFoLOoT0rCgS4R-vF90r0bR76qMaHztp1YTEaUQZEgWCkqWgzOnz0xRAqE1aH9AfJFn5UQYS3g7A/s1989/C11567DE-5AB8-44CB-AD6E-59589D838A96.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="1721" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGv1mhKQ021qpVRTph11y9b3nAXphouWeGuHW2wA_2Xm90KP4sayhZvh2ZRs5qRS5AO3fK8PlfxitxJXqkS-O9e3jdBMNWw8Y2kjEfvqw34ZLBe4vsFoLOoT0rCgS4R-vF90r0bR76qMaHztp1YTEaUQZEgWCkqWgzOnz0xRAqE1aH9AfJFn5UQYS3g7A/w346-h400/C11567DE-5AB8-44CB-AD6E-59589D838A96.jpeg" width="346" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Our Artist Trading Card theme this month is "Apparel".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikU_-Y7mQfKaVmiTvf7W4K3rbvL1g88GxJ6RLOStrTWBRsjUoaww8aRsfsTZq5aTLhFIVeABtSawPxmqTymxLyBEWYUtYwlMVBMld3wmejvTud05NiT61QU5e-4zACWt-34IDPIqgA5ScKoUzX6pqlwqu0MsExe10HRxbwOxALq1U2pQdaPfjWuDH-Trq6/s2060/A7E42C53-94B5-4A84-A9B7-50138C6E1C53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1561" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikU_-Y7mQfKaVmiTvf7W4K3rbvL1g88GxJ6RLOStrTWBRsjUoaww8aRsfsTZq5aTLhFIVeABtSawPxmqTymxLyBEWYUtYwlMVBMld3wmejvTud05NiT61QU5e-4zACWt-34IDPIqgA5ScKoUzX6pqlwqu0MsExe10HRxbwOxALq1U2pQdaPfjWuDH-Trq6/w303-h400/A7E42C53-94B5-4A84-A9B7-50138C6E1C53.jpeg" width="303" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Many years ago, this pre-teen Sketchbook Wanderer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">thought she might want to become a fashion designer.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs0xV4KXrVXZMaexCIRHtaILDbAVJ6C2k-0hyjKo1weNov2obF-usP0S6ZYYKu0KeI_iI4XMip-finv-xX1NqWwdeMB5geodFtvy_bNQtIRcDIzPvy6f_USs9GmxS4IdLfFx1B7GjgcmUmVBhfNSuxhEN8rC1q2h4dRZGigC5eSkN3xIqspKjXDZUOiRy/s1775/DFDA56F9-BDE3-41F1-9223-7F132058FC06.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="1346" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs0xV4KXrVXZMaexCIRHtaILDbAVJ6C2k-0hyjKo1weNov2obF-usP0S6ZYYKu0KeI_iI4XMip-finv-xX1NqWwdeMB5geodFtvy_bNQtIRcDIzPvy6f_USs9GmxS4IdLfFx1B7GjgcmUmVBhfNSuxhEN8rC1q2h4dRZGigC5eSkN3xIqspKjXDZUOiRy/w304-h400/DFDA56F9-BDE3-41F1-9223-7F132058FC06.jpeg" width="304" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">That wasn't meant to be, but how I loved</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">outfits& </span><span style="font-family: arial;">accessories </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I spent one whole summer designing & sewing clothes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by hand for my Barbie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I continue to love dolls & miniatures.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5JwWCnU2xrwWyQypux1HjkdJlMo4sDiIFdymKweyG2u79MDdg-hWjc0w22iadFWmLy2LNuwjGpE8Xu8Elp_QgK06NadvgBwIxlgeHESB-Fu0OoXlqgoq-f7IJoKMSLHRq_8050zGWr5QFwmFV0w8QUQr9wS5IdnQKz2w94rWY1byjfb1xQ6tDWsUG2j0/s2032/1E817FF7-DBF7-429C-B218-AA4B0075DBBC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5JwWCnU2xrwWyQypux1HjkdJlMo4sDiIFdymKweyG2u79MDdg-hWjc0w22iadFWmLy2LNuwjGpE8Xu8Elp_QgK06NadvgBwIxlgeHESB-Fu0OoXlqgoq-f7IJoKMSLHRq_8050zGWr5QFwmFV0w8QUQr9wS5IdnQKz2w94rWY1byjfb1xQ6tDWsUG2j0/w354-h400/1E817FF7-DBF7-429C-B218-AA4B0075DBBC.jpeg" width="354" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">20 cards, 2.5 X 3.5", to trade, with </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">outfits</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">that I myself wouldn't mind wearing.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqhI7QP3sEBEhqCYaKF3XhW1Qo9z-T_1j5iKIXGvpuH3sbjsVxIC0yO2IstEHgHsVWVZOOCL5jFZU2jJo8lSQSkoYNQA_rPWXJlBzigN2THcVA4nZGHg35HC4p9qOKZREg1NtoYr-92eea7HLvAaX4EWmrtVCdIkZFE3GTn2Js_VvgwdiGYiCdsLjHFhI/s2030/609F5365-E75C-432A-8EAB-4B4D2DAEE294.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="1796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqhI7QP3sEBEhqCYaKF3XhW1Qo9z-T_1j5iKIXGvpuH3sbjsVxIC0yO2IstEHgHsVWVZOOCL5jFZU2jJo8lSQSkoYNQA_rPWXJlBzigN2THcVA4nZGHg35HC4p9qOKZREg1NtoYr-92eea7HLvAaX4EWmrtVCdIkZFE3GTn2Js_VvgwdiGYiCdsLjHFhI/w566-h640/609F5365-E75C-432A-8EAB-4B4D2DAEE294.jpeg" width="566" /></span></a></div><br />Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-42004599691646275902023-08-09T05:51:00.008-04:002023-08-09T07:25:37.336-04:00Art Journaling During Covid<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Covid Times: I enjoyed some online Art Journaling groups that presented prompts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The idea was to keep a daily practice going, a flow, a momentum, without inner critics</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">who cause hesitation & blockage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1Nxe70v579gkVvLR2Uvjl2g4JotzUaL7ytJTH0qFSI5dk7D2i4kZVIFxUFW_SmUbTzdj-1BPlXhfJDq3J6KtT2OlT2vKmD7vHIEKU2VOQnimGyoOZWt878ZDeGqD5HlGFLX4NP2iXo6ZndhSVTjFtcsKe4KbLqrMw-5lUHt74wgetx9ssdgcmsu9jgfG/s2100/95A84140-83AF-4BAC-96BE-262154C600C9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqPgYK4gIWh06yrGNq-WgST9FFGYpVGyfiM3NbtkPpvpqFkJGsomEhENb-M7Rgn233U4EVPPWykw1BjbE_Iiv_nC7CAOsHaHNYV91FY7I1ZEkkBh4FKt-kTRXACOjJnGQmr777C19i3ysHGS3IwX6RdR6ygrb_HrdjKhMdxQnwSab8C3jblpN-r1ywxaO/s2002/C7281314-265D-4482-A068-3C5DE2E4C48E_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="2002" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqPgYK4gIWh06yrGNq-WgST9FFGYpVGyfiM3NbtkPpvpqFkJGsomEhENb-M7Rgn233U4EVPPWykw1BjbE_Iiv_nC7CAOsHaHNYV91FY7I1ZEkkBh4FKt-kTRXACOjJnGQmr777C19i3ysHGS3IwX6RdR6ygrb_HrdjKhMdxQnwSab8C3jblpN-r1ywxaO/w400-h305/C7281314-265D-4482-A068-3C5DE2E4C48E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Still enjoying pen & ink with watercolor.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a0NHyNYhTrfIe-CpWUqxI29NC5N8KOgTk-ZtCF7veAkG51tP7Vx61PxRyoMspmDfl3-ozGe5lV1A3vYiGwu__mb_DXdLBhFmcjafJ65LrA8M43BxfcApFdNWb_qJbDoTvY-9AyGOZZGGLPMr7EBkjqFi8bqMJt5AP-9SEkXdUs5BYuBrtrKW9Sw9GcZp/s2446/D6044AFD-48BE-420C-9BE7-19DF81A0E90D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2446" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a0NHyNYhTrfIe-CpWUqxI29NC5N8KOgTk-ZtCF7veAkG51tP7Vx61PxRyoMspmDfl3-ozGe5lV1A3vYiGwu__mb_DXdLBhFmcjafJ65LrA8M43BxfcApFdNWb_qJbDoTvY-9AyGOZZGGLPMr7EBkjqFi8bqMJt5AP-9SEkXdUs5BYuBrtrKW9Sw9GcZp/w640-h478/D6044AFD-48BE-420C-9BE7-19DF81A0E90D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My fantastic new tool: The Artist's Toolkit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The paint box is super thin with magnetic paint pans</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& mixing trays!! Changed my life! Visit their website!