This morning I wrote down a dream for the first time in many months. It had taken place in or around a dream New Orleans, and involved a visit from family; the finding of a magical (not literally) antiques shop; stopping in at an editing facility where several friends from the old days worked; and… Continue reading drawings of two, both of whom began with hats
Tag: drawing
Umbrella
Wee little drawing I did from a photograph I saw on the web. The image showed a person walking in the snow, but I think it could work as well for rain, being an umbrella and all. Maybe it would be an interesting image for an engraving; with rain added, you know. I also acquired… Continue reading Umbrella
portrait on wood panel
Graphite, ink, solvent-based marker, watercolor and gouache on 5" x 7" wood panel (salvaged from a broken dresser drawer). Drawing on wood has some wonderful advantages; not the least which is the ability to remove everything- or almost everything; to scale it back with sandpaper and begin afresh, with just the ghost of the initial… Continue reading portrait on wood panel
another tendril-bearing vine
some watercolor sketches
Here are some sketchbook drawings from August I'd forgotten about. Sort of in thinking about the card deck, but obviously went off on some tangents here. Click to see the larger images. I cannot believe it's October already. Cold today. In other news: I will be selling jewelry and art at Brooklyn Craft Central’s 3rd… Continue reading some watercolor sketches
Home from abroad
Tired. (still on GMT.) Very smooth traveling, though-- actually a pleasant plane trip and only seven hours to get back. Here's another drawing, for now, from the trip book. It's of part of the vast and winding interior of The Sheep Heid Inn in Duddingston, Edinburgh (we did not play skittles, alas) on the far… Continue reading Home from abroad
drawing with black and white pencils
A little drawing I did last night with some new pencils (the full drawing is at the end of the post). I must stop buying new art supplies. For awhile. Until I've used up some of those I've got! The discipline of making, of doing the work, every day, is not an easy one for… Continue reading drawing with black and white pencils
a weekend on the upper tine
That is, the North Fork (of Long Island). Miscellaneous sketches from a weekend away, locally. Ben; the posse at delicious dinner table (it was a weekend of good foodie chefs in the house); and finally a random sketch began on Saturday evening, but finally finished this evening (at TWB in Exile's first meeting). None of… Continue reading a weekend on the upper tine
kraft paper drawings
click to see full drawings... That last drawing I named 'Little My in later years." If you're familiar with the Moominvalley stories by the late, lovely Tove Jansson, Little My was a character thereincluded– always jovial, energetic. Actually, now I think about it, it should be the Mymble's Daughter; older sister to feisty Little My,… Continue reading kraft paper drawings
As I recorded the relevent details I saw my writing grow increasingly larger and more ornate.
It was in a dream, and I was writing the names and routes of kids from the school in the district. I'd been placed for some reason in an office relating to the busing of schoolchildren. I'd begun by sorting and opening the mail, and realized too late that I'd opened an envelope for the… Continue reading As I recorded the relevent details I saw my writing grow increasingly larger and more ornate.










