Monthly Archive: January 2024

Eggemoggin Reach

We took a short trip yesterday to a mythical place with a place name to match. I just love saying it. I found a blog with a post from 2017 that explains the meaning...

Unceasing play (aka spring cleaning)

I can get into a mode where winter seems long. Today I decided to do some spring cleaning and it’s been fun so far. I took the couch cloth outside and put it over...

Sketch journal Oct, Nov, Dec 2023

I’m getting tired of my review and there are a lot of boring pages in the last quarter of 2023. But here are some favorites. I find this collage so lighthearted, with the wing...

Sketch journal Sept 2023

In September, I finally figured out how to deal with the black pages – collage some color on them! I started a practice of picking out three or four scraps of paper the night...

Sketch journal August 2023

Probably some leftover watercolor charcoal paint. These lines are really wavey, ocean-like. I was definitely running out of steam for the drawing project in August. First, a bunch of uninteresting messing around the first...

Sketch journal July 2023

I finished up a section of black paper with some sketches of my native plants. The pen is a white Posca marker, which made a satisfying bright white line. There is a knack to...

Sketch journal June 2023

I took a calligraphy class as a young woman in Napa California. It must have been 1978 or 1979. I wasn’t great at it, but I was motivated to practice. And I still love...