</span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-81781579944058214812023-08-02T21:56:00.001-04:002023-08-02T21:56:29.699-04:00Still Sketching...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTOiurypOqOhDo5mgM85s4mGQ5WdKaar6ZxLrzlH21e-aS7NqZd6Ybhdxie0WcpI7dHMfVjPb-5AGtq9GMfk3KRO-0O7zGpoAkFTIQtZvnIhUQXdYZ2-7DxdquKArPUrW4bi0MEBc2DCz37DHk0EoOhUS9cqkcMLg3y18RQL53nIiuxLENqOPmYMOAOsU/s2056/AC452993-9E72-4700-990D-1B70E2F8A2D8_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2056" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTOiurypOqOhDo5mgM85s4mGQ5WdKaar6ZxLrzlH21e-aS7NqZd6Ybhdxie0WcpI7dHMfVjPb-5AGtq9GMfk3KRO-0O7zGpoAkFTIQtZvnIhUQXdYZ2-7DxdquKArPUrW4bi0MEBc2DCz37DHk0EoOhUS9cqkcMLg3y18RQL53nIiuxLENqOPmYMOAOsU/w640-h478/AC452993-9E72-4700-990D-1B70E2F8A2D8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Still sketching, especially when on vacation or when taking a pause or in line at the grocery store or in a cafe...Still journaling, daily, my pages have become more illustrated in the last year... I hope my blog friends are doing well. Do write me a few words in a comment, if you come across this post!</span><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-22657357816131383342022-12-12T04:03:00.001-05:002022-12-12T04:03:51.541-05:00Artist Trading Cards & Shimmery Paints<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlzQV4fCJWdlmmjQ0HdZGuRf8GN--5JhxChibwxrlULvEu_dczo2YzgX8qIjO_PSd6TWdqczAmHzzH1ql7xYXA45VTWLHWF7X8ep0Jdzw-dR6d-OC0LSmEnxBE_P9l0BdKwfM-MFf_iFU10hhBjVavPo-kaIrPVCNYT5TAET2Fs31IOHqcxt7d0xfug/s2592/202675B3-CBBB-45C6-9610-9F80BF1B4EAE_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlzQV4fCJWdlmmjQ0HdZGuRf8GN--5JhxChibwxrlULvEu_dczo2YzgX8qIjO_PSd6TWdqczAmHzzH1ql7xYXA45VTWLHWF7X8ep0Jdzw-dR6d-OC0LSmEnxBE_P9l0BdKwfM-MFf_iFU10hhBjVavPo-kaIrPVCNYT5TAET2Fs31IOHqcxt7d0xfug/w640-h478/202675B3-CBBB-45C6-9610-9F80BF1B4EAE_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Every year at this time I create a little drawing for Christmas cards. I'm in the process, but got sidetracked with an Artist Trading Card swap for my library art group. Fun with shimmery, pearlescent highlights, watercolors, & accents of colored pencil. I haven't been by to visit your blogs, but am getting closer...Happy creative season to you!</span><br /><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-6739543423127091842022-12-02T08:09:00.003-05:002023-11-17T07:13:34.379-05:00Art, A Daily Practice. My Show: Locally Grown<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChn_tPc5-ZiCSOcfTEjZIOhfCnegtKb4lCDVfVxwZ_TJn8wTLeulemRNviCHgKjmKCfG9JF1rwi0dUudaKtOdz3erSW99Yyt_-MAwS0QYQbNpAu8WNoET3JXX-dIEU6bqWiVWkJWmtMzEmjbxNXfPwEwKaE6ugddcUfDYgn2SKDjd3bDkY0oMTC9ryg/s3428/E64307FF-3D3B-49AF-8EDC-5914B3CDC1BC_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3428" data-original-width="2714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChn_tPc5-ZiCSOcfTEjZIOhfCnegtKb4lCDVfVxwZ_TJn8wTLeulemRNviCHgKjmKCfG9JF1rwi0dUudaKtOdz3erSW99Yyt_-MAwS0QYQbNpAu8WNoET3JXX-dIEU6bqWiVWkJWmtMzEmjbxNXfPwEwKaE6ugddcUfDYgn2SKDjd3bDkY0oMTC9ryg/w506-h640/E64307FF-3D3B-49AF-8EDC-5914B3CDC1BC_1_201_a.jpeg" width="506" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I still practice my art, daily. That's me at an impromptu workshop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">that an artist gave at a natural food store in a small</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">town where I was vacationing! Serendipity!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In September I had my 3rd art show at my library </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">called </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Locally Grown</b>, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">featuring local farmers & gardeners </span><span style="font-family: arial;">& their gardens.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was a long term project as the planning had begun </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">more than 6 months previously.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I also presented </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a slide show with stories that I collected</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">from local gardeners. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This collection had more written text than my other shows, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& I loved the integration</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">of words & drawings in my typical journaling style.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGETun9wDVSTbeBhQi-jNDjSB6AcpfVRnBNiilFkViTh0MHhO1FlldxsG4p33iPjy9f6sIDpnmkZDTr5uK_AwP9rezFvKkhQPWo8j37Za3c47-PaiR8iU9RJsjj8J09HOG4HJ90g09SCt_zF0VeJlbMwKu9AkwoSE51_KKDnrmTIcYjueT8q9yHlp_A/s4032/5B6D5FF2-EC24-439D-940D-184166A79158.jpeg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGETun9wDVSTbeBhQi-jNDjSB6AcpfVRnBNiilFkViTh0MHhO1FlldxsG4p33iPjy9f6sIDpnmkZDTr5uK_AwP9rezFvKkhQPWo8j37Za3c47-PaiR8iU9RJsjj8J09HOG4HJ90g09SCt_zF0VeJlbMwKu9AkwoSE51_KKDnrmTIcYjueT8q9yHlp_A/w640-h480/5B6D5FF2-EC24-439D-940D-184166A79158.