The worst sin is ingratitude, which is a forgetting of the greatness, beauty, truth and goodness of the Source that is constantly creating us – in other terms, a forsaking of Being, and the Good. My favorite Leloup quote today, from The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Today I had my day all planned out, my …
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 …
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 …
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 …
death…and life.
I just completed this picture for Agnes, an Irish woman who recently passed. I never knew her, but the words of her son and his wife were enough to inspire this drawing. We decided loosely to include a Tree of Life and Celtic knot work. Those were my only directions. . . I thought of Agnes a …