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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