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xG4znISkvxDIIlLa57is3ixgKAW2paswoDgcEZSaV7hVxwaKqiUVI6ABpBK6EWfnwOgKPsyLFKQabPTHZJac8IJ_BFpIO7aRg_kU-mJE5LTv-u8frtUCOKoIWS6jp6dB4OZPAId4wxp1McagHPIzVOVzgqevv1eCBPeivqLKZ7lwifAzMfhm9vLnxQ/s1726/02BE1849-AAC3-416E-B9CB-255576BFE596_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="1527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xG4znISkvxDIIlLa57is3ixgKAW2paswoDgcEZSaV7hVxwaKqiUVI6ABpBK6EWfnwOgKPsyLFKQabPTHZJac8IJ_BFpIO7aRg_kU-mJE5LTv-u8frtUCOKoIWS6jp6dB4OZPAId4wxp1McagHPIzVOVzgqevv1eCBPeivqLKZ7lwifAzMfhm9vLnxQ/w566-h640/02BE1849-AAC3-416E-B9CB-255576BFE596_1_201_a.jpeg" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZGXSv4ByPH6hEW2sSvpOxprc7NQuo_GFbw9QYrKAX0AtR4LV53UD33S0gWsET18mJbJKZzxWNFMcpUfVUe2VaRfvoii8FPbcogsD7XaZRcCEg9SVBQrkMGk6nmC1ujqjrW7mHgdhcu0dCbHppPWzBm5xL4283vDprE7k_SfL5v64oKf07pI5mz02AA/s2294/6C60F557-00BF-4B8D-AAE5-29F82AE33658_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="1829" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZGXSv4ByPH6hEW2sSvpOxprc7NQuo_GFbw9QYrKAX0AtR4LV53UD33S0gWsET18mJbJKZzxWNFMcpUfVUe2VaRfvoii8FPbcogsD7XaZRcCEg9SVBQrkMGk6nmC1ujqjrW7mHgdhcu0dCbHppPWzBm5xL4283vDprE7k_SfL5v64oKf07pI5mz02AA/w510-h640/6C60F557-00BF-4B8D-AAE5-29F82AE33658_1_201_a.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I'm developing Christmas/winter imagery</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">that will end up as a greeting card. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This has been my </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">tradition since childhood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Happy creating, you all! Thank you, Rita</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQ_mWCE4GGn2ZKTfbEcl06_PlPHNm7RBbIYT1LbF6kt1_R5K4YmR00Nu_tRIn04H4bYpbY-76Ctyz33BkT51rYCsQtkALGU-HeRTzBm2aUjldFVGjWDvQ_5GzLQPYo4ugM-_w04NIjbZqLggObsQFeFg4WN0qlPI8eOTasbzMPYD9M4JuQjjop7N-CA/s2592/EF3F1D4F-398C-4F40-A4BB-E51BA98FF1CE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQ_mWCE4GGn2ZKTfbEcl06_PlPHNm7RBbIYT1LbF6kt1_R5K4YmR00Nu_tRIn04H4bYpbY-76Ctyz33BkT51rYCsQtkALGU-HeRTzBm2aUjldFVGjWDvQ_5GzLQPYo4ugM-_w04NIjbZqLggObsQFeFg4WN0qlPI8eOTasbzMPYD9M4JuQjjop7N-CA/w640-h478/EF3F1D4F-398C-4F40-A4BB-E51BA98FF1CE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div></span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-16238505738969888292022-06-29T11:14:00.002-04:002022-12-02T08:16:04.508-05:00Dancing Drawings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPgrlVgQAotD4H_GUfuU5ZWT3jH2wYMsOyG8pLofzaaxOkQTwVu2Iodo9mQBF7Z2iyG-A0EcpIao3k4BiTYx9p_nZqPBL9j1fI-wmKLjDxICRWy1GyZId-PVbCAQzdDv42XpISS7TZ_tILjAaEvsp6h1AVFhkPcHuRVjHVGca8IJyobjXnbqqURwogg/s1990/B1CAC6FA-EDE3-4914-9999-3D9FFBE5A666_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1990" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPgrlVgQAotD4H_GUfuU5ZWT3jH2wYMsOyG8pLofzaaxOkQTwVu2Iodo9mQBF7Z2iyG-A0EcpIao3k4BiTYx9p_nZqPBL9j1fI-wmKLjDxICRWy1GyZId-PVbCAQzdDv42XpISS7TZ_tILjAaEvsp6h1AVFhkPcHuRVjHVGca8IJyobjXnbqqURwogg/w640-h480/B1CAC6FA-EDE3-4914-9999-3D9FFBE5A666_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">How I love to draw. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">How I love to dance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How I love to draw & da</span><span style="font-family: arial;">nc</span><span style="font-family: arial;">e.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ6EmsAWedcnvjlvd0KsMcLe8WlbIknXLZ39Andba-adViDrkporF6kwiQj0WrOkrhTeS-p5E1T-xgkHkq8bTto2Ej5WKWQgPEfTE_F6QfWvc6aMSIeSMoB6DdcCZj7ZW0tTaABfeoXlvYDnZTqMKLekkzN3imFXT34AgjO7aEPwDG-87ks1o4VV2Lg/s2142/9BC854E0-461B-4C67-8D70-2B12AFB60340_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2142" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ6EmsAWedcnvjlvd0KsMcLe8WlbIknXLZ39Andba-adViDrkporF6kwiQj0WrOkrhTeS-p5E1T-xgkHkq8bTto2Ej5WKWQgPEfTE_F6QfWvc6aMSIeSMoB6DdcCZj7ZW0tTaABfeoXlvYDnZTqMKLekkzN3imFXT34AgjO7aEPwDG-87ks1o4VV2Lg/w640-h480/9BC854E0-461B-4C67-8D70-2B12AFB60340_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-20797536638759367752022-06-19T21:34:00.000-04:002022-06-19T21:34:24.071-04:00Farmer's Market<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWipn_FH0OoeNh-w0CSmfqSWMAbiKgTr6BqWZWy0nE8PGZdPkg_Kg1cRAS2mW2YPW9m3F3tgHPm6wVMgCHCzt64CFdozcRlU6bcYZdgxUgAn7pmaT2CBg2khx_qYuv8ecVK5KGypVX9zOOe2ENuleADiB8Mw3Wcsw-Hb6Hs3z02tG2P1TAWnMLKlQcg/s2008/AFFCE15E-19A3-4D13-8C1C-0946334180F4_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="1540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWipn_FH0OoeNh-w0CSmfqSWMAbiKgTr6BqWZWy0nE8PGZdPkg_Kg1cRAS2mW2YPW9m3F3tgHPm6wVMgCHCzt64CFdozcRlU6bcYZdgxUgAn7pmaT2CBg2khx_qYuv8ecVK5KGypVX9zOOe2ENuleADiB8Mw3Wcsw-Hb6Hs3z02tG2P1TAWnMLKlQcg/w490-h640/AFFCE15E-19A3-4D13-8C1C-0946334180F4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of my favorite places to sketch:</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Farmer's Market.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In May I took a intense course that gave me tools </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">for developing a practice of daily sketching & art making. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Lots going on for me now that the covid restrictions are off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I appreciate being out & about more than ever before. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you for stopping by. It's been awhile.</span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-12868127930503676212022-04-21T21:00:00.001-04:002023-08-20T19:52:37.688-04:00Paper Dolls Who Love Going to Their Library<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSfY_y0OPBu40SX1lGhkvhmOq1C_kNX2CEMSQs4w6N35mzhkurmOXF0rLb4e2kXGNBBYnpIn6hbEG50TdWQD5vLXYleubcSqarD47EI-9bStQzyVPx0CYes-6_-v3IH5NZT1EpQvLNcuowT4atjldjqpF6BHl9OB9GAZ9b3Sd8SNnJRssRJogzn5thg/s2350/363118AB-A205-4F5C-83FB-4A64C70D7C29_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="2350" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSfY_y0OPBu40SX1lGhkvhmOq1C_kNX2CEMSQs4w6N35mzhkurmOXF0rLb4e2kXGNBBYnpIn6hbEG50TdWQD5vLXYleubcSqarD47EI-9bStQzyVPx0CYes-6_-v3IH5NZT1EpQvLNcuowT4atjldjqpF6BHl9OB9GAZ9b3Sd8SNnJRssRJogzn5thg/w640-h270/363118AB-A205-4F5C-83FB-4A64C70D7C29_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Some of my little paper dolls went to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">an accordion book group art show </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">at the Camden Library. