Holiday Card Making During a Full Moon

 

On Dec. 15, while I was happily working 

on this year's holiday cards,

I was also following the Cold Full Moon on its journey 

as it rose in the Northeast & set in the Northwest.

I felt so alive & excited!

So I stopped what I was doing 

& started making sketches & notes & 

recording full moon information in my journal. 

And then I created a series of small paintings.

I wish you all a wonderful holiday season!

I hope you'll leave me a note with a hint of who you are!

I can't Dance but I can Sketch

While healing from an injury I've been less active than usual. 

I especially miss my dancing. 

But having my art has been a saving grace. 

I've been sketching directly in my daily journal 

(InkPressions book, Tomoe River paper) more than ever. 

Sketching from observation is still so pleasurable, 

but I've also added memory sketching into my practice. 

Often it's a combination. 

Wishing you all a Holiday Season filled with beauty & kindness! 

Holiday Greeting Cards 2023

I had different Christmas-y sketch ideas for a holiday card. 

But this image was the most "autobiographical", if not 

Christmas-y. It's from a series I had printed from the original.

Before the color prints, I had copied small black & white line drawings 

from my original & handpainted each one, adding colored pencil & pearlescent paints. 

Less vibrant & smooth than the printed version, but to me 

they're sweet in their roughness.  

Happy Holiday Season to all, & Happy Winter Walking. Rita.

Little Landscape Painted for a Friend

A cheer up gift for a friend...

From the collection of Maine coast sketches 

that live in my mind.