Waiting

Waiting
Originally uploaded by Connie Vickers

So often my journal entries are of my purse while I wait on someone to meet me. I wait a lot but it always seems to be a difference purse I draw. I guess I change them often. Maybe that keeps the waiting interesting! Maybe I should just put all these purses together and draw them - Never mind - that's too overwhelming to even think about! HA! The collage portion is from my recent visit to the Nasher Museum at Duke University to see their Picasso exhibit. Had a great time! I'm going back tomorrow with a small group of school kids. We're going to sketch in the museum. I'm excited - especially for them!

Primary

Primary
Originally uploaded by Connie Vickers

Had fun with this one. The challenge was to see what I could do with only the three primaries. I was pleased with the small sketch as a first try but the fun was in getting there!

First was making the new little palette. It's only about 2" square and has full pans of color. In Art Escapes, Dory Kanter refers to these three as her "full triad". Working with the tiny palette was fun. And then...

I took a photo of the tiny palette with my digital and printed it with my little Kodac Zinc. For those of you who haven't run across this new toy, it's a small Kodac printer that you carry with you (you can also use it plugged into an outlet if its battery is low). It prints out a photo about 2 x 3 inches (I didn't take time to measure) and when you peel off the back - it's sticky paper!!!!!! How much fun can you have with one little journal entry.

I may have used "little" and "tiny" to much - but HEY, they were! LOL

Birches

Birches
Originally uploaded by Connie Vickers

I think each time the season changes, I say "this is my favorite time of year". So I guess it is. The colors of fall are impossible for me to capture, so I have to be satisfied that my sketches will remind me of that particular time and that particular place...

Manic Monday

Manic Monday
Originally uploaded by Connie Vickers

Remember 1984 and the Bangles "Just another manic Monday? It went to #2 and was one of those songs that I just couldn't get out of my head. Well I guess I'm showing my age. So anyway...

I just bought a book called The Awe-Manac - as in Almanac - but with AWE instead of ALL. One of the suggestions is to name the day. So I did. The book is cheerful, inspiring, creative, gives you quotes to think about and ideas for things to journal. What fun!

#21 Draw Something Old Antique or Vintage

#21 Draw Something Old Antique or Vintage
Originally uploaded by Connie Vickers

This is my room when I stay at Bald Knob Farm House in Sparta, North Carolina. The home is an old farmhouse and everything in it is antique. The farmhouse sits in the middle of acres of Christmas trees and each time we have visited the weather has been perfect. I love sitting in the bed and just looking at the view around the room and having "girl talk".

Stayed there two years in a row because we (my girl cousins) couldn't seem to get enough of it!

Drawing in bed has it's own advantages and disadvantages as you can imagine!