Behind the studio
Posted in Art Work, and Peeking Behind the Easel
I’ve been working on the daffodil drawing:
I use the light sketched shapes to guide the drawing and the photos to check the details of the daffodils. I love working on the details of the drawing – it is really fun to see the image in my mind transform on to the paper. Stay tuned to part 3, the completion of the drawing.
Posted in Art Work, and Peeking Behind the Easel
The daffodils are in full bloom here in Pennsylvania! I love watching them open and turn up towards the sunlight. I had to stop and grab my pencils and capture their simple beauty.
The weather is still iffy with rain, so I took some photos as references to work from. I start my drawings with a very loose sketch with a HB graphite pencil of the basic shapes of the flowers and leaves. For a small drawings, a clip board is a great tool to mount the paper on.
I worked with 4B, 5B, and 8B soft graphite pencils. 4B is my favorite because it is just dark enough to get great contrast in the details and still be able to lift it off with an eraser to create lighter areas. I started in the negative space between the leaves to establish the darkest parts of the drawing, and began laying in the stems and leaves. Stay tuned to Part 2!
Posted in Peeking Behind the Easel
2013!
Time flies when things get busy! The holidays are over, 4th quarter is finished, as are wholesale orders, my favorite clients Christmas orders, studio has been scrubbed clean, and things have settle down a bit. I love the freshness of a new year : )
As I am working on several private client orders, let me share a some pet photos.
These guys are my part time doggies who hang out with me during the day. Meet Delilah and Sherlock.
My college aged son took in an injured cat, who began to look a little fat…..yup. Kittens….. and not just a normal batch of 3 -4 . Nope she had 6 (!) healthy kittens. Recently petless, I offered to take two:
Meet Finn and Cleo And then one more kitten needed a home, so now it is three.
Meet Dora with her sister kittens.
All the kittens and dogs get along great and have fun playing together. The kittens look forward to the dogs arrival in the mornings and then play like crazy together when we are dog free in the evenings. They are all really fun and I enjoy their antics and sweetness. No pets allowed in the studio keeps things under control so I can work and keeps my studio clean. And that is a peek behind the easel… actually from outside of the shut studio door. 🙂
So how about those New Years Resolutions?…… Oh yea, forgot about those! : ) Anyone remember what yours were?…. I’ve forgotten mine….
Ok so now that I cheated and looked up to see what they were…. Blog more often, oh yea….. that one needs some work. And the one that says paint one new painting a week needs more work too. The last one that about getting more organized is actually one that I’ve had quite a bit of success. Yea!
Opening a second shop this spring derailed the first two. Should have made that a resolution! I forgot how much time it takes to open a shop, all the writing that goes into a shop – policies, profile, descriptions for new items….making items and starting from scratch promoting the shop. But it’s all come together and I’ve even made my first sale! So as we are half way through the year, I will resolve to blog more, paint more, and sew! Hope you have had better success with your resolutions…. if you remember what they were!
Posted in Peeking Behind the Easel, and Sewing: Finished Bags & Pouches
It's finished! What fun this quilt was! Take a look and see what you think : )
My favorite parts are the painted clematis and the quilting. I used a heat sensitive pen to sketch out the clematis across the purple and white blocks to use as a guide for the quilting on the side panels.
I'm ready to start the next one! You can find this quilt later this morning at my SibStudioSewing shop at Etsy