She Wore Her Hearts

She wore hearts upon her sleeve, more on her left than on her right.  There were more closer to her own heart than not.

This drawing comes from my sketchbook. It is relaxing to me to just allow individuals to appear, and get lost in playing with dots and lines. When I work with a live model, I prefer to use a fine point pen of some kind. There is something soothing about making a decision and living with it, right or wrong. The commitment of it. The challenge of figuring out a way to make it right if it doesn’t work.

There are always little discrepancies that remind me of human frailties and the beauty in the imperfectness of both nature and human.

Cosmic Love

Today, I started out with a simple black felt tip pen drawing. Then, I began playing in Photoshop CS6. (I recently signed up to subscribe to the Cloud. I love it! I had been using CS5, which was wonderful in it’s own right. ) This image is the result of many layers.

Reflection

Amidst the frosty mornings and the need for growth-inducing action there is a part of me that must take a moment here and there to reflect. I love this chair that I rescued from a curb with a little sad-sack “free” sign tilted in the grass.  It feeds my eyes, and on this day it reminds me that I can reflect the light. I don’t have to be the active source of the energy all of the time.

Move and Breathe

The more that I just breathe, and move through my fear, I discover new blessings every day. This project is already feeling daunting.

And so, I breathe.