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…
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…
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…
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…
I don't think I've ever been so ready to leave a year behind, and imagine that most people would agree with me. Am grateful for the discovery of this genre…
Q: When is a mandala not a mandala? A: When it's not round. However, making this was centering and meditative, so still a form of meditation. I tried this on…
Thinking about how to escape the circle. Much as I love it, sometimes the pieces seem like they're all the same. Is that the circle, or the choice of plants…
This botanical mandala was created on Boxing Day, December 26, 2020. Boxing Day is traditionally the maid's day off. My friend Aggie says she makes it her day off. Wikipedia…
This Christmas mandala is composed of a succulent rosette, eucalyptus bark, breath of heaven tips, madrone twigs, hydrangea clusters. I'm not feeling it, not in a Bah Humbug sort of…
I knew this was going to happen one day. I needed to take another photo, to work on the lighting. As I put the phone in the clamp, over the…