Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged bunnies, deer, family, illustration, parenthood, vacation on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That’s how we describe the island we are traveling to this week. Mogs also knows there will be ice cream cones and ferry rides. Tony and I are really excited to take her there and happy to have our first real family vacation! (We aren’t counting all the trips to help family move or sitting in [...]
Posted in My Art Projects, That Lady Can Paint, Sew, Sculpt..., What I've Been Reading, tagged art, cats, fiction writers, humor, hunting, illustration, ink, Shirley Jackson, watercolor on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
♥ I just noticed that this is my 200th post! Woo-hoo! See #1 from 7 months ago: here. ♥
One of my favorite short stories is The Renegade by Shirley Jackson–it is perfectly creepy.
Our cat Mary has been exhibiting similarly poor behavior reminding me of this story. Mary was a pregnant stray that we took in [...]
Posted in What I've Been Reading, tagged art, drawing, illustration, nonfiction, novels, reading on May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The whole family is heading out on a little vacation next week in honor of our 10 year dating anniversary–thanks to that nicely timed tax incentive. (We’ve been married for four, but still like to celebrate the original date.) I am carefully preparing my reading material for our trip–yet, I notice that nothing here is terribly [...]
Posted in My Art Projects on May 23, 2008 | 11 Comments »
My entry for this week’s theme “worry” at Illustration Friday. She is taking a leap on her own into an unfamiliar sea.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economy, family, gas prices, parenting, recession on May 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Take Your Kid to Work Day
Originally uploaded by wholeclothdesigns
Today is Take Your Child To Work Day. Mogs went to visit her dad’s office and “helped” him scan some files. Her favorite part was going to get a slice of pizza afterwards.
On the walk downtown I passed a Shell station where the price for unleaded was [...]
Posted in What I've Been Reading, tagged 1988, ACDC, dances, memories, metallica on May 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am feeling so nostalgic this week after reading a series of posts that my dear friend Anna wrote on her blog about a recent trip to Calaveras County. I spent a big chunk of my adolescence and teen years living there and running around with her. If you are ever in the Sierra Nevada mountains be [...]
Posted in My Art Projects, Uncategorized, tagged art, cat, children's book, girl, illustration, ink, ocean, watercolor on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The next image for the “My Bonnie” project. I scanned it with my low-end scanner so a few details are lost, i.e. she has stripes around both pant legs, but you get the general idea. I really like the color values in the original watercolor and ink illustration. The yellow gives it an aged look [...]
Posted in Gardening, Motherhood, tagged cooking, Gardening, gnomes, thyme on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My Garden Gnome
Originally uploaded by wholeclothdesigns
Mogs insisted on posing with her eyes closed. That’s orange thyme behind her. It smells heavenly, but I still haven’t found a recipe to use it in yet. Any suggestions?
Posted in My Art Projects, tagged 1984 election, community planning, elections, mondale, Portland, reagan on May 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Great urban planning, a ban on snout houses, the best bookstore ever, and now…the Obamaniacs. (Not to mention the large number of Oly friends who have migrated south to PDX). This picture makes me so happy:
In other campaign news–rather, another campaign news…I unearthed this report I did in 4th grade during the 1984 election. I wish I could find the [...]
Posted in My Art Projects, tagged art, creative process, illustration, ink, lullabye, watercolor on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another version of “My Bonnie” illustration. I wanted to play with the lettering and have a lighter touch with the lines. I still like the composition of this one, but don’t like the cartoon-like figure of the girl. My overall goal for this project is to use the song lyrics as the basis for a [...]
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