JANET’S Blog
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Summer Solstice
Sol+stice derives from a combination of Latin words meaning “sun”+”to stand still.” As the days lengthen, the sun rises higher and higher until it seems to stand still in the sky.It is summer-warm, the sunflowers are the compass in the garden and turn their faces to...
First Berries of the Season
The first little ruby red strawberries are the sweetest tasting berries that you can even imagine. They are fragrant — It’s Spring.Our first little ruby red strawberries are the sweetest tasting berries that you can ever imagine. They are fragrant –it’s Spring! This...
In a pink-trimmed rabbit state of mind
I am someone who has always loved the color red in every way, but I woke up one morning and my world turned pink. I’ve been fighting it all along and there it was. I focus in on the pink streaks in a sunset, my fabulous fugitive pink Opera watercolor and desserts. I...
Writing Tools To Go
ALWAYS WITH ME. . . A few of my favorite writing tools. FOUNTAIN PENS. . . not just one! A pointed flexible nib for drawing and a fine calligraphic chisel nib – in different millimeter widths. My fountain pens are always ready to go, ink filled. Great for drawing,...
Playing Card Creative Challenge
A collaborative Deck of Cards Project was headed by amazing artist, Susan Longerot. Susan dealt two cards per person to twenty-five other artists to interpret artistically. Final design size requirement 2 ½” x 3 ½”. Susan’s article appeared in the January 2015 issue...
Breakfast Pens
I eat pens – morning, noon and night. I d e v o u r them! They are part of daily nourishment. Elixir. Vitamin boost. Magic potion. DESSERT! Ink flows like blood through my fingertips and I write what I think, draw what I imagine. My pens are not for just collecting....
Ink Bottle, Spilled Words
Have you ever thought of the words and drawings that spill out of your bottle of ink? Ideas, dreams, doodles & scribbles and rambling thoughts that untangle all the jumble in our heads. Morning pages from Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, practice ovals,...