sundshine in the Pacific NW
OMG this alien thing came down and shined all over us. I am now a nice sunburnt crispy critter. Serves me right for working in the garden naked and forgetting to put on the sun tan lotion. OUCH!
But I am starting to have a very nice garden. I have been learning a new art form called landscaping! How to do it what's the best look, stare at a million photos and go nuts trying to figure out what would look good and be easy work on your body. Using perennial mostly so you don't have to bend over so much. Ok maybe age is getting to me maybe I am just a tired old gal with a case of garden back and burnt skin.
I do however enjoy the results of all this work.
And at night I draw. I hope to have some nice things done soon that are worthy of being seen.
I have been reading Jim Butchers Storm Front about an all too common yet fun Wizard in the 20th century. I think he goes into the 21st too.
Art classes have been kinda fun but kinda tedious getting thing right. It took me a long time to just draw a statue correctly but it now comes out in me when I start to draw anything. I have to work on seeing things exact. This takes a lot of concentration. I have to measure a lot. Now I know why artists stand there with their arm out and a stick in hand measuring and measuring. This is very classical and very exacting drawing. But it really trains your eyes to "see" things. Relationships of things. People think arr is easy? Only if you stand there and splat paint while eating chocolate wine soaked fruit!
But I am starting to have a very nice garden. I have been learning a new art form called landscaping! How to do it what's the best look, stare at a million photos and go nuts trying to figure out what would look good and be easy work on your body. Using perennial mostly so you don't have to bend over so much. Ok maybe age is getting to me maybe I am just a tired old gal with a case of garden back and burnt skin.
I do however enjoy the results of all this work.
And at night I draw. I hope to have some nice things done soon that are worthy of being seen.
I have been reading Jim Butchers Storm Front about an all too common yet fun Wizard in the 20th century. I think he goes into the 21st too.
Art classes have been kinda fun but kinda tedious getting thing right. It took me a long time to just draw a statue correctly but it now comes out in me when I start to draw anything. I have to work on seeing things exact. This takes a lot of concentration. I have to measure a lot. Now I know why artists stand there with their arm out and a stick in hand measuring and measuring. This is very classical and very exacting drawing. But it really trains your eyes to "see" things. Relationships of things. People think arr is easy? Only if you stand there and splat paint while eating chocolate wine soaked fruit!