We Come Alive

"We come alive when we feel visible."

29 Faces #21

The only paper I had to work on today was computer paper, but I managed to do a drawing. I chose a quote about "home" today because I began the process of looking for a little house to buy. It's pretty exciting to imagine that it will be mine, that such a thing is doable, and in only a few more months.

"I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself." ~Maya Angelou

29 Faces #20 and a Guest Face

I added some dark lines to make the figure stand out more, compared to what I originally posted below. It's still not finished.

Today I've been working on the cover for my latest journal. It's unfinished because I'm traveling and I have limited art supplies (as is so often the case in my life right now). I've learned something: Never travel without white paint and/or a white paint pen for pulling stuff to the foreground and adding highlights when things get muddy. I brought a white Souffle gel pen, but it's not working as well as I'd like. The good news is that I ordered a bunch of new art supplies this morning, and I'm getting some gouache, which will be perfect for "pulling," and for traveling. I also ordered three blocks of hot press watercolor paper, which will keep me supplied with difficult-to-find hot press paper for a while. Do so few artists use hot press? I don't understand why cold press is so readily available, and hot press is so rare.

Today I'm sharing a face from a guest. My nearly 13-year-old daughter recently became interested drawing elves. Here's one she drew yesterday.

29 Faces #14

A journal page for today.
With a spelling error. Doh.

29 Faces #5

It has a face. I think it counts.

I'm taking all these pictures with my phone camera, which isn't the best.

Based upon a dream I had while taking a nap this afternoon.

In it, there was a bird that said, "You can fly like me."