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The Point

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Today I have something a little different for you — some Saturday morning cartoons, so to speak. These are clips from the movie The Point!, which was written by Harry Nilsson and narrated by Ringo Starr (other versions had different narrators). When I was a kid, my Yiayia recorded this movie from TV but the tape […]

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Monsoon

Thursday, June 10, 2010

It was pouring rain when I drew this (from a window). It was getting into the evening and the light was dimming, when all of the sudden the rain stopped and the sun came out. Everything turned a sort of golden color for about five minutes, then it promptly started pouring again. It reminded me […]

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Egg Bowl

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

I have this little bowl, a cheap Christmas Tree Shops special, gifted to me by one of my sisters. It’s has a misshapen appearance with the oddest curves and bumps and uneven glazing. I have had numerous opportunities to get rid of this bowl (and I almost did a few months ago when cleaning out my […]

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Independence Day, 2009

Sunday, July 5, 2009

New Englanders are fortunate that we have a lot of lakes, and I am lucky that I got to spend some time at one for the Fourth of July. I think I will be finding excuses to be there often. We built a fire right next to the water and watched people shooting off illegal […]

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Losers and Keepers

Saturday, June 27, 2009

I’m in the process of going through my possessions, deciding what to keep and what to purge. I made this sketch showing some books I’ll be holding on to and some that I’ll be forgetting about. Books are special objects to me and I often connect their ownership to certain people and circumstances. It was […]

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Various

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and haven’t felt very coherent. I made this sketch of an old woman deep in thought while deep in thought myself. Here are some odd tidbits that I’ve been thinking about: My friend Kimberly Shaw of Kimberly Shaw Graphics had her lovely teacup designs ripped off by […]

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Early Drawings

Monday, June 15, 2009

Recently, I’ve been sorting through some possessions that I’ve had stored at my parent’s house. I found a treasure trove of finished sketchbooks and also many loose drawings that I did years ago. I found this drawing that I drew from a photo in a magazine in 1999 when I was sixteen years old. I […]

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Watercolor Flowers for Yiayia

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Yiayia’s Flowers #1, watercolor in 10 x 7 sketchbook, 5/17/09  As a child, my Yiayia (grandmother) was one of the biggest fans of my art. I remember one time we were sitting in a Friendly’s getting ice cream and I made a doodle on a napkin with a hot pink Crayola marker. Yiayia took that […]

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An Account of My First Experience Drawing the Nude From Life

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Norman, Charcoal on newsprint, April 2009 This is Norman, our male model at Snow Farm. I’ve heard before that one’s first time drawing nudes from life is the most difficult, as there is an awkwardness that must be gotten used to. Well, I was very awkward, and never quite got used to it. Sorry, but […]

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Evening Sketches at Snow Farm

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Drum and Table, ink and white colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/27/09 My Evening Companions, ink and white colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/28/09 While I was at Snow Farm, I tried to fill all my awake non studio hours with sketching. After dinner we usually had an evening activity of some sort, like a guest artist […]

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