Meeting a Poet/Painter

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In her career as a nurse and her duties with

The Sisters Of Providence she must have helped

a multitude of people....

I think it is intimidating to post

a portrait of a person who might not

like being depicted speaking...

but such a speaker only is

a blessing to meet...

"The Talk"

I think this is the last chance to

upload for a Kate's final 6th

class photo--I may be wrong--

For the class I added the words...

but for a painting

I would leave them out and

concentrate on the Post Office

building's details more

It appears

in my mind at odd moments

and there's no reason I

know of for that

---but there must be.

SPECIAL TREASURES

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Another Eastport memory that is

a treasure along with the things

I came upon that screamed, "Buy me!"

By The Sea Studio

EDM # 184

Draw Something You've Always Wanted

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It's great to see somebody

make their dream come true.

I personally want the studio by the

sea but more barn sized

with a few comfort conveniences

I loved seeing this place

each day.

The Cat That Sat

EDM # 30

Draw A Chair

May 2009

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Here we are in the

Slayter Memorial Museum's

dimly lit entry way,

encircled by

ancient Egyptian artifacts.

A stream of light falls on the

tiles and across a modernistic

folding chair...where

the cat chooses to sit.....

(see the heart?)

"If At First"

On my front porch the Robins

came again this year to try a

nest in the bull head bell ---it

seems the Mrs. doesn't like

me to come out the door but

otherwise she's content to

sit on her three blue eggs.

Thankful Ideas

EDM # 42 draw something

you are thankful for.....

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From a set up in my

living room came this

journal spread....

A vintage checkerboard,

a phrenology head and a

shrimp boat model....

Breakfast and Barnboards

EDM #18 Draw a view through the

window of just about anything

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Going out to breakfast with

Gail has been a highlight in my

life as we both bring show and tell

bags and catch up on our lives..

I also eat more than I ever do

at home and marvel that I

manage not to leave a crumb

on the plate. The time too

soon, comes for us to get in

our cars out in the parking lot by the

railroad tracks and as I head out

I see this great old barn and then

have to turn

right to go home. It always

reminds me of bygone days when

barns were the best things to work in,

to play in and to store things away. I'd

love to have one out in my yard right now.

EDM CHALLENGE DRAW A WINDOW

I'll leave it to you to put your own

interpretation on this spread--I had

several ideas and so this developed

.....right click to read better--the pages

are in a small Moleskine

where I had cut two consecutive

pages out---and then glued the

cut edges left,

in the center---I needed some

Moleskine paper and still

have some left in the journal's

back pocket for future use. I'm using

pencil, ink, watercolor pencils

and waterbrushes.

Moody Mugs

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I love the collection of coffee cups over the stove and

usually pick out the one that I'm in the mood for,

to drink my coffee in. The framed motto has been there

for eons it seems and always makes me smile to

spray on the glass cleaner and polish it,

about once a month. The tea cup puppy did

come to visit me and did sit in my cup....I recall

being afraid of one that would

ticky ticky run to the edge of her porch and

bark at me till I was well past her territory

--- when I was about 7.

Homage to Jan Brett et al.

Left click on photo to

read words better

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This spread started with the #191 Challenge

of drawing paper money---then

I decided the spread should go up

to the top page too--I purposefully

did a Jan Brett "how to" video Dutch

Bunny to get something up

there. Then did the

Polish Chicks from pausing live ones

moving around in her video...

the dark background with the chicks

told me to add two other dark areas

to balance this---the Chinese symbol

is for Properity .....the black bird becomes a

"money is the root of all evil" symbol---

the running ribbon was added to

enhance page flow...the pencil, sketcher's

homemade bombsite and the tack

and hanging tags were fill in

design additions......the writing up

top, was planned to be there ....

that's how it all came to be.

Bus Stop Welcome

Quite a few times I have been on this road

in town and had to stop behind a school bus.....

it seems odd to me that this would happen in this

same spot, but it has a few times. The big ole dog

always waits for her to get off the bus, in an

anticipating, tail waging stance .

She has a bag in her hand which demands

a good sniffing--it might be a treat!

"Dedication"

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Here is the dedication page in the front of

my second, almost completed,

can hardly believe it, small

Moleskine journal.

I have managed to catch quite a few

strong memories of my mother,

before she was my mother.
You can see the drawing from the photo in the

blog just before this one.

I'll just mention what an ordeal it

was to pick the blackberries even if

there was quite a large tangled patch---

I had to wear long sleeved

flannel shirt and big buckle boots to survive

something resembling no mans land...

which was a killer in the hot

days the berries were ripe to pick.

"Castle Pig with Country Pig"

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to see larger

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A photo by my brother in California

and two by me in Ireland

at the time, inspired this spread.

The Irish pig had such a neat thatched

roof hut , stone walls and a castle

pen keeper on hand---while

the California pig was very

happy on an Animal Farm

Sanctuary

The Cat with the Onion.

LEFT CLICK

on photo to read the small print.

It's been a pleasure knowing this cat and

a never ending source of joy.

He's just a year old and loves people.

The light in this sketch is coming

from a rear window with the blue

sky reflecting a bit on the wide sill.

End of story ......

To Each His Own...

PFinding an empty page in a near filled

Moleskine journal I decided to

quickly compare colored pencil techniques

I have tried. On the left is the dry regular

ones not applied heavily (I am looking at the

book mentioned in the sketch----and on the right

is the watercolor pencils application I usually

do ---the final result is : I like to use the

watercolor pencils with the waterbrush better, as it fits my

temperament and is more fun for me. To enjoy

it is very important ....but to each his own.

This Rocks!

EDM No 119

Draw A Rock

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On a nearby road, a stone wall emerges from

being covered with snow when the winds

blow..around here you can hardly

spit without hitting one of these walls.... so

unique and handmade. I noticed in this one,

they are all the same kind of stone--perhaps

granite---some walls have varied rocks.

I think when they are made from the stones

on the property they tend to be more the

same type---and when a contractor

builds them he uses all kinds for added interest.

At any rate, I love them all.

"Three Sleepy Kittens" EDM 185

Every Day Matters

Challenge 185

Draw A Cat

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The three kittens are sleeping on top of one of those cat condos

and my brother took the photo. I liked the varied

positions and imagine it's obvious where a

patch was made on this one--in fact, two...one to make

the design better and the other to hide details that

were confusing even if they were right. This

spread sent me out to another room to go through

my stuffed mittens draw, which seemed to have 99% gloves..

so I had to imagine the mittens.

EDM #94 Draw a Spoon

EDM #94 Draw a Spoon

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If you left click on this you can read the words better.

They say it all.....

"Three Afloat"

A while back I would have worked this

into a bigger acrylic painting---but have

not the energy,

so I am thrilled to be able

to complete a journal spread, instead.

The woman is modeling for me even

if she doesn't know it, as I take

a photo from the car. As I have

no other photos of her I can only

get a vague likeness. I know she is the

Captain's wife and sells tickets

for Whale Watch Cruises. Also she

was very kind helping me with

phone use---She was the kind of

person you can laugh with---I like that.

There's a dream like quality with the

windjammer, star shell and mysterious

red ball hovering in this space.

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