2012
berkeley, california
i LOVE this quote from THE LITTLE PRINCE by antoine de saint-exupéry. i think they are great words to live by. here is a platter that i made and hand painted.
you can see it here.
sketchbook.
Friday, October 12, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
october 2012
emeryville, california
painting breakfast vignettes for a client . . . and BOY does this make me miss FRANCE !
Friday, October 05, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
august 2012
emeryville, california
i painted these magnolia buds for a client. i always think it’s funny when i’m asked to draw something that i ordinarily wouldn’t draw . . . it often ends up looking like it wasn’t me who drew it !
Friday, September 21, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
14 september 2012
sausalito, california
i LOVE old suitcases and totes. i have a huge collection of them that i have picked up at flea markets + antique stores around the world. this one was the perfect size and shape to contain my many tubes of acrylic paints and brushes. i believe it was an old musical instrument case . . . perhaps a clarinet ?
Friday, September 14, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
2012
mount holly, vermont
i love how this paint looks like wood RIGHT out of the tube !
Friday, September 07, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
august 2012
mount holly, vermont
i have a new found love for GOUACHE. it’s like painting with intense, vivid, luscious, dense butter. it gives me chills every time.
Friday, August 31, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
vallauris, france
france is full of tarts, tartes, and tartlettes.
Friday, August 24, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
august 2012
mount holly, vermont
i’m trying out acrylics again, and though it’s been a slow and rough start, i am taking to it a tad more than i first did in june. unlike watercolor, the fact that you can keep working on top of the painting over and over and over again is a definite plus. i also like that it feels more permanent in the end. i think that acrylic and i are actually going to be friends after all !
Friday, August 17, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
august 15, 2012
plymouth, vermont
we went to the town where calvin coolidge lived called PLYMOUTH. it’s the sweetest and tiniest town you’ll ever see. every summer we go there (it’s 15 minutes from our house) to visit the plymouth cheese factory and to stock up on cheese. this is the second oldest cheesemaking operation in the united states and it was started by calvin coolidge’s father in 1890. you can actually watch them make the cheese right there in the factory. and next door to that is the plymouth general store where i bought this amazing fudge.
Friday, August 10, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
villefranche, france
there was a beautiful little pond in the jardins de rothschild which was filled with koi. this was one of the most beautiful + stunning gardens i have ever seen. i can’t wait to go back, armed with my sketchbook and a whole lot of time.
Friday, August 03, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
vallauris, france
the fruit in the mediterranean is incredible. that dry hot heat grows such beautiful sweet fruit. i grew up with figs. in fact, it was an enormous fig orchard where our high school would go to “party.” it was simply known as “the figs.” but here in france (and now that i’m a grown up), i prefer my figs on a baguette with strong cheese and a drizzle of honey.
Friday, July 27, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
june 2012
antibes, france
i am not a big pastry eater (my sweet tooth is usually reserved for chocolate) BUT i do love to draw pastries. france is packed with pâtisseries that house the most beautiful perfect colourful jewel-like pastries that i have ever seen. i was usually the girl standing outside of the pâtisserie looking in and sketching the merchandise in the window at a rapid speed. i could spend hours doing this. to me, it is much more satisfying than eating them.
