clear a path by walking it, boldly

tara sophia mohr

 Watchful (c) 2012  Kathryn Hansen

boy...i am soo happy to be done with this piece...the ivy was really starting to drive me crazy! in the past i would have just abandoned it, yet always lingering in the back of my mind as yet another drawing that was never completed...i have quite a stack of those! so i guess i am proud that i didn't let this one slide...that i stuck it out even tho i really wanted to draw something else...like the giraffe below. which i am loving because i am really seeing how daffy looking giraffes are...not that i didn't notice before but when so intimately involved with drawing a subject it just really dawns on you!!

 

drawings in progress

 i am back to work on my deer drawing! yay! this is where i left it in july, in this post. tedious and confusing at times working on that ivy...but highly enjoying the process!! (of course if i'd quit watching the big bang theory at the same time... :-/ !! i love that show!)

i've also started these two new pieces. 

this is a collaboration between my daughter emily and i. emily took the photos for me this past summer in wisconsin at her very last horse camp because she just turned 16, she's been going since 3rd grade! i begged and pleaded for her to take lots of photos for me because i was in the mood to draw a horse.

she not only took photos of horses but loads of other animals as well...goats, donkeys, dogs, squirrels!!! she went above and beyond...what a great kid! 

i've desperately needed to restock my etsy shop with new work, so you'll see plenty of these small, 5x7 pieces flying off my drawing board in the next few months!!

check out emily's flickr page here

and

if you want to see photos from saturday nights closing show at the liberty gallery in long beach click here!

"I like to draw more than anything, I like to draw"

~David Jon Kassan~ 

 

rounding the bend now...almost done with laying out the specifics! now i will go back around and get into the nitty-gritty details and finish it up! yay!! i'm thinking of calling it watchful or watchful eye. any suggestions?

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.  

~Hedy Lamarr~

                                                       

i think this drawing will be my very best friend for a long while, since it is taking me like forever!!!

accelerating

 covering ground pretty fast considering i hardly drew this week...you know...life gets in the way!!

after i shot off a few photos of my drawing i turned around, looked up and saw diamond up in the crook of our twisty oak tree, so of course i had to snap a photo (7) of her!!

in·san·i·ty [in-san-i-tee]

noun, plural in·san·i·ties.

1.the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration. 

i've been at it awhile, sketching in the details for this new drawing. if you were able to climb inside my head you would be hearing this exchange:

voice: are you insane?  

me: i know, i know...but!

voice: trying to draw all these vines is impossible...what were you thinking? stop! do something easier!!

me: i know, i know, but look how well "out of the burrow" turned out! i felt the exact same way at the beginning of that piece too!

voice: this one is even more complicated...you'll never be able to pull off all those vines!

me: maybe i should tackle something else?

and this conversation goes on and on...trust me on that one!

 

Out of the Burrow

yet something is compelling me forward

i just love the way the sparkling light hits the vines by the tree line! and the start of the path...i really like that a lot! plus that fabulous S curve in the design that my college professor always encouraged us to incorporate. then there's the challenge of it...if i can pull this off i will feel very accomplished!

this may be my new mantra every time that voice starts in on me!!