Happy New Year everyone. I hope the holiday season has been treating you well. While doing the studio purge, I came upon some sketches from a couple of years back from a project I worked on at the Japanese Gardens here in Philadelphia. You can read about that visit here. *Video below*
The place enchants me but this visit in the cold and snow when it's usually closed was especially magical.
Materials I used were
Stillman & Birn large white watercolor sketchbook
Pam Carriker's new inks: Barely Black and White
Watercolors in earthy brown and indigo
White oil pastel, paint marker
Silver Sharpee
Lately, I have been using artist tape to cover the spine area of the book. If the spread is one page only, I can then remove the tape easily.
Here's the video ...
I am reading this post on New Year's Eve morning in Andersonville, Chicago - at The Coffee Studio on North Clark. One of my favorite hangouts. It is TEN DEGREES! Clear, bright and oh so cold.
The moon is a wonderful image. Our new grandson, Milo, was born under a full moon in October. We call him MiloMoonMan...
Happy New Year! Maybe 2015 will be the year we meet in person.
Posted by: Ilene Harris | 12/31/2014 at 11:48 AM
I just love your posts! Always a source of inspiration!
Posted by: Carol Collier | 12/31/2014 at 09:56 PM
Love this piece...and the detail shots are great. Wishing you a very happy 2015!
Posted by: Seth | 01/01/2015 at 01:39 PM
Happy New Year to you, Seth.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 01/03/2015 at 10:56 AM
Thank you, Carol. It’s always a pleasure to see your name here and on Facebook. Happy New Year.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 01/03/2015 at 10:57 AM
What a lovely thing to share, Ilene. Though I am sorry about the 10 degrees. Happy New year to all of you, including MiloMoonMan.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 01/03/2015 at 11:04 AM