book spine poetry

Did you know it’s National Poetry month? I wouldn’t know if it weren’t for the Book Spine Poetry being published on Brain Pickings. Brain Pickings was inspired by the Sorted Books project. I decided to try my hand at a verse. It was quite a bit harder than I would have thought it would be, [...]

today I am grateful for...

…anything and everything

My back problems started up again with a vengeance several weeks ago. I’ve had bad days and slightly better days and some excruciatingly frustrating days when a week’s worth of progress dissolved into nothing. Except on the worst days, I can do anything. Slowly, slowly, with careful form and frequent breaks I [...]

insta-week in review

 

Random Instagram and related stories from the week

 

Having my mobility reduced by my back problems has led to a little bit of an Etsy habit. Um, stuck at home. Entertaining my painkiller brain-addled self. Aimlessly surfing. Suddenly not-so-aimlessly surfing. The Paypal button is so so so easy to click!

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still life with pitchers

figures

I’ve been under the weather lately, unable to attend my painting class. I was a little disappointed to run out of the drawings from my sketchbook to post here because I don’t have the new painting to show yet. But when I decided last night to start a quick sketch from a picture I recently [...]

old tea pot sketches - 2006

charcoal teapots – a few years old

charcoal teapot

 

Worth listening

A dose of poetry for your Monday:

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1998 drawing class

 

unfinished pencil still life

1998 drawing class

This first one is one of my favorite portraits.

 

 

 

1998 drawing class

These two portraits made me fall in love with drawing drapery folds.

pencil portrait

 

pencil portrait