Despite the increase in daily chore-rigmarole and time happily spent admiring young cashmere goats, the Daily Markmaking has continued without interruption. Though the markmaking has often been quite rapid:
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| newborn |
In recent weeks, as you might imagine, most of my sketches have been done in the paddocks or the barns...lots of paintings of rocks, trees, and mud. I haven't actually been painting mud, it has appeared in the form of snoot smudges.
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| pencil sketch of maple |
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| rare surviving white pine sapling (beyond reach of goats) |
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| standing dead and deadfalls (within reach of goats) |
For a long time I've been pondering the possibility of having some of my botanical paintings or drawings made into fabric.
It's very hard to make the leap for two practical reasons: first, because I no longer have software for graphics editing which would help immeasurably with the design and layout, and second, because fabric is not inexpensive.
Which is why, although I received a box of sample fabrics from Spoonflower weeks ago, I've hesitated to open it.
But today I did.
May be in some trouble now.
We'll see.
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I love your drawings. The kid is cute; the bit of white pine is really beautiful. Ooh- I look forward to whatever trouble you're getting into!
ReplyDeleteThank so much, Sally! Maybe since you are a sewing expert, we could collaborate on a fabric-based project sometime - I would love that :)
DeleteIt amazes me to think that today was the 457th day in a row that I've done some kind of markmaking. Before I started this, I hadn't even been able to get through one month!
457 days!!!! Wow - I love your outdoor ones. My fave today is the standing dead and deadfall. Very cool texture.
ReplyDeleteThanks KB!
DeleteYou deserve an award for perseverance - 457 days HAS to be a record! Will be watching with interest to see where the Spoonflower experiment takes you.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly a record for me ;) But one of the artists I "know" from twitter has been doing a daily sketch for over 2 years now with no sign of stopping! Maybe it's addictive :)
DeleteThe pine sketch is really nice. 457 days of daily markmaking truly is something to be proud of. I'm not so good at sticking to any habits, good or otherwise. :)
ReplyDeleteNor am I - it's a marvel to me. Maybe I'll write a little thing about it.
DeleteLovin' the deadfall sketch! and the pine too, my two favorites. Your work is so beautiful, Quinn.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I really appreciate these comments - I rarely show my sketchbooks to anyone in real life, so it's especially nice to know I'm not boring my blog-readers with them :)
DeleteLovely artwork
ReplyDeleteSpoonflower can be frustrating to edit images there. I discovered recently that Microsoft default photo program has editing features that IrfanView (free download) doesn't have.
I haven't tried to edit on Spoonflower, but I'll have to explore the options in Zoner, which is what I use to review and file my images. Mostly all I'd be doing is clearing the backgrounds - which I think must have gotten easier since my P-Shop days when there was a lot of tedious edge editing to be done - or so many people wouldn't be doing it ;)
DeleteI think the idea is brilliant. It's not something I've thought of and I haven't heard of Spoonflower. I need to look them up.
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