WOYWW!

Not much!

I've been immersed in homework mostly, but I do have a new room just for my studying and art (if I ever get around to doing art again!).

I'm really enjoying all of this space and it's a pleasant place to spread out and study. The little old sofa sleeper works more as a desk than a couch, but it's very convenient for the present needs. My old art desk with some of my supplies is in the corner ready when I find some time. I would love to find a large poster with a beautiful nature scene to hang above the couch. Something soothing to contemplate as a break from nursing study. Any ideas where these types of posters can be found?

One of the biggest projects was moving the bookcase and all of my books from the room next door! We had to move everything out of the room so we could turn the bookcase on its side so it would fit through the door. Of course, my books were set in stacks all over the floors of BOTH rooms, so there was a lot of shifting of stacks to get this accomplished. It just wouldn't have been "my" room without the bookcase. My hubby is creating his own space in the other bedroom. We're having fun!

I'm squeezing my beloved slant-top desk between my desk and bookcase. It rolls easily so I can use it to spread out my schoolbooks if I need to.

I leave you with a lovely sunrise that I found residing in my camera. If you'd like to see more workdesks, go to Julia's Stamping Ground and follow the links to snoop around!

Shalom, all, and have a great week!

Just for the record...

I was deleting photos from my camera and came across these. I sent these to Pom Pom, so just for the record I'm posting them here so I can remember that I painted them once upon a time! :)

 

This is a rook in Pom Pom's garden. I used a photo from Pom Pom's blog for the flowers and added the rook just because I was fascinated with the idea of painting a rook at that moment! Actually, I had looked up pics of crows, then the word "rook" floated across my mind, probably picked up on my travels through Jane Eyre. So I looked up rook pictures to see just what they were and this is what I came up with. He's kind of large...

This was painted from one of Pom's vacation pictures...

I must have deleted the picture of the owl bookmark. Oh well, I have a copy of it somewhere. Maybe I'll post it later.

Not much going on painting-wise here. School takes a lot of time! :)

Shalom and happy fall!

Keeper of the family sketchbooks...

I just realized that I seem to be the one who is safeguarding the discarded sketchbooks of my family members. I really enjoy looking through them.

My sons, Jordan and Josh, kept sketchbooks when I was homeschooling them MANY years ago. Here are some samples:

JOSH'S WORK

(He's now 28 years old. These were from probably 18 years ago!)



 

JORDAN'S WORK

I think I put these side-by-side to compare his earlier work with some he did in his older teens.

 

 

These are some greeting cards he made when much younger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some more of Jordan's character studies...

 

 

I'll probably share more of Josh's later. I don't think he drew as much as Jordan, but he was pretty good!

 

Last but not least, my mom's sketchbook has been added to the collection. She only drew a few things in it, but I'm glad it has joined my cherished collection. (And I'll be glad to fill it up!)

 

 

The grand collection...

 

 

Shalom...



Study break! :D

Yesterday I gave myself permission to visit a couple of blogs during a study break. One blog I've added to my list is Ian Sidaway's Fine Line. His beautiful cross-hatching (or just hatching?) has really caught my eye. I'd love to really scrutinize his work and learn a thing or two, because this is the sort of thing that attracted me to pen and ink in the first place.

I hope Ian doesn't mind if I post one of his drawings here. It will hopefully attract more attention to his blog!

While looking at this series of drawings I also read the comments. One of the gals commented that the clipped yews in his drawings reminded her of The Children of Green Knowe; a story she had read as a child. Well, I just had to investigate that! Of course I found a video version of the story from the '80's and proceeded to spend an hour watching the first two episodes. The story is of a young boy who is taken out of his English boarding school to go live with his great-grandmother in a castle. He discovers that the castle is being haunted by the ghosts of some of his young relatives who had died of the plague many years before. That's as far as I've gotten with the story, but I'm hooked just because I love these stories more for the glimpses inside of interesting old buildings and the beautiful English countryside than anything. So if you're interested, here's where to go...





Enjoy the fall weather. It just keeps changing back and forth between fall and summer here!

Shalom!

God's latest masterpiece...

Our newest granddaughter, Hazel Jane, was born at 12:30 a.m. on September 5th. She weighed 6 lb. 7 oz. and is 19 inches tall (long?).

And heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere she is!

Smile, Hazel!

We await her arrival home this afternoon to join big sister, Audrey. We look forward to many delightful days ahead for this dynamic duo!

This is the only artwork I've had time for lately. Too busy with school!

God bless all and shalom to your households!

A little virus trouble...

I picked up a little virus on my laptop Saturday morning. I'm using my dear daughter's desktop for checking up on my classes. I'll run to the college tomorrow and the techy guys there will hopefully have me up and running very quickly. Meanwhile, I'll do a little homework in the library.

Y'all watch out for those cyber-boogey men and retain your shalom no matter what the circumstances. Vaya con Dios!

WOYBW!

In my case, it's What's on Your Bathtub Wednesday! Today is my second day of college this fall semester and right now the bathroom is the quietest place to study. If you've looked at my workdesk before you might not realize that the living room is just to the right and through some double doors. And the TV is RIGHT THERE. No way! So, I dragged my chair, computer and books into our bathroom (which is pretty spacious) and it's really working pretty well.

 

 

My daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter have been staying with us for a while, but they're planning to move into their new place next week. At that point I'll take over one of the bedrooms at the far end of the house from the living room. I will also have a much larger desk! I look forward to that, but I kind of enjoyed this setup today. With the window open I can hear birds and crickets chirping and feel a nice breeze.

So, no art taking place, though I did mail off a package to my art buddy today! I won't post pics of what I sent her until she receives it.

One of the things I did for Microbiology class was to write an introduction on the message board. We were supposed to list three of our favorite songs, among other things. Here is one of them. Hope you enjoy it!




To see many more artistic desks around the world, jump on over to Julia's Stamping Ground and start clicking on links!

Have a great week and SHALOM!