Artober 9th

As I type this, there are roaring gusts of wind outside the house—but so far we’ve been very lucky.  The storm veered to our east, and we haven’t lost power (yet).  Lots of other people in our area have lost electricity, though, and our neighbors in the Florida panhandle are bearing the brunt of Hurricane […]

Artober 7th

More in the Gluebook I had a little time in the middle of the day and decided to quickly “do” another page in the dog-themed gluebook.  I cut out another of the charcoal gel-prints, did… something… with the background (pre-grungified with pink paint blobs)… and left it there for now.  A Different Collage Subject I’m […]

Artober 6th

I ended up doing even less today than yesterday, but I still spent some time doing something, at least!  I thought maybe it was time to return to the dog-themed gluebook project—using some of the papers I gel printed over the weekend.   The first page used the gel print with the charcoal dog combined with the […]

Puppy Gifs & More

We got our first taste of fall late last week, and Friday night was cool enough that Mom and Dad decided to have a fire—the first hot-dog roast of the season.    Pippin Pix & Gifs As you might imagine, Pippin has taken up a lot of our spare time this month.  He’s already visibly […]

Glue Sticks & Small Steps

Finding Joy in Little Things Some people escape into their hobbies during difficult times, finding distraction or maybe even a little relief or moments of peace in them.  I think I more often feel like I need to take a break from them when I’m worried or sad—at least for a while.  Like I shouldn’t […]

Doodles, Fireworks & Old Pattern Booklets

Summer Continues Apace It’s nearing the middle of July, somehow! Summer is zipping by this year, and I have mixed feelings on the matter.  On one hand, the faster the hot weather goes and is replaced with something cooler, the better, as far as I’m concerned.  But on the other hand, it’s still a little […]

Early August Update

Watercolor & Pen Last time, I shared the first step of a sketchbook page.  Simple shapes in green and beige watercolor: The next step, after it was dry, was to add outlines and other details in pen.  I used the Duke 600 fude nib pen again.   It’s nothing new, but it’s an easy subject for […]

Trying Different Things

We’ve been seeing a lot of wildlife this past week!  One day, looking out the window first thing in the morning, I saw a box turtle out in the backyard.  We didn’t want to risk Frodo getting too interested, so Donald scooped up the turtle and put it on the other side of the fence.   […]

Fond Farewell to October

After finishing up all the October “work-work”, I was able to just be lazy on Halloween.  I spent some of the day listening to an audiobook and just playing around with paper and art supplies, which is always a good way to pass some time! Now we’re into November, with a whole new month of […]

Dragging My Feet

Bring in the Crumbs I told myself I wasn’t “allowed” to start a new quilt project until I at least got started on the FMQ project that has been in the frame for literally years.  I did start looking at it and even quilted a bit, but I was running into the same problem that […]