airport sketching

Last week I traveled again and knew that I wouldn’t start a big project. However, both travel days I did take some time to sketch while we were sitting in the airport. It’s quite a good way to spend some time. I did two pages of quick, light sketches on the flight away from home. […]

Delights 8: bread baking

I love to bake bread. Sunday I made ciabatta rolls and took them to Otter Creek where we made sandwiches. Last night, I made banana bread which is always promptly devoured. Isn’t it incredible that we can mix up a few ingredients, let it sit, heat it, and end up with totally delicious bread? It […]

weekly photos vol 25

you get what you pay for

I’ve been watching these awesome YouTube art tutorials. They are so cool and finally I decided that I wanted to try one. I got out my oil pastels, some painter’s tape, and a few different markers and pencils. Then I got to work. I quickly realized that they have much higher quality oil pastels than […]

trading one project for another

I never have enough time for all the things I would like to do. Most of the time, I try to keep my list fairly narrowed down: here’s what’s actually mine. But when you do special projects, you sometimes just have to let stuff drop. This past weekend, I painted our bedroom. It’s been on […]

cats and inspiration

I found the cutest little mug with Carl from Up at Home Goods last Friday. (I’m not a shopper but I should not be allowed in that store.) He was my first art project idea for this week. pencil sketches of Carl This was the one that convinced me to not to do the big […]

Delights 7: practicing gratitude

This week has been hard. We’ve been snowed, rather, iced in to our home. I haven’t been anywhere since last Saturday night. The kids have been doing remote learning. A friend asked me how it was going and I responded with “There’s a reason I don’t homeschool.” Nothing against homeschooling, it’s just my particular mix […]