Maybe it’s the recent lack of sleep, but this foggy composition is appealing to me….

A quick sketch done while waiting for a friend…I just liked the shapes, some geometric and some organic. And then a sunday night indulgence. Just survived a single parenting weekend, the kids are in bed, and I am enjoying a glass of wine and a small dish of kettle chips.

Two hectic days–drawings done on time, but posting takes a backseat to the other stuff in life….

Welcome summer!

These are nowhere near as flavorful as freshly peeled and sliced carrots (my sister margaret can make carrots into gorgeous long, thin swirly spears) but they are handy…

Our neighbor has a lovingly maintained garden that I can see from our dining room….I get so much pleasure from his gardening skills.

A packed weekend, with not much time to draw. I managed to squeeze in a quick sketch while I was getting a haircut on saturday, and then another, this morning at the playground.

After a long day, this was a plop-down-on-the-couch and draw what you see drawing…although, very quickly, I stopped thinking about what I was seeing and started goofing around, with line (how do I make it more interesting?–begin a blind contour portion) with color (what happens if I put the “wrong” color here?) and transparancy (what if I can see through one object, to another?)

Was invited to dear friends for dinner and a night of conversation and crafting. They have a beautiful, familiar view from the top of Duboce Avenue, (we used to live in the apartment below theirs) so I waited until dusk to do my daily sketch.

…feeling a bit better today.

I still have Theo’s amazing drawing tacked up downstairs in my studio. I am working on a large painting based on the drawing. Here are some of the ideas.
PS I am a day late in making this post as we are now ALL sick with the flu..

Hooray! The jasmine I planted a year ago has finally decided to take off! It’s climbing and beginning to bloom!