Don’t we all long for the ability to soar high above our earth-bound trials and worries?
I believe that accounts for the universal appeal of feathers.
F is for Feathers (Blogging A to Z)
Reply
E is for Ear (Blogging A to Z)
Fair warning… if you sit anyone near me you automatically become a candidate for sketching. You may not be recognizable to anyone but myself.
D is for Ducks (Blogging A to Z)
Ducks… oh how I love their round weightiness. And that sound, I could draw them all day!
C is for Clothing (Blogging A to Z)
Clothing… nothing like drawing your packing list.
And yes, I took undies but didn’t draw them, just in case you were wondering.
B is for Brushes (Blogging A to Z)
Brushes… particularly travel watercolor brushes. I love, love, LOVE the first three… and what a lovely present they were! From Left to Right…
daVinci Ussuri sable #1523, size 6
Daniel Smith 23-0 Synthetic Travel, size 8 (discontinued)
daVinci synthetic, size 5 (came free with a watercolor set)
A is for Apple (Blogging A to Z)
Apples
Diamine Chocolate Brown Ink in a Fine Point Pilot Metropolitan.
Crazy, Crazy April
As I have the last 3 years, I will be participating again in IFJM – International Fake Journal Month… Roz Stendhal‘s creation. If you’re new here and haven’t heard about this wonderful April project please follow the links above. Just be prepared to lose yourself in the interwebs as you learn.
Roz has chosen “[considered] TRUTHS” as this year’s… slogan? motto?
How will I handle this? To find out please consider visiting my dedicated IFJM blog: SkylarkKarma.wordpress.com. I hope to post my character’s journal pages daily… come, follow my progress!
And, as if I didn’t have enough to do, I’ve also decided to participate in Blogging A to Z. Oh no… it runs in April too! Basically, on April 1st we’re to blog about something beginning with the letter A, the 2nd is the letter B, etc. Sundays are our day of rest… no posting. That way, on April 30th, we’ll all be posting about zebras… or zithers, or zzzzzs! There’s a big sign-up process but I’m not sure I’ll jump through that hoop but I may reconsider
Now don’t be expecting too much. I figure a photo and a bit of text will be as much as I can manage. This is an opportunity to look back, share a few pages from the archives along with some recent work. I’ll be doing that here on danaburrellart.com so stay tuned.
Lots going on… I hope I didn’t bite off too much. Wish me luck!
Antidote for Cabin Fever
I’ve got a bad case of cabin fever.
It’s been way too cold to even think of sketching or painting outside; temperatures have lingered in the teens for so long, I feel sure if I removed my heavy expedition-weight mittens for a minute, ice crystals would form!
But then my friend, Michelle Goldsmith of Pleading Quilty, gave me this gorgeous “Drawing Glove” she found on Etsy. Incredibly, my spirits lifted as I put it on and imagined all the places we’d go.
Funky isn’t it? No, it’s certainly not heavy enough to use right now but it’ll be perfect in spring when there’s still a cool breeze… and it’s in my favorite color too!
Ahhhhh… spring.
Tomorrow, March 1st, marks the beginning of Spring… meteorologically speaking. I know it’s still three weeks ’till astronomical spring but I feel better knowing we’ve left the three coldest months of the year behind.
And I’m just that much closer to sketching outside again!
Five Day Art Challenge – Day Five
Day 5… and final day… of my Five Day Art Challenge.
Today, as an homage to Roz Stendahl, and her creation, IFJM – International Fake Journal Month I’m sharing an image from each of my previous fake journals.
What is a fake journal? Well, it’s a chance for you to be someone else and keep a journal as that person. It doesn’t have to be a visual journal although that’s what I did for the last three years. Each year I’ve chosen an art goal and made a commitment to have an entry for each day in the month of April to coincide with other fake journalers.
In 2012 I had 2 goals – to sketch a person each day in ink and watercolor and create a narrative for my journal keeper. If you’d like to see my entire 2012 IFJM journal from the beginning start with my April 1st post and forward through the “next” posts.
2013’s goal was to work in gouache over pre-painted acrylic backgrounds and of course, have that all-important, at least to me, back story of the artist. Here’s the link to see how I selected my physical journal as well as the link for the first post of my 2013 Fake Journal.
In 2014 I used a small set of watercolor pencils in my journal and again my character had her own life lurking behind those pages. See my journal selection and the April 1st journal entry if you’d like to see it all from the beginning.
If you’d like to know more about International Fake Journal Month please visit officialinternationalfakejournalblog.blogspot.com to see Roz’s journals and get a feel for the whole experience.
And yes, I’ll be participating again this year… don’t have a goal or a character yet but it’s early… I have nearly two months to figure it out. Be sure to visit “me” or whomever I “am” at skylarkkarma.wordpress.com.
I hope to see you in April!
Five Day Art Challenge – Day Four
I always loved the State Fair but now it means so much more. It means I can take my sketchbook and revel in the hay… just as long as I remember my antihistamines!
Come back tomorrow for the fifth and final day of my Five Day Art Challenge!
Dana Burrell... Art 