Ever since I was a kid I remember this bottle in the liquor cabinet. This must be at least 75 years old because it has been there ever since I’ve been around and the bottle says it’s already 50 years old! I don’t think it would be very good to drink. Metaxa is a type […]
Monday, September 7, 2009
I haven’t been doing much drawing lately, but I have been recharging my batteries with great success. I have been spending lots of time cuddling and having long conversations, resulting in an all around good feeling (you know the feeling). I went on a mini excursion to New Hampshire and spent time shopping for new […]
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 […]
Northampton Garden, ink and wash in 10 x 7 watercolor sketchbook, 5/24/09 Mall Starbucks, ballpoint and marker in moleskine, 5/25/09 I went to Northampton on Sunday and made the top drawing of the garden while sitting outside the back entrance to Thorne’s Market. I wish I had done more actual sketching but I got really […]
It was a rainy Friday afternoon and I had come home from work to an empty house, relieved that the workweek was through but uncomfortable that I had nothing to do that weekend. I sat in my kitchen and sketched this while listening to Pink Moon by Nick Drake and generally feeling very melancholy. Nick […]
At the Radio Station, ballpoint and tombow marker, 4/10/09 Coffee, ballpoint and tombow marker, 4/10/09 I had Good Friday off from work, which was a welcome break. It gave me a chance to volunteer to answer phones for the Spring Pledge Drive of the Q 99.7. They are a listener supported station and stay on […]
Sketching at the Jiffy Lube, ballpoint and tombow N95 in Moleskine, 3/28/09 I had to get my oil changed and it is usually the busiest on Saturday mornings because that it when a lot of people have spare time to take care of mundane things (like oil changes). They told me it was going to […]
Monday, February 23, 2009
Cool, colored pencil and marker in moleskine, February 2009 Recent conversations have made me consider all the things I have given up and am now going to get back. Generally, I make lists and check things off as I accomplish them. Sometimes when I need a pick me up, I write lists of things that […]
Bread Assortment, Tombow Pens in sketchbook, January 2009 Pottery on Marble Pedestal, Tombow Pens in sketchbook, January 2009 Markers are a fast way to get some really bright colors in your sketchbook and the permanence of them is also an exciting challenge. These are some recent sketches done with my Tombow dual brush pens. I […]
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Gift Bag, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/26/2008 12/25 sketchbook (Christmas breakfast), graphite and pitt pens in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/25/2008 I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had a very nice one, and it was relaxing. On Christmas morning, I made my mother leave my plate on the table after breakfast […]