These hellebores make me happy!
These hellebores make me happy in the January garden. I've had to relocate them several times as conditions changed in our garden. They thrive in the shade. We used to…
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January 20, 2022
Cremini Mushrooms
Our drawing group has responded to Omicron
Our drawing group has responded to Omicron by going online. we sit down and start drawing, separately, at the usual time. Then an hour and forty minutes later, we meet…
January 17, 2022
A mandala and two graphite drawings
A mandala and two graphite drawings. I haven't been as regular about posting to this blog. I love doing the art: the mandalas and the drawing, but putting it up…
January 8, 2022
Angel Wing Begonia
Angel Wing Begonias are such a beautiful shape. I inherited a few from a friend who died last year, it's one of the ways i remember her. One of the…
January 1, 2022
Strawflower, blueberry leaves, hazelnuts, salal, cedar branch tips
Grateful for hazelnuts
Grateful for hazelnuts — I recently cleaned out the studio, and composted some of the older materials I use for these mandalas. When I mentioned it to my grandson, he…
December 20, 2021
Here’s a Douglas Fir cone
Here's a Douglas fir cone. I'm sure there are things I could do to make it more three dimensional, but there comes a point when more fiddling with it doesn't…
December 18, 2021
Rose, dahlias, palm nuts, cedar branch tips, pepper tree berries , and madrone bark
Concentrating on botanical drawing
I have been concentrating on botanical drawing, and doing fewer mandalas. This one contains flowers I got at the nursery in Bolinas — they lasted and lasted — and so…
December 16, 2021
Ivy keaf with stem
Ivy leaf with stem
Ivy leaf with stem. I continue to get such satisfaction out of learning to draw. Finished this one today. It's the last day of class for the year, our teacher…
December 8, 2021
Dahlia, palm nuts, willow twigs, hazelnuts, maidenhair fern
How can it be December already>
How can it be December already? I've been taking a break from activism, starting to feel less burnt out, though I need this month to slow down! Dropped off some…
December 3, 2021
It’s acorn season here
It's acorn season here. They're dropping on the ground, and the deer are feasting. These showed up in Molly Brown's botanical drawing class. I am a person who always said they…
December 2, 2021