Antique Church Organ

Stained Glass and Pipes

My art project for today was photography.

Just Reading

He ate and drank the precious words,
His spirit grew robust;
He knew no more that he was poor,
Nor that his frame was dust.
He danced along the dingy days,
And this bequest of wings
Was but a book. What liberty
A loosened spirit brings!
~Emily Dickinson

My Penrose tiling with some help from a good book.

The Drawers Block has come to an end. Finally I did something I like and enjoyed. This is a sketch in my new sketchbook. This book is all I'm working with for awhile. It's purpose is to do things that I have either never done or do rarely. Growing time. The "new" quality about this drawing is that it was done with only 3 pencils.

For many years this was my church. In reality, I guess it still is. This is from the shot that I used as a step by step project(still unfinished) when I first began this blog. I love this place

Usually, Dyed flowers don't do much for me, but these Daisies were so cheerful. The colors say Spring and I ended up loving them after all

To Ailsa Rock
by John Keats

Hearken, thou craggy ocean-pyramid,
Give answer by thy voice -the sea-fowls' screams!
When were thy shoulders mantled in huge streams?
When from the sun was thy broad forehead hid?
How long is't since the mighty Power bid
Thee heave to airy sleep from fathom dreams -
Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams -
Or when grey clouds are thy cold coverlid!
Thou answer'st not; for thou art dead asleep.
Thy life is but two dead eternities,
The last in air, the former in the deep!
First with the whales, last with the eagle-skies!
Drowned wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep,
Another cannot wake thy giant-size!

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything."~Shunryu Suzuki

There are the most beautiful Pink and white Flowers growing on several trees just outside my door. These luscious blooms are among the first signs of spring in Atlanta. Spending a couple of weeks drawing them- really looking at them, really getting to know them- is going to be a joy!

The scent of Roses,delicate,deep and delicious, blankets my sunroom. Childhood memories of rose water and glycerin fill my mind.

"Hopeful Green Stuff"

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands.
How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is anymore than he.
I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.
Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,
Bearing the owners name somewhere in the corners,that we may see and remark,
and say Whose?

Finished. Signed means done. It's signed so it's done. I can't add that touch of blue there or that red there. But I really don't want too. I kinda like it the way it is. I miss the tulips. I think I will go to the flower shop today and get some flowers- Maybe white rose with dark pink around the top of the petals. I read somewhere that these were called alchemist roses, but I wouldn't sware to it. Guess I'll have to look that one up. But not today- today I pay bills and go to the grocery store.

About half way through,I always doubt how the drawing will turn out. It's always a love/hate relationship. I found out that scanning a drawing onto the computer gives me a different perspective on it that really helps me. I will take my larger pieces to Office max and have them srunk down to scanner size from now on.

This is the initial color drawing of the tulips. Initial Drawings have a free quality about them. I would really like to improve my quick drawings. I know-the answer to that is work on my sketch book. I do neglect that, and I don't want to. Discipline

I found some of the most beautiful tulips on sale at walmart, and I fell in love. I'm using them for a small drawing (from life) to use as a card, and I'm thinking about doing a larger piece using this photo. I still have so much to learn about the camera(especially how the focus works), but hopefully I will get there soon.

I just ralized that I don't like "the Falls" right now, and it's discouraging me from working on another drawing. It's time to take a break from it. I'll like it better if i put it up for a bit. I'm never going to put a step by step on here again (after this one)where I post as I go along. I'll scan them, but keep them until I'm done...~L~

Today is the day...I have been pondering "The Falls" long enough...It's time to make a move...On your mark...get set...pencils drawn...One more cup of coffee and I'm off...as soon as I clean up the livingroom...Procrastinator!...How dare you say such a thing...~L~

Well...It's dark...but I love the colors (indigo needs toning down, more crimson lake...but should be ok)...and dark will make the white water pop when done...Not real happy, but we'll see...

Scan #2 I was afraid I might go to dark...which would not be good.