Connections
Finishing a month of daily Inktober sketches was an interesting process, bringing me back to drawing again. Towards the end of October, I realized that I'd been encouraged to be looking around more closely (for something interesting
to draw) -- a totally different experience in some ways than noticing
something to write about (which is more experience and nature-driven).
Serendipitously, or perhaps not, I'm participating in two art classes next week, one a travel-sketching workshop in Waynesville and the other an all-day pastel workshop in Asheville. In both classes, I'm joining good friends who live in nearby mountain communities; they're women whom I originally "met" and connected with online in writing groups, but now have also connected with in-person. It's a gift to have been able to meet them both, thanks to the digital age.
Gathering materials together for the travel-sketching workshop, I found a sheet of watercolor paper that I'd outlined a leaf, along with color notations (from a watercolor workshop some years ago). I pulled out my pens and added ink. Much better.
The other side of the sheet seemed to be a color study, a clue to which workshop that it was -- in this case, one at the NC Arboretum with Robert Johnson.
Serendipitously, or perhaps not, I'm participating in two art classes next week, one a travel-sketching workshop in Waynesville and the other an all-day pastel workshop in Asheville. In both classes, I'm joining good friends who live in nearby mountain communities; they're women whom I originally "met" and connected with online in writing groups, but now have also connected with in-person. It's a gift to have been able to meet them both, thanks to the digital age.
Gathering materials together for the travel-sketching workshop, I found a sheet of watercolor paper that I'd outlined a leaf, along with color notations (from a watercolor workshop some years ago). I pulled out my pens and added ink. Much better.
The other side of the sheet seemed to be a color study, a clue to which workshop that it was -- in this case, one at the NC Arboretum with Robert Johnson.
You are so talented, Lisa! I am looking forward to Saturday.
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DeleteThanks for the encouraging words! I'm looking forward to that workshop, too (instead of being apprehensive, I'm now realizing....) I think it's telling that the three of us are expressing creativity in multiple ways, from writing to art to gardening, and moving forward with it.
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