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All of them </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">love their public libraries! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-43358327701018066752022-03-18T10:04:00.004-04:002022-03-19T18:48:01.676-04:00Italian Language Study Wandering<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjx61IxjcB3UQM70DTWcBeuM86yqIBidpv3lXtD6yDYPcMlPvlskdz0s2dXvPv2I8AFDgcwXs4ggNLdW9w7tRfc_weNj5Arfv5SjHu0drIp6UjdyGrKrgDy6cmPOJu0BiqloAA02ojn-uX8bMicLA09lcgrLBUYXEiZVaWGhTnH-xoU9aSurvyYscE2g=s2129" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2129" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjx61IxjcB3UQM70DTWcBeuM86yqIBidpv3lXtD6yDYPcMlPvlskdz0s2dXvPv2I8AFDgcwXs4ggNLdW9w7tRfc_weNj5Arfv5SjHu0drIp6UjdyGrKrgDy6cmPOJu0BiqloAA02ojn-uX8bMicLA09lcgrLBUYXEiZVaWGhTnH-xoU9aSurvyYscE2g=w640-h466" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sketchbook Wandering is studying languages again. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm taking a beginning Italian language class for travelers as well as an advanced French conversation class. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Fountain pens, journals & colored pencils are a big part </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">of my arsenal for studying. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Missing my sketchbook wandering, but I'm loving this! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My brain & spirit are happy.</span></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-57815787065415636172022-03-13T16:31:00.001-04:002022-03-13T17:34:40.527-04:00Sharing A Bit of What I've Been Up To<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I miss the blog world that I was so </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">involved with. So I thought I'd share </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">just a little of what I've </span><span style="font-family: arial;">been up to. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I still journal with sketches</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> in fact, I </span><span style="font-family: arial;">have several journals going. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But they are </span><span style="font-family: arial;">more private </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">than the old drawings I used to post here</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihM2U0nJCJIZkXBf4jh2E3KZ7Q-YKXDDCABmglkHd2lma_qXoM_BeR2xoPIEF2QhmTK0ts5a6jqraUUd7eWS__P41iD-LUir5eY_w-nY6ZSq2XdOwmlkbT2cYpQgfwIhdpHVor8WlmMqWVu379fXVyCzlO-Z1nhZF6HOYGyqeFohCNCTk3ov7EO1EZ4A=s1453" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="1046" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihM2U0nJCJIZkXBf4jh2E3KZ7Q-YKXDDCABmglkHd2lma_qXoM_BeR2xoPIEF2QhmTK0ts5a6jqraUUd7eWS__P41iD-LUir5eY_w-nY6ZSq2XdOwmlkbT2cYpQgfwIhdpHVor8WlmMqWVu379fXVyCzlO-Z1nhZF6HOYGyqeFohCNCTk3ov7EO1EZ4A=w288-h400" width="288" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is a sample.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9OEkRMOHtmdv8KQYymF0vsgMapQEzt64mXvimRXKVc8ea6k4wLlD0wrY4HQrP3g3hxdm6U-19n8QVBffguXH0IhbH60RGRPOp0a02TxfifZ-ucy9z4HDnQHVggX_Ui9qnVqO5hb5M6QFjGn2P907Lon_VkMH_lRCPEgK5aECuD9CLEMBx5xHneYTwsQ=s1300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1097" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9OEkRMOHtmdv8KQYymF0vsgMapQEzt64mXvimRXKVc8ea6k4wLlD0wrY4HQrP3g3hxdm6U-19n8QVBffguXH0IhbH60RGRPOp0a02TxfifZ-ucy9z4HDnQHVggX_Ui9qnVqO5hb5M6QFjGn2P907Lon_VkMH_lRCPEgK5aECuD9CLEMBx5xHneYTwsQ=s320" width="270" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've been studying beginning Italian for Travelers,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">as well as advanced French.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If the world will permit me, I hope to go to Europe</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">one more time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVhSMlyuWfDX0q9KFd9kWT0gEWs7QiRaliX71MkMNIQWXLuHnKckKYHDTEf4TgmKsE7rYsTJEUD8tHOKeGHjuieb8lLDVkBJPpND1CP66jXWJ2u120Ugw_jOrUS3ps3FP2hvesJBDRitEdI5-zz1-_76WFhZJK2fW4CdLk-eqkCr1TUivRR5Umx-4YKQ=s2410" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="1842" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVhSMlyuWfDX0q9KFd9kWT0gEWs7QiRaliX71MkMNIQWXLuHnKckKYHDTEf4TgmKsE7rYsTJEUD8tHOKeGHjuieb8lLDVkBJPpND1CP66jXWJ2u120Ugw_jOrUS3ps3FP2hvesJBDRitEdI5-zz1-_76WFhZJK2fW4CdLk-eqkCr1TUivRR5Umx-4YKQ=s320" width="245" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaqjAZzzJPgoL0qYBJ4VP8KVVd9rNisv-Jab-pFoPEuF7UbhkjOqHkRQUoyQ2_RYM9XR9fSNK7b4YsTUy-4Yhxvb8aoDIAXIvf6-02KKQhtTfCZq253afGHH9NO-EMsLphl4X7zdk0GpIx2eD_7u-3_KbY4CqqdGAQOEUbSAyEzGgUrvPVvYW3YTLy9Q=s2592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1825" data-original-width="2592" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaqjAZzzJPgoL0qYBJ4VP8KVVd9rNisv-Jab-pFoPEuF7UbhkjOqHkRQUoyQ2_RYM9XR9fSNK7b4YsTUy-4Yhxvb8aoDIAXIvf6-02KKQhtTfCZq253afGHH9NO-EMsLphl4X7zdk0GpIx2eD_7u-3_KbY4CqqdGAQOEUbSAyEzGgUrvPVvYW3YTLy9Q=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I make little flashcards & study aids for the Italian.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's a beautiful language, but it's new.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I recognize words, but I'm not memorizing them </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">as quickly as I would like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5N4p25OuyJk1qxGwPWVzpcpkj3YrvzHwJQNAALxbKBDlV3lzrRPQrMoo_TkJIXl4OH1UKX09uGHYMmd3_L5HXCuvYE7O6yR-dJcLbdS89WrrDgtfHo44H48hQ73ceMMQWIK42ZLyZT08Vy15qPeSSmVWn86pR9eJhwI5bU5-UyqX1nmwe9TnLkGtPyQ=s1755" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1755" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5N4p25OuyJk1qxGwPWVzpcpkj3YrvzHwJQNAALxbKBDlV3lzrRPQrMoo_TkJIXl4OH1UKX09uGHYMmd3_L5HXCuvYE7O6yR-dJcLbdS89WrrDgtfHo44H48hQ73ceMMQWIK42ZLyZT08Vy15qPeSSmVWn86pR9eJhwI5bU5-UyqX1nmwe9TnLkGtPyQ=w320-h209" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've been playing around with my watercolors </span><span style="font-family: arial;">& colored pencils, </span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">creating postcards for</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> friends. Valentine's Day.