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Category Archives: Drawing

Wool Tufts, and giveaway winner

Monday, January 16, 2012

This abstract drawing is inspired by the tufts of hair of my flokati rug. These days I like to make abstract, repetitive drawings while Cate takes mini naps during the day. This drawing was especially fun to make with my Noodler’s Flex Nib pen. Congratulations to Endment who is the winner of my notecard giveaway. […]

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Evening Whippet Sketching

Thursday, January 5, 2012

I did some multitasking one evening, alternating between reading, listening to the TV and sketching Ruben (whenever he changed position). I felt so productive.

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Non-Stressful Christmas!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

This is the first year that I can remember that I haven’t been stressed out over Christmas. I decided not to gift anyone artwork this year, and my family decided on a one present per person policy which really simplifies shopping. Now that my shopping is all done and I don’t feel “pressurized,” I actually […]

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Pinterest

Thursday, December 8, 2011

I’ve been posting to Pinterest for the past few months, whenever I find an interesting image that I want to save. Pinterest is a great site for finding online inspiration, and I love to browse through other people’s pins. If you use Pinterest, feel free to follow me, and leave a comment so I can […]

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Feast or Famine

Thursday, November 17, 2011

I seem to be having more and more ideas for new projects than ever, but less and less time to work on them. A few days ago I saw this article titled Balancing Parenthood and Your Art Career by Lori McNee, and I felt like “the universe” was reading my mind. I’m trying to think […]

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Baby Cate

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Baby Cate arrived last week and I’m finally getting into the swing of things enough to make some sketches while she naps. I am no expert on baby portraits, but I will definitely get a lot of practice over the next few months as I’ll want to do plenty of sketches of my precious baby […]

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Childbirth and Creativity

Friday, November 11, 2011

I was always suspicious when I heard women say that childbirth was their most creative act. In my case, the only creativity involved was making some sketches from my hospital bed while waiting for the contractions to set in.

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Procrastination and Productivity

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

This is a quick sketch of Katie from a few weeks ago. Katie has become my best buddy these days. I’ve been trying to do as much sketching and painting as possible recently because my due date is fast approaching. I am getting nervous and really excited! I’ve spent the last couple of days putting […]

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Things That Came Up

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Today was the first time that I sat down to do sketching of any sort in the past week and a half, because of various things that came up, namely: a death in the family moving having to divest about 70% of my possessions (because of the move) I’m not going to have my drafting […]

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Ink Sketching in Moleskine Cahiers

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Some ten minute sketches of a belt that fell off a sweatshirt of mine. My Noodler’s pen and bulletproof black ink seem to work well in my Moleskine cahiers. The ink dries quickly without feathering or smudging and the pen slides over the surface of the paper. I may actually find myself filling these books […]

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