mARTa's Art: color pencil

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Riverside Public Library

Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM | Posted by mARTa

Today I met up with Deborah from Silverwoman Studios at the Riverside Art Museum. We had been wanting to get together but it just hadn't happened until today. I really enjoyed my day with her. We spent a couple of hours at the museum which right now has the Watercolor West show in it's main gallery. Then, along with a group she was with, we went to Las Campanas at the Mission Inn for lunch and margaritas! After lunch the two of us found a spot on the library grounds and did some sketching together. I loved looking at her sketchbooks she brought along. The carnet du voyage of her trip to France last fall is beautiful! It's so much fun to see the real sketches rather than what we see on the computer screen. We hit it off great and hope to get together again for another fun art day! Here are the two sketches I produced while we sat on a stone wall in the warm sunshine.

Then I came home, drew this orange in coloured pencil and then ate it!

Posted In color pencil, fountain pen, moleskeine, watercolor | 6 comments |

Mug Series: Shon no 2

Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 12:01 PM | Posted by mARTa

I've stayed home from work since yesterday feeling under the weather with some sort of vague virus which had me with fever, chills and nausea. I'm feeling better but thought it best to just rest up and make sure the symptoms have subsided. So feeling inspired and more energetic this morning I have spent the morning in my studio listening to the novel 'Atonement' while making a color chart of my colored pencils. I haven't used them in years but plan to start bringing them out to play more often. The tug for a quick watercolour spurred me to do the mug I keep on the studio table with pens and brushes I never use. LOL! I think the colored pencils should go in there now.

My friend Shon and I have been friends since we were 6 years old. Two little girls who were so very different but shared the joy of friendship and creativity. My mother often wondered what we talked about since Shon was always so quiet. I thought the question absurd as Shon and I talked about EVERYTHING!

We loved to play together, go for neighboorhood walks and make all sorts of creative art using what little supplies we had and found....like the flower fairies we'd make from the flowers from our mother's gardens.

As we grew older our friendship continued, we married, had babies, went back to school and ventured into new careers; I nursing and she teaching. At times we've lost contact with each other and have reconnected through the most bizarre circumstances; proving to each other that the bond between us is heaven meant.

A few years ago she gave me this mug, with the purpose of holding pencils and whatnot. The simple sunflower is a constant reminder of how two little girls have loved each other all their lives. A tribute to you my dear Shon, I love you.

Posted In color pencil, moleskeine, thoughts, watercolor | 6 comments |