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw8em_TEdi4GDF-vm_ydH63s5m9yGXxh9UbPY9iyf7VaRS3qmk3NT4xJzzKoZv8vTN-USPb4QEihDNJDN9t4YI1Y0oQxz-_M2pwgtWxHrgFZfRbO-wbnRSeSaSLTZZDX4Afn-5emb7beVKfBNm6buNVPjwrEiTX_fyFbtI7WkHOa8SpFm-eiVAeFFuMg=s2418" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2418" data-original-width="1743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw8em_TEdi4GDF-vm_ydH63s5m9yGXxh9UbPY9iyf7VaRS3qmk3NT4xJzzKoZv8vTN-USPb4QEihDNJDN9t4YI1Y0oQxz-_M2pwgtWxHrgFZfRbO-wbnRSeSaSLTZZDX4Afn-5emb7beVKfBNm6buNVPjwrEiTX_fyFbtI7WkHOa8SpFm-eiVAeFFuMg=s320" width="231" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some one introduced paper weaving to my art group. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was fun to play with my painted papers, like a kid in a grade school art class.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU5OYX1JHW77JEzmooVJVeZfcNjKtMC1-mWfjMticbAVSpsdU8a_rdG1b98aXW049KLbLtk8xjB_0_nMVFycp7RSuQSZgmQaQRlmxmqp6k6m1wLl64_wOtrC0GdcDyKazFXNq8U48EHmxf3LobEzpLD4fRtp-81w2-LR-JiPFnXvJ66N-FzRW0PPZtSg=s2136" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU5OYX1JHW77JEzmooVJVeZfcNjKtMC1-mWfjMticbAVSpsdU8a_rdG1b98aXW049KLbLtk8xjB_0_nMVFycp7RSuQSZgmQaQRlmxmqp6k6m1wLl64_wOtrC0GdcDyKazFXNq8U48EHmxf3LobEzpLD4fRtp-81w2-LR-JiPFnXvJ66N-FzRW0PPZtSg=w461-h640" width="461" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Lately, I'm reading books about art & making notes in my </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Art Learning Journal. A friend & I have formed a mini study group, we give ourselves assignments. This reading in <u>Affirmations for Artists</u> sparked some good personal writing. </span></p></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With spring on the way, going sketching outdoors is moving into the forefront again. With Covid maybe out of the way I'm hoping for some new adventures out in the world.I hope your lives are getting back to normal & that adventures await you!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">PS I wasn't able to leave comments on your posts today. I will try again though...</span></p></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-7542291496247140382021-12-24T06:00:00.000-05:002021-12-24T06:00:16.077-05:00Little Landscape Painted for a Friend<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCGWskwtLU-lVQdSn_wGTLKi8bpqlfKBX7WRCrQXfpj3AhgmH4tIRJiBhtxuF0ugieZdAAs7ebnOHrC9DfxT1tGMaDMdZnygBUBbK4FuI8Prm1dMyIahb4comd0c0RLWeZMmjlBs_jwD52Ue9dhtcya2thFpWszbnB5gqNQCigfUbfniwb3RfJhWxzgw=s1530" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1530" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCGWskwtLU-lVQdSn_wGTLKi8bpqlfKBX7WRCrQXfpj3AhgmH4tIRJiBhtxuF0ugieZdAAs7ebnOHrC9DfxT1tGMaDMdZnygBUBbK4FuI8Prm1dMyIahb4comd0c0RLWeZMmjlBs_jwD52Ue9dhtcya2thFpWszbnB5gqNQCigfUbfniwb3RfJhWxzgw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A cheer up gift for a friend...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From the collection of Maine coast sketches </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">that live in my mind.</span> </div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-79274372811554602112021-12-18T06:40:00.006-05:002021-12-18T06:40:52.637-05:00Sketching While Waiting in the Car<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9UJpl-ov1AYW3bqxpQcuC49EFC_Ad61qPyxCm4qra6cBjJZCr2YEWOcOrCAd4ebG5MOSbfvuPWrpldWtzMTZdlaaWEyPHaEerdjVMRCaV9wmS_DpKjLl2Gs0tigupOZLYZ-SsRIn8tSAkNFDV6gyismsk6QCSKEKeppSzdSBwQbXgg4Q_H4snfDd27Q=s1720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="1402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9UJpl-ov1AYW3bqxpQcuC49EFC_Ad61qPyxCm4qra6cBjJZCr2YEWOcOrCAd4ebG5MOSbfvuPWrpldWtzMTZdlaaWEyPHaEerdjVMRCaV9wmS_DpKjLl2Gs0tigupOZLYZ-SsRIn8tSAkNFDV6gyismsk6QCSKEKeppSzdSBwQbXgg4Q_H4snfDd27Q=s320" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sketching is my favorite way to pass time</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">while waiting. My doctor lets me wait in my car, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">this was the view. But, drawing this car </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">didn't come easily. So this is version #4,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">done with the assist of an online photo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Why was I persistent?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just for the exercise of drawing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The training & development of this skill is ongoing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-82231548662859437332021-12-17T13:39:00.013-05:002021-12-17T14:30:50.536-05:00Vegetarian<p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2wRaMcrSsdRHG_eadoMEphTgxHGltdulz3TDQ9r22YcAefXT-GzCe_0UWq7fPqgD7OO54--vjyyCiJHP1cUgv0tv3XVV6lOIGyeyN3ORRhNsCviCPZHhEXThtI_V-Dqf7w4zbdWWNXAN8vVPz1_tDUNR5k0BkRhEbHmbHg44i5_3Tk7fzpeJZNxww6A=s2407" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="2407" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2wRaMcrSsdRHG_eadoMEphTgxHGltdulz3TDQ9r22YcAefXT-GzCe_0UWq7fPqgD7OO54--vjyyCiJHP1cUgv0tv3XVV6lOIGyeyN3ORRhNsCviCPZHhEXThtI_V-Dqf7w4zbdWWNXAN8vVPz1_tDUNR5k0BkRhEbHmbHg44i5_3Tk7fzpeJZNxww6A=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm grateful to be able to eat </span><span style="font-family: arial;">highly nutritious, organic food, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">bought at our coop & especially bought from nearby farmers. </div><div style="text-align: center;">. