Trellis - Asheville.

Graphite, acrylic paint, and colored pencil on Rives bfk.

8" x 8"

Old/New - B&W film.

As it turns out, all photo-lab's are not created equal. (lesson learned)

Here are a few leftover's from Tennessee + shots from around the house. Summer is treating us beautifully, but the heat has moved any running to late in the evening. We're planning to seek out water of some kind on our upcoming vacation for some relief!

I have a few drawings/mixed-media pieces in the works right now. I'll be posting as they're finished up.

Canon T70 - B&W Photography

We just returned home from a week-long vacation in Tennessee. It had been three months since we had been able to choreograph time together with our friends, Matt and Jennifer, so I'm glad we were able to sneak away for this unofficial vacation. We had a wonderful time that went by too quickly as usual, and left us repeating our routine wish of: "if only we lived next door".

Hopefully our next visit will take place in a more timely fashion.

Here are a few shots from the trip, taken with a salvaged 35mm. Sadly, this was the first time I had had film developed since the 90's. You'd have thought it was the first real film that the clerk at the film processing counter had seen in her life.

Either way, I'm having a lot of fun with the camera and hope these scans do the prints justice. More to come as things, ya know, develop.

./chuckle

Roots - Mixed Media.

Despite stomping neighbors, chainsaw racket, and a fly buzzing around in my curtains somewhere...I managed to get this out today.

Graphite and acrylic paint on bfk.
8" x 10"

(Pardon the first shot, as it was snagged with a camera instead of my scanner.)

Etsy Shop - An Update.

I am now featuring a new custom portrait item from my Etsy shop. If you're in need of a unique, one-of-a-kind gift for a special occasion, or special someone, click HERE.

Thanks for looking!

Light & Glass Study - Mixed Media.

I have a collection of colored jars and bottles that I frequently move around the house as decoration. A few weeks ago, when the summer sun was coming in through my studio window, I thought I'd take advantage of the light and place some of those glass pieces on my sill. Here is the first of what I am sure will be many studies.

Watercolor and Prismacolor pencils on watercolor paper.

Paper size: 5 1/8" x 7 7/8"

I have never excelled with watercolors...

...but I tried them out today after what must be years of neglect. I can't say I haven't used them at all since college; I just never use them as they are meant to be used. You know, that flowing, billowy, blended looseness my professors always hounded me about.

I think I'm doomed to spend the rest of my life sharpening my pencils to a perfect point, pressing my nose to my desk, and ruining my eyesight attempting to get all the details.

These are bad, but I'm sharing them with you anyway. =)