Monday, December 13, 2010
Here is a photo of some Moo MiniCards that I ordered recently. I have never purchased anything from them before, but I have seen examples (Roz wrote a nice review). I wanted something to hand out with my web address and artwork on it, and I thought these were more fun than full size business […]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Today is the last day of my month long projects of Art Every Day Month and NaNoDrawMo. I am happy to report that I have completed fifty drawings/paintings and have made artwork on the vast majority of days this month. I almost didn’t finish because I have caught my mother’s cold and was sick in […]
A few months ago, when undertaking my massive organizational project, I found some photos in an album that I thought I threw away a few years ago. I debated chucking them right then and there, but decided to hold onto some of the photos in case I can develop them into later works. This drawing […]
Today is Blog Action Day 2010, which is an online event where bloggers all write on the same topic on one particular day. This year’s theme is Water. I’m not usually the type to discuss “issues” on my blog. It’s not that I don’t have opinions, but I usually just keep things related to my […]
I started reading again, which is a welcome change. Most recently, I finished The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel by Zachary Mason. The book is full of varying interpretations of the Odyssey, complete with footnotes referring to “the standard Odyssey.” It isn’t one cohesive story, but rather a collection of contradictory stories. It […]
Sunday, September 26, 2010
I’ve been spending a lot of time in this room lately and I’ve gotten it cleaned out enough to show you all a picture. Like I said earlier, the purple walls aren’t my favorite, but I really didn’t feel like painting them right now. And I am so excited to have my own space at […]
Sunday, September 5, 2010
This is a sketch I made of the ocean at low tide when I was visiting Ogunquit, Maine a few weeks ago. It was a nice mid week mini-trip and I took lots of reference photos. I will most likely start working from these when I finish the big drawing that I am working on […]
©2004 Carolyn A. Pappas, 8-12-2004 Sketchbook Page. Blue fountain pen ink in sketchbook. Right now I am blogging from someone else’s computer so I feel so awkward typing this. I don’t have anything new to show you yet, but I am in the process of making a “secret” drawing (at least until I give it […]
Keep your old work. You did it. There are virtues and there are faults in it for your to study. You can learn more from yourself than you can from anyone else. -Robert Henri in The Art Spirit I found my old, old sketchbook the other day when I was cleaning out through boxes of […]
…or at least it’s supposed to be a good time. July has been my worst month to date in terms of productivity. Everything, from my own sketchbooks to my posting frequency, has gone downhill, probably because I am very preoccupied with other matters. Whenever I start drawing something I seem to get distracted. I find […]