Tag: sketchbook
Butterfly Drawing with Hydrangea Petals
This is ‘purple’ week over at the Summer of Color challenge. My inspiration was The Purple Hairstreak Butterfly. I haven’t drawn anything in a while so I put my stamps, collage sheets, and stickers away for this one. I used my Derwent pencils–using ‘Imperial Purple’ for the dark shading on the […]
Butterflies of Denmark
I’ve continued reading about other families who have had children with Cockayne Syndrome. All the stories are hard to read and I always cry. But ignorance is not bliss with this disease. I need to know what to expect so that we can give Knox the best care that we can while […]
Heart Of A Different Color
“Variations”
I Saw No Window…
Today’s post for the letter “I” is a line from Robert Frost’s poem “Good Hours”. I borrow lines from poems and illustrate them in my sketchbook. Often, my drawings have nothing to do with what the poem is really about. I just love the words. I love the feeling the words […]
“Mice and Berries” after Jill Barklem
Woodland Face
Autumn Hat
What’s an artistic girl to do Stuck in bed all day with the flu? She can’t do much, feeling such a wretch But one thing she can do is sit up and sketch.