I think she\’s here. Have another layer of white pencil to do- that\’s it for her face, I think. It for now anyway. Excited for background- purples, fuschias, lime greens… Have these gorgeous tapestry scarves- I photographed them in the airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. So some inspiration for the foliage on black background.
Bronze Age Sun
The Sun. The bright light of our skies, the radiance of our inner fire. Celebrated and worshiped for as long as humans have walked the Earth. The Sun, the fire of our solar plexus; our power center; our will. The place where we feel that gut reaction, the space within that can answer the question \’Who am …
Eraser Magic
As if by magic, but actually by eraser, her hand is gone. It was awkwardly coming up from the lower left hand corner, and was weirdly small. This is another thing I love about this technique: eraserability (no, not actually a word says my spellcheck. really? It\’s perfect.) The ability to be erased. Nice. Anyway, …
Banished
Roberto (my darling husband) posted my finished picture \’Banished\’ -on FB last night. Which has prompted me to write about it a bit sooner than I had intended. I usually take time to sit with my work after it’s done. In a way, I meet my picture for the first time in this way. Before, …
Anam Cara
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…
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.