7 point star
ALT: line drawing of a 7 pointed star, set inside a circle. the geometric lines are neatly woven, but the interior of the star and outside the circle there are lots of squiggly decorations.
26 February 2026
25 February 2026
my turn
ALT: water soluble graphite and crayon. my two cats, Wrack and Ruin, playing the “lick lick bite bite” game. the one in the back (usually Ruin) has her paw on the head of the one in front, as they face each other. It’s not carefully rendered or anything; I’m still in a not-spending-much-time-on-drawings phase.
24 February 2026
in winter I make my own flowers
ALT: ink and water soluble crayon. a woven knotwork floral shape (not perfectly drawn!) covers the page, with a couple of leaves below it and surrounded by little blue circles that could represent snow falling. the flower is orange, with yellow glow around it.
23 February 2026
shuteye
ALT: water-soluble crayon. close up of a face with eyes closed, mouth smiling a little creepily I think, and hair kindof mussed up. and a nice orange circle right on the tip of the nose.
22 February 2026
quiet
ALT: ink and water-soluble crayon. a dark ink-wash from which emerges two figures, back to back, looking downward and away from you. there might be a large book on the ground, and a scrap of something bright colored peeking out behind a wall or tree, but mostly the colors are very subdued greens and browns.
19 February 2026
brave the day
ALT: ink and water-soluble crayon. a cartoon sun looks rather nervously over the horizon of a sort of patchwork world, with pieces of water, rock-strewn ground, and odd abstract purple and orange landscape. courage, my friends.
18 February 2026
numbrain
ALT: water soluble crayon and graphite, abstract. a dark loopy shape has some swaths of color within, and something that could be a bleary eye in the middle. this was after a long day of data entry for a bookkeeping project. just me, unwinding.
17 February 2026
rain holes
ALT: water-soluble crayon. five small circles outlined in blue that fades to sky color and texture, float on a background of small rectangular brushstrokes of yellow and green with a few drippy orange accents. there are green diagonal hatches, like rain or grasses over and between. I just wanted to see patterns.
16 February 2026, and darn stars
fastangle
ALT: water-soluble crayon and pencil, abstract, basically a bunch of squiggly lines in green, orange and purple. they resemble string or something organic.
And also, part of why my drawings of late have been so fast and loose is that I’ve given in to my frequent wintertime passion for tying knots. Here’s a bit of what I’ve been doing at my table, instead of drawing or painting.
ALT: five stars made with pipe-cleaners, and woven and sewn yarn. a variety of color and stitch patterns. Two are 5-pointed, the rest with six points. I call them “darn stars” as they use various techniques for mending holes in clothing.
15 February 2026
happy in a shell
ALT: water-soluble crayon and ink, abstract calligraphic doodle. it somewhat resembles the bust of a suit of medieval armor, in profile, with happy loops and squiggles decorating the page overall.
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