My submission for this week’s CED Challenge is one of the drawings I did in my Sketching from Nature class. It’s a soluable marker sketch of Self Heal (aka. Heal All), which I then brushed with water to bleed the ink. Click on the photo to see it larger. I added a border but haven’t decided if I will write inside it, or do some more drawing there. I volunteer-teach this outdoor art course Wed. mornings in July for the Harris Center for Conservation Education. After a short demo of a different technique each week, we wander the grounds & sketch, then meet at session’s end to compare experiences & share our drawings. Teaching periodically at the Harris Center gives me a chance to share 2 loves of my life: nature & art. By offering this course, I get to meet others who love these things too. Just one teeny way to validate my existence in this world :-)
Other fun things that happened this week:
Hot sauces 50% off at C&C Art Supply & Hot Shoppe! They’re trying to lighten their inventory before moving to West Street. Ken picked 3, I picked 4. And yes, I chose the “Screaming Blue Hen.” I still cannot believe there’s a store near me that sells both art supplies & hot sauces under the same roof. If I had to be stranded somewhere for eternity, a library would be my first choice, but an art supply shop that also carried hot sauces from all over the country? Geez, very close second.
At right is my freebie trashpick from this week’s dump foray: a egg cookbook. I’ve never made a soufflé before. Apparently, they were all the rage in the 70s, when this book came out. I’m going to make one this weekend. I am even considering trying to sew a vintage apron, to enhance my soufflé-making experience. Move over, June Cleaver, HA!
Henniemavis Runs Rampant 