drawing a day ~ week 30
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the BIG 3-0. it's kind of hard to believe. do the drawings feel more adult? this week was very very organic. and i don't mean that in a hippy, granola way... i mean that the shapes and stuff seem organic.
mecozy with the help of mav [who BTW is celbrating a bloggversary! yay!] came up with a shoot a color per day photo hunt... today's color is yellow [i feel like sesame street!]
what i really like about this project is the LOOKING AROUND. look at what you have. look at it in a new way. i'm thinking this should carry over into the drawings. what am i looking at? why? how do i frame it? what shapes am i drawn to... and how will that correlate with color?? mmmm. nice thoughts....
i had a lovely day with lisa bird on saturday. i so admire her drive... after long days at work she manages to create so much... and she is so giving - sharing so much of her technique, skills, ideas with all of us.... uh not to mention she's beyond talented and a super spiffy dresser! she's the one that took photos... i was too shy.... you can see a re-count of the day here
and before i go... some book thoughts.... my dad suggested this , i've heard good things about this and this wouldn't be a "happy" read - but i loved the excerpt i read in the times, and i'm a fan of didion.... any other thoughts??
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And your photos are so amazing - I think you just needed a better camera to document your amazing eye! love the combo of photos.
yeah the two lisa's together!
I, as always, continue to LOVE your threadyliscious drawings every week.
your drawings continue to inspire me. i revisit them a good deal during the week. they are just lovely. i may write more on flickr if i have time. oh, and i highly recommend joan didion's book. it was so well written. here comes blue! xo, shari
i must must go to bed, but will check out your flickr tomorrow! but from what i can see - i can hardly wait!
I have such a problem when reading any good book...whenever I do (which I love to!) I can't get ANY work done until I have fininshed the book..basically can never put one down, so end up with no sleep and no work!! Maybe I should just be a literary by-stander, only flicking through Vogue instead??...
anyhoo..What a great idea the book club is...:) Xox
how wonderful that you live so close to lisa that you may visit! i am quite envious, as there are no bloggie friends in my neck of the woods, it would seem.
i propose we read the gee's bend quilt book...that way i'd be motivated to eat up the delicious text as much as the photos!
have a fantastic afternoon!
I'd go for book #2, purely because I love the cover. It caught my eye at the bookstore the other day.
I'm so looking forward to the CD swap!
the studio shots Lisa posted are sooo nifty! I love behind-the-scenes photos and I'm always fascinated by what other people see in someone else's space.
I hated "million little pieces" but let me say that I'd read it when it first came out and seemed to recall enjoying it so when all the "hoopla" happened I tried to read it again and was just annoyed. Magical Thinking is supposed to be fab, I would totally read it :) I'd never heard of the first book but I think it sounds very interesting!
I love the idea of the color photo hunt. Wish I had time today to get out and find some blues!
oh jeeze, there I go blathering on again...
xox abee
lisa.... yup the drawings are 30 this week.... i am delighted as well... look forward to our next visit....
thank you mooncici!!
cally... show it all!! thanks for the kind words re:drawings....
ky... yup.... maybe we need to be cubed too?? if only lisa -eye on the sparraw - lived out here.....
abby... so far two no's for million little pieces... so it's out.... still ruminating on the other two.... i still owe you and email back...
shari... i can't tell you how much your words mean. i am so honored that you visit them during the week! that is so great!!
thank you jenny and jan!!
abigail... i used to be like that and i am slowly retraining myself... i now make reading the very last thing i do before i go to bed... or i give myself a 20 minute break some point in the day. i didn't think i'd be able to do it... but i'm learning!!
shanna... i wish you were closer... someday i hope we meet as well! gee's bend... hmmmm.... good idea.....
thank you vegas and venice!!
ali... i am OLDER than 30 :D but the drawings are 30 ! :D i like the cover too, but two people have said they didn't want to read it... so i'm axing it for now....
abee... blather away... i LOVE it and it never seems like blathering to me.... you are such a dear! i wish you had time to hunt too - you'd come up w/ some amazing photos for sure!
Love you yellow pairing and the color idea in general...beautiful little cup!