Another Year, Another Drawing

Cheryl took a face-drawing class a week or so ago, and I was sorely envious. I rarely have the discipline to keep to an arty regime on my own (except for writing, which I DO do every day), and I now have no $$ for any art courses at all.

Cheryl is my Good King Wenceslas, and I'm trudging along in her footsteps.

Oh, and when I was done, I threw the dried up marker out.

2012: Dreaming of Poppies

I miss Spring.

Poetry from April

I did some poetry in April as a challenge -- to write a poem every day. It was a dismal failure. But it was a creative act. Here's one of them:

Morning in April

The dawn glows
the trees rock
the blossoms fly through the air on the season's clock.

Birds couple
nesting here
I hear them in my trees and know summer is near.

The wind blows
air is cold.
Would it seem more like Spring if I were not so old?

Two Ballerinas

This piece of art is called "Two Ballerinas" and it was done in the Paint program by Lillian Queen.

I've decided to share this blog with her -- after all, I'm not doing much with it, and perhaps, with her help, we can put more art work and creativity in it more often.

Welcome, Lillian, and keep up the good work!

31 January 2011

The cover for the Piker Press this week, and the illustration for Bernie's piece, "Time."

Sunday 30 January

A little tree study in pastels, done on my newly-rearranged work table in the studio.

Again with the White on Dark

I'm getting so I can imagine what a picture is going to look like before I start playing with it in Photoshop!

I was looking at the palms in the dim light outside and realized I could hardly see any color to them on these gray days. And I thought it would look more interesting if I used a certain filter on a picture of them...