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday I baked butternut squash for the 1st time</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a long time. I was blown away by the vibrant taste </div><div style="text-align: center;">and juicy texture, </div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">all the better </span><span style="font-family: arial;">knowing that I was absorbing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">so many vitamins & nutrients. </span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP873crh3tC7l0PPTmkV_JMLs8xj9RRBvCz6ogyEQxKDnr_78hI7AOGbK0wma94-bIwUeAZtezYLm6z-X2MsCQqr2D1dGBnzgOs3OICLprp-uXRt3Td1F726ODc28KTrSayqJSa6u4_F3xAElbbfLNM3077uHRxm-4UzzA17n-uQlH3bUI__-6bIW00Q=s1915" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="1212" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP873crh3tC7l0PPTmkV_JMLs8xj9RRBvCz6ogyEQxKDnr_78hI7AOGbK0wma94-bIwUeAZtezYLm6z-X2MsCQqr2D1dGBnzgOs3OICLprp-uXRt3Td1F726ODc28KTrSayqJSa6u4_F3xAElbbfLNM3077uHRxm-4UzzA17n-uQlH3bUI__-6bIW00Q=s320" width="203" /></span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I buy fresh rosemary, just for the scent!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Once it's dry enough, I put it in an air tight container.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now I'm wondering how to use it in my cooking...</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4S1mcdb8Kac-c-P3FLrItuVqKVjsBrvvlZNQKGXgd9FZ2Xvn_cE1a9dInM4mB7i-XxPVy9K-vezgS9ajM1D0EkQYpzZYxad2mOVROzGL1XmAPsyHaQQf-KHhVXeHKPoih0cqOT2PBUOmwulM2yl4vC9VoGal3tgrQMq1_LLWuRZOmLerDVbPcj4hhqg=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1800" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4S1mcdb8Kac-c-P3FLrItuVqKVjsBrvvlZNQKGXgd9FZ2Xvn_cE1a9dInM4mB7i-XxPVy9K-vezgS9ajM1D0EkQYpzZYxad2mOVROzGL1XmAPsyHaQQf-KHhVXeHKPoih0cqOT2PBUOmwulM2yl4vC9VoGal3tgrQMq1_LLWuRZOmLerDVbPcj4hhqg=w400-h306" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Microgreens & pea shoots are divine!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Local apples </span><span style="font-family: arial;">are still available & delicious!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi99RWFZ0oCJUeFcdJNSjV3IFUfhxfA65m6DmzWwIQsCBWTFJjbOdrkzJft33wXSd6prlc-XFc2k_SML-du2BOdsWD_Q_vFU56_2BhjI0jc9qwmJYjzYwxF_JVfB3gzbOezASTjMAedAgy5P8y-96Cfwix6m3PMG56Y02P_rJUwkDBUjqzPYcUTzE6U0w=s1866" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1866" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi99RWFZ0oCJUeFcdJNSjV3IFUfhxfA65m6DmzWwIQsCBWTFJjbOdrkzJft33wXSd6prlc-XFc2k_SML-du2BOdsWD_Q_vFU56_2BhjI0jc9qwmJYjzYwxF_JVfB3gzbOezASTjMAedAgy5P8y-96Cfwix6m3PMG56Y02P_rJUwkDBUjqzPYcUTzE6U0w=w400-h341" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This was my first vegetarian meal this week </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">after picking up the farm produce.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I got some vegetarian cookbooks from the library recently</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& am enjoying exploring some new meal ideas...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(I am not a gourmet cook, haha!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Why am I attracted to vegetarian cuisine?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I just read <u>The Omnivore's Dilemma</u>. It influenced me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">in the way that <u>Diet for a Small Planet</u> did years ago.</span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-69567953124445112632021-12-13T07:37:00.005-05:002021-12-13T07:37:47.023-05:00Fountain Pens & Ink<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSh28nSUO48IdTlFVLUbyR2kvQzHqLeOcT9p1rq9bdfjfFL0x-J3AWF4Qwubj9pEvYFNJJkjYhlKk41fv-xBSVTJH0BiThETPRoEoIUsE3qVFJ8KhxdeSwfzOpKJAe1ivYqRQn-u7k0yqg2v_DBRBCL3tC6KIQ9tZ_UY1PXomMVWJPTSzWSF3KQyKSEA=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSh28nSUO48IdTlFVLUbyR2kvQzHqLeOcT9p1rq9bdfjfFL0x-J3AWF4Qwubj9pEvYFNJJkjYhlKk41fv-xBSVTJH0BiThETPRoEoIUsE3qVFJ8KhxdeSwfzOpKJAe1ivYqRQn-u7k0yqg2v_DBRBCL3tC6KIQ9tZ_UY1PXomMVWJPTSzWSF3KQyKSEA=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> I spend a good deal of time in the company of fountain pens. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Writing in my journal/s, writing anything & everything </div><div style="text-align: center;">that needs recording or processing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm old fashioned. As much as I love word processing,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is pen, pencil, ink, & paint that I adore using</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and scissors & glue).</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a photo that I posted on a fountain pen site. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's interesting to be among fellow pen enthusiasts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not the collector that many of them are,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I do have, well, more than one pen (ahem).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Something new is to draw & paint using inks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">inspired by some of the artists on the site.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Goulet Pens sells small vials of ink samples, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a great way to try out luscious colors & various brands. </div></span><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-83740373285393370162021-12-08T08:18:00.001-05:002021-12-08T08:18:35.496-05:00More Card Making Process<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji1FDUWemv3CxIJrPlu_Jo1kWkVgaCLry8VEALdXr68UYJA2ZtYW8ebjqyVww5CUR-LwQdi8oBMjHHihlvW-KI6C29T5df8yjT90MN8ub36clQyjIwm36AuvhmG08vuJgsXvj6USjHg7s_kNg-tidW8dlanthqAkUfHl_SedHTlDt8VchmQuegUPjGqw=s1950" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji1FDUWemv3CxIJrPlu_Jo1kWkVgaCLry8VEALdXr68UYJA2ZtYW8ebjqyVww5CUR-LwQdi8oBMjHHihlvW-KI6C29T5df8yjT90MN8ub36clQyjIwm36AuvhmG08vuJgsXvj6USjHg7s_kNg-tidW8dlanthqAkUfHl_SedHTlDt8VchmQuegUPjGqw=w502-h640" width="502" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I have fiber artist friends</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">who experiment wildly with mark-making, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> media & formats. