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Happy Mother’s Day

My mom is in assisted living now. We had to move her there a few weeks ago so she can be supervised and be in a safe environment. The place she moved to allows pets, so her cats, Barney & Pumpkin, went with her. Alas, my mom has long forgotten her cats names so sheContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”

Feeling a bit crabby

A few years ago I took a year long class with Carla Sonheim and Lynn Whipple, called Year of the Spark. One of the assignments was automatic writing in little booklets that we made just for the purpose of writing in them. I have done a bunch of them and occasionally I use them asContinue reading “Feeling a bit crabby”

Today’s Sketch/Tomorrow’s Fundraiser

Here is today’s sketch and information on a fundraiser where I will be selling some of my work.

Catching up

Here are some sketches from the past few days:

Kangaroo/gift

I signed up for Carla Sonheim’s 365 workshop for 2018. Everyday there is something in your email. A lesson, a prompt, a quote, sometimes an interview with a variety of artists (visual, musicians, literary). I have found that the random pick (two words picked out of a hat) are great for filling that sketch boxContinue reading “Kangaroo/gift”

Happy St Patrick’s Day

We “celebrate” the old fashioned way, we cook/ bake and eat together as a family. My family is basically UK Isles. So I am a little of everything, Brit, Scottish, Irish, etc. My husband doesn’t mind (he’s Italian), there’s Irish Soda bread so as long as there is bread, he’s happy. And no, I doContinue reading “Happy St Patrick’s Day”

Un-cat-stitutional

Cleo is paying us a visit. She has been an indoor apartment cat since June. She’s ecstatic when she pays us a visit because she gets to stroll outside in the screened in patio. I sketched her in a few different poses, looking longingly out at the yard. The lizards are taunting her from theContinue reading “Un-cat-stitutional”

One week 100 People Day 2

Here are the sketches from Day 2 Plus, a critter sketch

Value bear

Today’s prompt suggestion has to do with lights and darks….. Here’s my studio bear for today’s sketch where I really pumped up the darks.

30 Pages 30 Days

There’s a challenge going on with the Sktchy app where you sign up to commit to doing 30 journaling type sketch pages for 30 days. This is my Day 1. Chloe was hiding under my desk to get away from the noise of work being done in one of our bathrooms. The workers are longContinue reading “30 Pages 30 Days”