This little girl (CC’s in fact) is coming to life on paper. I love to play with lines to see what happens. I’ve been sketching for days and this is what is coming of it. I’m headed to CC’s tonight for more crafting and creating. These illustrations will soon be moving into a series of children’s books called Learning Lula…

 

My friends and I often speak about making our mark. And by mark, I don’t mean our marks on the world (although we do have several conversations going about that). Our intention when talking about marks is practicing art and the marks that make our’s unique. Expert visual, performance and recording artists are paid a lot for their unique mark, and they spend their lifetime working on it. Ours should also be the daily practice to discover our unique marks. We should never expect to get paid for finding this place, but if we ever are we are well compensated. Here, I share some of my marks. I am getting closer every day. As I practice I become more adept at using my medium of choice and I always learn something about myself.

Meeting friends at Postino Central to enjoy the atmosphere and engage in fascinating conversation is one of my favorite passtimes. I love my ladies as we discuss art and culture. Always in my bag is a sketch kit in case I am the first one to arrive. I love to sketch pieces of time, as I did so extensively in Italy (click here to read the post) and found it to be the most satisfying activity to do while relaxing between sights.

I now practice regularly when out and about. I was charmed by the color and shininess of the olives and made them the center of my sketch. I love the sugar trough on the table too. The texture of the paper feathered into the little metal rectangle created a beautiful pattern.

Just returned from the weekend in Sedona. We stayed at the Briar Patch Inn. What a wonderful place. Brings me back to the days of growing up at the lodge.

Great time~And it snowed! Here are the pics. The last are my favorite of my sketches…