after a sculpture at Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen
ALT: ink and crayon. a sculpture resembling a tree with hoses for roots, perched on a rocky base in front of much greenery.
8 September 2026
7 September 2026
yesterday’s picture, but now with colors.
ALT: crayon colors added to the graphite drawing; graphite and watercolor. three faces so close that they are touching each other, the middle one is smiling widely and the other two are enjoying more quietly, and musical staves weave among them. I was fortunate to attend a concert of a trio led by John Zorn this evening. This drawing is not at all portraiture, but a representation of how wonderful it was to watch the communication and precision among the musicians as they produced sometimes gloriously chaotic-sounding noise.
And some of my newer darnstars, since today’s post is another retread.
6 September 2026
music mind meld
ALT: graphite and watercolor. three faces so close that they are touching each other, the middle one is smiling widely and the other two are enjoying more quietly, and musical staves weave among them. I was fortunate to attend a concert of a trio led by John Zorn this evening. This drawing is not at all portraiture, but a representation of how wonderful it was to watch the communication and precision among the musicians as they produced sometimes gloriously chaotic-sounding noise.
5 September 2026
burn what doesn’t serve
ALT: crayon and ink, abstract-ish. There’s something that looks like a fan of flames (it started out as a flower) rising up the middle, and three small blue creatures sit at its base. one seems to sleep, one is maybe sitting, one stands, sort of, though it doesn’t really have legs. This drawing was a bit of a journey, and I wouldn’t have minded burning it in the end.
4 September 2026
rainbow sandbox
ALT: crayon and ink, abstract with imaginary calligraphic writing that someone told me there was a word for, but I have forgotten it and don’t have time to look it up right now. swoopy primary colors in crayon, overlaid with black ink washes and squiggles.
3 September 2026
making sense
ALT: crayon and ink, a purple cat is stretching, or reaching through, or playing with angular tangles of red, gold and black lines like tangled thread.
2 September 2026
marigold
ALT: crayon drawing, sort of abstract, of an improbably shaped blue vase with a single red-gold marigold in it, and a few petals falling off.
1 September 2026
ink island pines
ALT: ink and watercolor, brush painting resembling three pines on a rocky island over purple water and under a purple sky.
31 August 2026
the Irkies – bratty younger sibs of the Furies.
ALT: ink, watercolor, crayon doodle of three pointy and irritated-looking creatures. They look a little like fish-birds. Sort of brown and gold, on a blue-purple background. There’s also a little imaginary calligraphy floating around them.
30 August 2026
silly goose
ALT: water soluble graphite and crayon. very doodly sketch that sort of resembles a bird with orange bill and feet, in profile, just sitting.
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