Anam Cara. Prismacolor markers, pencils. a few copics too! on marker paper. 19 x 24…Finished!!! Anam Cara – the beautiful Irish soul mate, the sacred friendship of the heart. I imagine this sacred friendship extended to include earth and sky, the intimate, glorious connection we share with all life. Filled with ‘symbology’ to help meditation and contemplation …
Dwarfs, illumination and knowing that everything matters.
I think of him as a healer of sorts- but maybe not a healer of symptoms, more of a caretaker of our need to create meaning where it seems none exists. A reconciler that ties things together- a witness to something greater that assures us that somehow what happens to us makes sense – …
drawing the neolithic way
These things always start off poorly. At this point I\’m a bit panicky, because it looks more like a dessert rather than rock. I stay with it, knowing that if I throw enough color at it, it will be fine. If in doubt, add more. (color, coffee, nutella…) Getting the lines of ochre and sepia …
The Castle
Ever forward, but slowly…
Kiss a frog…
The work for today. A Northern Leopard frog. And why, exactly, is there a frog in this picture(among other things)? The water represents the unconscious, and the frog symbolizes that which can move between both realms- the conscious and the unconscious. The unconscious at first may appear as frightening and …
a rainy day with prismacolors
A rainy day put to good use. I\’m headed out for coffee…and some friendly faces. Bought a new burnisher, colorless. Don\’t know if I like it as much as burnishing with a pencil itself, seems to leave a lot of wax.
New project and…marker paper!
Here\’s my new project. I love, love, line drawings! I always intend to complete the entire image in ink before I color…but that never happens. I grab the markers and pencils. I suppose I can\’t wait for it to begin to \’come alive\’. (forgive my photography – the darkness- took it with my phone) This picture is 19 …