another point of view

view of the studio from the kitchen

studio update

my custom built desk holds large sheets of paper and looks out over the back yard

these are the wormy chestnut legs off an old farm table

I'm going to look for a stool so I can force myself to sit down once in a while

here it is, all ready to go...

Come on in and take a look at my new studio. Would you like some coffee?  Chocolate?  Make yourself at home .
The couch pulls out into a bed for overnight guests, at other times it's a comfortable perch for visitors. I have some good floor space for yoga sessions at home, and on the right is the desk with my computer stuff. The light is great, and I love to spend time in here!
Above the computer, there is a window that looks into the kitchen, I plan to make it a bit more private with a paper cut one of these days. The light is great, and I love to spend time in here! We joke that my family could just pass me meals through the window and I'd never have to come back in :)
Isn't it awesome? Im too lucky!

down on the farm

Look at these cuties!

The first lamb is less than a day old, and the other ones out in the field were born about a week ago.

Thanks to the nice people at AD Farm I got a good idea of the farm setup, and it was great to get to ask questions and see everything up close. Now back to the drawing board!

yup, me again!

I'm back - again !

I'm trying to get in the habit of posting regularly, this is a sketch page for one of the main characters of a picture book I'm working on.

For tomorrow, I've scheduled an outing to a farm not too far away, where they have a few newborn lambs. I'm very excited, references don't get any better than that! 

what in the world is a "pyewacket"?

for some reason I keep running into that strange word, and I had to look it up. interesting.........

that led me to see the movie "Bell Book and Candle", which led me to do some drawings of siamese cats; here are a couple of my favorites.
The little one of "Cinders" is of course a portrait of a character from one of my favorite books: The Wednesday Witch

Now I have to go clear out the studio: my new, custom made desk is coming, I'm so excited!
Hopefully I can have a studio tour soon.

playing around

The weather here in South Carolina is anything but wintery, it cuts down on playing in the snow, but allows for some nice hikes and picnics and playing on the back porch.

I'm playing around myself, I have a new box of fancy watercolors and I am loving them. Now I have a practice session every morning, but more on that tomorrow........

walking trees, swamp angels and alligator pears

Before I start posting for the new year, I thought our first trip to Florida to visit family deserved it's own mention. We canoed in the mangroves, found amazing shells and got to know this strange place a bit.

At the old store on Chokoloskee Island I heard about "Mr.Watson",and have been fascinated with the stories of old Florida ever since.