Category: non-fiction
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Vintage Appeal
Antiques: Grandma had it. Mom threw it out. I bought it back. I used a black and white photograph for the basis of this illustration, and it’s said to be from an old photo shoot for Harper’s Bazaar… by photographer John Engstead. I wasn’t able to fact check this and verify it – so don’t…
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Less is More
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. -Joseph Brotherton A New Series is in the Works! I came up with the idea for this post several days ago, as well as the title, but this afternoon I had a hard time living up to it…
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The Do.
Hairdo that is. Actually, it’s not just about the (hair)do, it’s about ‘doing’ something too. I was watching the documentary Martha the other night, about Martha Stewart, and she said something that inspired me. “Learn something new every day, and when you’re through changing, you’re through.” It’s not like that’s some new idea or anything,…
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fleeting:
lasting for a very short time. brief. short-lived. momentary. “Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new” -Paracelsus My illustration is a bit different than my norm, but I’m thrilled at the fact that it looks somewhat like I’d envisioned. My imaginings are like rough sketches or stick figures, but it’s…
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Friends
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet Last week, I took a day off from doing ‘pretty much nothing’ at home and went to the beach with two…
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Go on… Do It!
When in doubt, paddle out. So I’ve been going to town with my Photoshop lesson #2, selected at random to learn how to turn a photograph into an illustration. I have to tell you that learning new things brings new life into my previous (somewhat) mundane mood. I watched a YouTube tutorial and literally followed…
a sprinkle of faith 