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!]

yellow

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??

the music swap partners have been determined... if you signed up and i missed you... leave a comment!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Keep thinking I know what my favorites are from your drawing a day - then you do another week and I fall in love all over again!
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!
Anonymous said…
at first i was like, "she didn't tell me it was her birthday!" and then i was like "she's already older than 30." and then i realized you were talking about your drawing a day. and i laughed to myself. thank you for your sweet words. i am so happy we are becoming friends!! i only wish we lived even a bit closer.
Anonymous said…
I love your "yellow" theme photos here my dear!
Cally said…
So nice to get your comments on my blog cause I love the seaweed too but I get nervous showing my non crafty work and I imagine people will think What the hell is that for? So thanks for the posiive feedback.

I, as always, continue to LOVE your threadyliscious drawings every week.
Anonymous said…
hehe - i, too, thought you were referring to a birthday! lisa squared - what fun that must have been!
shari said…
hi lisa
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
j. vorwaller said…
love love your yellow cup!! ;)
Jan Halvarson said…
yes so inspiring those hues. and the spiros are truly uplifting!

i must must go to bed, but will check out your flickr tomorrow! but from what i can see - i can hardly wait!
Adoration in abundance for this weeks drawings and your 'yellow' photos Lisa..so beautiful...

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
two trees said…
these drawings a day are great, you continue to out stitch yourself!

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!
Anonymous said…
Wow! Simply beautiful!
Anonymous said…
30! My goodness, you are still so young!
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!
Anonymous said…
hey darlin' as I already left my rather verbose comments all over your flickr page I will merely add that your drawings make me happy, they inspire me and excercise my "creative eye" (which I love!).

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 solomon said…
wendy.... that tickles me to no end... and yes! let's blame the photos on the good camera that i finally sprung for! see ! it was worth it!! :D

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!
Anonymous said…
I'm totally into blues these days so I adore your new drawings (who am I kidding - I love them all). Congrats on the three oooh! (What did the drawings do for their 21st? ;) )

Love you yellow pairing and the color idea in general...beautiful little cup!
natasha said…
woah! loads of comments! books...margaret atwood, i love everything but her first few novels...i really really love oryx and crake. amazing. peter carey...kiwi that wrote oscar and lucinda, amazing, one of my favorite books evah, also. all of his books are fantastic, though. also, diary from chuck palahniuk is really a cool book and has lots of art and artist references that i know you would appreciate. let me know if you read any of em and what you think.
andrea said…
yay for 30 weeks of drawings! wow, I have so enjoyed them all, my friend.

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