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I love their work </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& love learning from them, trying some of their techniques.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But in the end, I come back to drawing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& "coloring" (Gasp!!) as my favorite mode.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">These days I use watercolors & Prismacolors, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">but I'm still connected to the childhood pleasure </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I had with Crayola crayons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLv5U27TbBkApH7L_KZAHY71U9p70KzSBN1elNKh3N8iYopBX6U7bXmGqx0NqSxiUyFUBeKBWdfg2W03nowN6s7Oa3U86t2q-TnkCCEnfB2pufxPN729pKkM1V2ZURrf_02S6K29-D_BALRh3vInKPRvTZ288kb9G7vVri6H2FgV4rFdCg_LpYF65eXw=s1834" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="1834" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLv5U27TbBkApH7L_KZAHY71U9p70KzSBN1elNKh3N8iYopBX6U7bXmGqx0NqSxiUyFUBeKBWdfg2W03nowN6s7Oa3U86t2q-TnkCCEnfB2pufxPN729pKkM1V2ZURrf_02S6K29-D_BALRh3vInKPRvTZ288kb9G7vVri6H2FgV4rFdCg_LpYF65eXw=w640-h542" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I pulled an image from an older journal sketch for</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">December greeting cards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the end, what I love most is </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">that I be authentically expressing myself</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& finding pleasure in my process,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ignoring that old inner critic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recently I did a jigsaw puzzle of an illustration</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">by my favorite illustrator, the French Sempé.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I found great joy in learning more about how he uses</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ink line & paint & felt affirmed in my way of working.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOSn8_rh3ZmYZtRhkKcNlriAsn9iUUAzp3dIGL468Da0gSSuyOzWU0ErBiLebcPthg-qs9T6NqQAEPPwPvWKF_Cc0Z1iXuN0DcbsiEzvyOR25c0p63K-GgW4hBDSN0r0APcTxQoTgiSaVCiAbvXG9jhJ_jxRfew6bGEdwm4RVxJNUKtEYnDp8VGe9u9A=s1931" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1931" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOSn8_rh3ZmYZtRhkKcNlriAsn9iUUAzp3dIGL468Da0gSSuyOzWU0ErBiLebcPthg-qs9T6NqQAEPPwPvWKF_Cc0Z1iXuN0DcbsiEzvyOR25c0p63K-GgW4hBDSN0r0APcTxQoTgiSaVCiAbvXG9jhJ_jxRfew6bGEdwm4RVxJNUKtEYnDp8VGe9u9A=w640-h474" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I am fascinated by grids & boxes lately. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the end, my idea for Christmas cards, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(in the above photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">evolved to these trees without the boxes.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-60588654369726534652021-12-06T19:32:00.000-05:002021-12-06T19:32:21.056-05:00Christmas Cards<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Each year at this time I enjoy making cards.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">These are for my art group postcard exchange.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I scanned & printed multiples of the black & white image.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then I hand colored each with Prismacolors.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3krPnVfPfWE8iV-6g9zjHuoC8oEdo_uO4X67ZVqLxRFn1aD5XTfRQnsFoXgSuHMTIdUyM1nowtM_x3ENt_J4e5RDkEOTOkbIzUEBLFW69jfTeEMwDrH6x2LL6V_ENXg-8MK_Ki9kaNld8/s2048/6D8D2641-0C86-41A9-871A-7D47B7A9373C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3krPnVfPfWE8iV-6g9zjHuoC8oEdo_uO4X67ZVqLxRFn1aD5XTfRQnsFoXgSuHMTIdUyM1nowtM_x3ENt_J4e5RDkEOTOkbIzUEBLFW69jfTeEMwDrH6x2LL6V_ENXg-8MK_Ki9kaNld8/w640-h478/6D8D2641-0C86-41A9-871A-7D47B7A9373C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-48722862066478992892021-12-05T09:43:00.002-05:002021-12-05T09:43:25.434-05:00Clearing Away November 2021<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjN_6rNU5G5TbVi9cFfXJrEk2mggmGLjJmtrLYaKgCGw1bScwwYCh5k7ZEzPTSqJ0sO6SRcV5PWBEUYhtroqoUk5BC9DJAITzx1LlGyJs88dWdE_JA2kH40XFFbwa8ZjdGFsP4IE-pFc6_/s2048/121B3059-9683-4A29-99BA-D77207CA36EA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjN_6rNU5G5TbVi9cFfXJrEk2mggmGLjJmtrLYaKgCGw1bScwwYCh5k7ZEzPTSqJ0sO6SRcV5PWBEUYhtroqoUk5BC9DJAITzx1LlGyJs88dWdE_JA2kH40XFFbwa8ZjdGFsP4IE-pFc6_/w640-h478/121B3059-9683-4A29-99BA-D77207CA36EA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A great sunny morning for doing home tasks: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Early morning grocery.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dishes. Laundry. Accounts. Tidying.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's time to clear away November,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> and to make a space </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for December. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The tractor pumpkin farm drawing is by Nora McPhail,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">whose work I adore. She has a blog here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Two post cards are from a fellow Art Grouper. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The lady behind the candle </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">who is cooking a stew in a giant pumpkin, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">she is someone I created some years ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The embroidered pumpkin pillow was made</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">by a fellow French Grouper, also some years ago.