An Art Party

Or at least it seems that way in my Moleskine :) Which I am enjoying right now :)
First there was my son watching TV. I call it riveted because he didn't notice me drawing. He thought it was not a good likeness... it IS. In fact it is the best likeness of him I have managed yet :)



Then there was the magazine face. I chose one of the pictures because i liked the woman's face, and I drew it. I thank Donna for the inspiration ;) This was in my brand new Sepia coloured Pigma Micron- with no pencil underdrawing!



Finally are the rosehips from my Rosa virginiana (well my husband's rose actually). They are so vibrantly red, I found myself staring at them, so they became immortalized in my moleskine, in watercolour.




I am beginning to get the hang of the watercolours now. I just need to work on painting leaves a bit more ;)

Farmer's Market Report week August 30- September 5th

I had been hoping to live Vicariously through Kerry and everyone else as far as the farmer's market went. We set out a little too late to do that this week, and so I didn't get to go! Instead, I find Kerry has company (see this week's report), and I am bereft!
Oh well... I decided instead, to share some past hauls ;)




I think you can see I like peppers! I did get other stuff, but the peppers and tomatoes are my favourite subjects!
I have other vegetables and fruits in my files- but not from the farmer's market :) Feel free to click on the photo link at right to go browse!

To Round Out Tasha's Day

I decided to do a picture from one of the books about her. Since last week's EDM was to draw a cat, I chose that one- and a picture of her one-eyed cat from the book, was translated into watercolour pencils. I decided not to add water (partly because it was night and the light sucked, and partly because I liked the way it looked without) and may go back later for a try with watercolours :)

A Tasha Celebration

Since today is Tasha Tudor's Birthday, Clarice at Storybook Woods, together with the ladies at Author Fiesta, have been hosting a bloggy celebration.

Of course, you KNOW I would want to take part. I have been rather lax, not participating in the entire Fiesta (call me lazy- but well, school JUST started back!!), but the party was something I really did want to participate in :)

So I started out by setting the table:


Placing all my Tasha books, and a few library books to boot on it :)
I spent the afternoon baking, since I cancelled our Science (due to certain children playing with the balloons >:/) and produced a dish, *I* think worthy of Tasha. She might not have liked it, as it was baked in an electric oven, but my kids liked it!!


M'Lady was wearing her shawl- but it was really a little too warm to keep it on. But we kept them (I had one too) on the back of our chairs ;)


Then I placed a little something I *KNOW* Tasha would approve of on the table... TEA!!


And everyone tucked in!!
After that, we sailed into the other room to do a few Tasha tasks....

Such as drawing...


...and filling out the Tasha Tudor Author Research form.
The books were looked at, the dogs coloured in, and other things.
I wanted to do the Sparrow Mail too... but I think it might just happen at the weekend instead :) After all... it IS a long weekend!!

Remembering Tasha

So today is Tasha Tudor Remembrance Day, and the ladies over at Author Fiesta are hosting it!
I have plans to celebrate this afternoon with the kids- although since Nature Study is cancelled this morning, we might get to it faster :) I am sure there will be baking and all sorts...


...although the rolls I made yesterday are all but gone, so somthing else will have to suffice ;)
To get in the right frame of mind, I used a photo (you can see some more at Victoria), and drew the artist herself!


Both pictures Christened my brand new MOLESKINE. I have only heard A LOT about these little books, and when I found them on sale the other day, including the 3 x 5 WATERCOLOUR Moleskine, I bought one to try it :) Actually I liked it. I can't say that I think it is worth extra $$, but I do like the design! So while I await autumn to enfold me, so that I can start my AUTUMN accordian, I will be working in my Moleskine. And I will NOT call it a "Mol-eh-skin-eh" as people say it is pronounced. That is because it is an ITALIAN company... and I am not, and I sound very silly saying it LOL. I will just refer to it as a Moly. Which makes me think of The Wind in the Willows...
Well I'd better go start the day!

Enjoy the rest of YOUR day :)