variations on a theme

more sketching

i’m learning to accept my style.

i’m learning to embrace my style.

i’m learning to like my style.

i’m learning to love my style.

sketchbook challenge, con't

working on shading, depth and perspective. (I have a long way to go, lol)

caution! zentangles may be addictive!

highly prized, christmas cactus

this is my christmas cactus. it’s a cutting from my mother’s plant which was from a cutting from her mother’s plant. we’ve had it since 1998 when my mom died.



the kids nicknamed her ‘grandma’. (and we think my mother’s spirit resides in the plant!)

highly prized (con’t)

i might have to give up my membership in the feminist club by saying this, but……



i really do prize my mixer! i like to bake!

CAKE!!!!!

heart-tangle

sometimes you just need to veg out and color!

i was working something out in my head while i did this. i can see where i was deeply concentrating and then when i came to a conclusion. it gets much looser when i finally settled it in my mind.

it’s like an artful EEG! lol

(mostly) girl faces

i bought some ‘flesh’ color copic markers.

i thought i’d practice some female faces. i know i need more practice, but…..my inner critic is being kind today and i think they’re not too bad!

i like how they all become what they want to be. each one has a definite personality!

sea of flowers

this is what i’ve been working on the past few days. a few for Etsy and a few for the first ever Art Quilters Unlimited quilt show this weekend. husband says all lined up like this it reminds him of a coral reef full of anemones and sea urchins.



I like that!