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Things are different again this fall (pandemic), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">but I still love </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">this time of year! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm leaving replies to your comments, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">so please leave one & come back & check.</span></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-60095455595076577732021-11-22T12:05:00.001-05:002021-11-22T12:05:38.214-05:00Still Sketching After All These Years<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIt0dkl3Hb95-eApcOgUdq9eVH8WQvUE0ki0RShXfHYbdG8nhYFnl-_6o9WQIf7Get0lnJDQ-YWmneRGM328qW7EaOMJDtyf1QLVPdmjEoX_Ys5UufqDqDU5KTbiPW50d9uLJ8gOavBIkL/s2048/EFC9F808-EEF8-4CA6-AD35-3885D39D1A0A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIt0dkl3Hb95-eApcOgUdq9eVH8WQvUE0ki0RShXfHYbdG8nhYFnl-_6o9WQIf7Get0lnJDQ-YWmneRGM328qW7EaOMJDtyf1QLVPdmjEoX_Ys5UufqDqDU5KTbiPW50d9uLJ8gOavBIkL/w478-h640/EFC9F808-EEF8-4CA6-AD35-3885D39D1A0A.jpeg" width="478" /></span></a></div><div><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been away from Sketchbook Wandering for awhile </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">& I'm sorry. I've missed the camaraderie I enjoyed here.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">This covid thing, the climate thing, & the unstable world thing have shaken up a lot of our lives. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sketching & recording in my paper journals continue to bring pleasure & meaning. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't go out sketching as often as I used to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">(there is the tick thing & the not being around people thing.) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I do play with art materials here at home more.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I'd be leading some sort of art gathering at my library,</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">but gatherings aren't allowed for now. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I attend a library art Zoom gathering, & love it,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but I'm wanting it to be in person again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder how you all are doing? If you stop by here, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you'll leave me a little note. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now, I'm off to read some of your blogs. </span></span></div>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5680807318635780516.post-12670214707562987922021-07-31T15:39:00.000-04:002021-07-31T15:39:14.131-04:00Artist Trading Cards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aL7JWZu3ktd8WxDeJNBtxDaA1-UVbrO1Pg_32n11J-ANt-TPqUz-8Nkz0yBszYurLiwJ8Wn1b2zBo5JBuzl0TUWDnc4h5a9KemGnwx1kfQPCI_xFNO6ggqnyDJZaerKAgfKcRgFRR6KD/s1660/875255DE-3025-4B92-A4E7-7D2A35A7EDD0_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="1422" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aL7JWZu3ktd8WxDeJNBtxDaA1-UVbrO1Pg_32n11J-ANt-TPqUz-8Nkz0yBszYurLiwJ8Wn1b2zBo5JBuzl0TUWDnc4h5a9KemGnwx1kfQPCI_xFNO6ggqnyDJZaerKAgfKcRgFRR6KD/w548-h640/875255DE-3025-4B92-A4E7-7D2A35A7EDD0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="548" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I continue to sketch, but recently I got into </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">playing with media & designs on Artists' Trading Cards.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Have a pre-cut 2.5" X 3.5" pile of heavier weight paper handy,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">& as the mood strikes, Play! I've been enjoying</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">some shimmering watercolor gold paint &</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">a white Sogno pen along with my usual Daniel Smiths.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTz1drpHhTXjRLhOyaM3ZHTgOv92ZWXcOTptOAJ7D5QrK9f7t9fb0q0ufbub79bkAuP2w_Mw0qC_SLIhbcqXJ3PcPxHMdD2CkyvvbsDc_SaZGFf5SOA3LQ83xEzIx5lwGUF8SOJkqZ7xv/s2048/04FD15B8-E97E-4B61-8F2B-3DB00CA26D55.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTz1drpHhTXjRLhOyaM3ZHTgOv92ZWXcOTptOAJ7D5QrK9f7t9fb0q0ufbub79bkAuP2w_Mw0qC_SLIhbcqXJ3PcPxHMdD2CkyvvbsDc_SaZGFf5SOA3LQ83xEzIx5lwGUF8SOJkqZ7xv/w459-h640/04FD15B8-E97E-4B61-8F2B-3DB00CA26D55.jpeg" width="459" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Artist Trading Cards are 2.5" by 3.5", </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You never sell them, you trade them, says the originator</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">of this format/tradition.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They remind me of baseball cards, or,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">the "Funny Valentines" in my childhood that </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">we collected & traded.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQO0uFQtVUlFF9jaxxClgWHrYry7cWTbpVkWL4WQ63vNVqoPn1LQBaIQ4gfDkECv1zRWWd6GgyLyqyeqe-P5kWU7yP4gLFdIkunCZC6ij5br8fXxAcT9VrBi9Xd42VnrVaITWhI8ECCa0_/s2041/4BA903C1-96BA-4377-A702-4D9ABE7DB20B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="2041" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQO0uFQtVUlFF9jaxxClgWHrYry7cWTbpVkWL4WQ63vNVqoPn1LQBaIQ4gfDkECv1zRWWd6GgyLyqyeqe-P5kWU7yP4gLFdIkunCZC6ij5br8fXxAcT9VrBi9Xd42VnrVaITWhI8ECCa0_/w400-h323/4BA903C1-96BA-4377-A702-4D9ABE7DB20B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They fit nicely in my Chic Sparrow mini "Nano" journal cover,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">so I can carry them around & give them away as </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I run into people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I miss communicating with you all here...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I will try to post & read posts more often...</span></div><p></p>Sketchbook Wanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06850319000824866265noreply@blogger.com6