Collage! Real life one! I enjoyed making this. In the process I even answered questions I didn’t know I had. Also this is not a precious sketchbook and wow it’s been liberating!
No frills, just the disarmingly vigorous beauty of the ordinary.
— Christian Ouwens describing Klaas Gubbels’ studio.
An impasse and I'm okay with it!
Re the social media exodus (that I may or may not be imagining!) – I’m curious: what are people doing with their content from their now defunct or hibernating accounts? I find that I have all these lovely snaps from travels + stuff I’ve made through the years but I don’t have the inclination to go through them all to repost. I know there’s bulk import but it doesn’t feel right to me? Almost like those moments live wherever they were posted and that’s part of the story. Maybe there will be a better way in future. Right now, I have zero bandwidth to tackle my internet past life.
Peonies
Yesterday was the day. The day two peonies were invited to join the garden. Sarah Bernhardt and Madame Jos Odier to be exact. I’m not sure how they will fare as we don’t get hard frosts and I don’t know if I’m willing to chuck ice over the ground. The 3 year wait for blooms will be the true test though!
Dear husband. Please.
(A digital collage via Procreate)
Spontaneous video call with my childhood friends for a baby shower. It was so so so cup-filling. I’ve missed them both so much and I’m so grateful T called so I could be part of M’s celebration.
Clean as you go, please! Digital sketchbook via Procreate.
Reliable, day-brightening babies.
Finished study of a bearded iris from this afternoon’s session (’painting’ via Procreate). The ruffles were a fun challenge to nut out - I could have kept going but my alarm to pick up the kids brought me back to earth. I really appreciate the term study as I learned a fair bit from this exercise.
