Janeys Journey

A Blossomy start to the Weekend

 

Bright Orchid

"All she saw was the darkness stretching ahead of her, and she wondered if that was what love was like.  Unpredictable and dark, impenetrably dark.  Was love something that a person could become lost in?  Was it something that swallowed someone whole, consumed them and ripped them apart, until they were nothing but scraps of silver hung in the heavens?"  Waking the Dead by Annie Sewell-Jennigns. 

Oooh, I love Buffy fanfiction.  You can find it here - no telling how long it will be on line now.

This Hour

This is the hour of Lead
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the snow -
First - Chill - then Stupor - then the letting go.
ED

The Secret

The thing most feared in secret always happens...All it needs is a little courage.

Like most original drawings here, this one is for sale.  It's 5"x7", markers on paper.  Original $45.00,  Postcards 6 for $10.00.

One Another

Do you....

I was thinking of actually painting (gasp).  I want to try these figures much larger, to abstract them more.  You really can't go too large with markers, you'd use up several pens just on the flesh color.  And I don't want to frame it so watercolor is out.  I've been looking at different hard wood boards in catalogs.  They come in different widths (I like the wide ones) and some have an opening the back so you can just hang it without wires.  Maybe I'll try acrylics.  I hope they have flesh colors.  I don't like to mix colors, I don't the like mess, I'm neat.  I'm just not a paint person.  Maybe it'll grow on me.

Jan's Books

You like handmade journals?  You'll love this then.  Here's the link to Jan's photos on Flickr of her journals.  They're really amazing.  They almost make me want to get out one of those zillions of untouched journals in the closet.  I said almost.

And Jan's a favorite so the link to her blog is on the right.

Celia Knows

Variations

These were 2 second drawings this morning.  Didn't have time to color or post then so here they are.  There was something about that right leg and the curve that just felt good drawing, so I did, over and over. A little boring maybe but enjoyable to do.  And so endith my 13th journal book thingee (48 pages each).  I'm not sure if I'm drawing so much because I like drawing so much or I'm fixated on filling those journals.  Guess it doesn't matter since the end result is the same, practice, practice, practice.

                           

                              

                            

                         

                                 

   

A few Blossoms and a Not

The problem with drawing so much is that I have to scan so much.  It's a pain.  It takes longer to scan and format then to actually do the drawing.

This one's the not.

And these are.