nataJane

I celebrated July 4th in true American style today. Hamburgers, apple pie, fireworks all topped off with some Wii boxing was how it all went down. We went to the Throndsons with the Swabs and their friend Jen. It was decided that we would go to the recommended park in for the town’s firework display… this photo above was it. Pretty, huh? Colorado is technically desert, and this shows that fairly well. Everyone is good to water their lawn and the town is generally lush and green, but this park we visited tonight wasn’t. It made for some good laughs.

This is Chris waiting for the fireworks to start, sitting in one of our posh new lawn chairs purchased specifically for the occasion. (And yes, although the road behind us was lined with cars and people watching the fireworks, we were the only ones occupying this expanse of earth.) It was fairly comical. (more…)

Some of you with a keen eye might recognize this guy from one of the Lord of the Rings movies… This sketch is a few months old, but it is one of my favorites that I’ve done.

07. 03. 08

I know I’ve posted a few cloud photos lately, but I just had to post this one. What does it look like to you?

06. 30. 08

It’s been beautiful lately. Perfect evenings for driving with the windows down. Flip flops are a necessity as well as a glass of homemade, brown sugar lemonade that just never stays full long enough…

06. 29. 08

Well, we did it. We bought a tv. Isn’t she a beauty?! State of the art as you can see. We didn’t want to have one just because of the potential time-waster it can be, but (as you can see) we’ve also purchased the original Nintendo system. Chris grew up with Mario and Zelda and was excited about the prospect of spending some time with them again. I had never played Nintendo before this week, but I immediately got sucked into Tetris… I AM the Tetris master! Mua- ha- ha!!! …anyways. (more…)

Like I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve been trying to do more sketching, and this is one of the sketches I did today. This is from a bunch of pictures I took of Chris’ hands. I love sketches of the human figure- especially of the hands and feet. My sketches are still not nearly where I want them to be yet, but they are coming.

06. 26. 08

Well, it’s been a busy weekend. The Throndsons are still cleaning their house and trying to get settled in. I’ve been helping where I can… It still feels like they’re still just visiting.

It’s been getting really warm during the days and we’re getting some beautiful sunsets. This is one that I was able to catch on Friday.

06. 23. 08

Apparently, it’s Thursday today. It caught me off guard. In fact- it SO caught me off guard that I did not come to this realization until about ten minutes ago and therefore have no art prepared to showcase. That’s pretty sad. I did sketch a bit today, but instead, I thought I would post this picture I took while we were filling our car’s tank with our life’s savings yesterday.

peace.

06. 19. 08

I spent today helping the Throndsons cleaning their new house and catching up with them a bit. I know it hasn’t sunk in for either them or us quite yet. They feel like they are on an exhausting vacation that involves cleaning someone’s house, and I feel like they are the visitors in town for a while, and I’m helping them clean (also) someone else’s house. But it was a beautiful day that lent itself to moving and cleaning. I know it will be a while for them to feel like they are at home, but so far they love Colorado as much as we do. (more…)

These are the tools that have managed to get scattered all over my living space right now. I have been sketching a lot lately and trying to make some improvement in the area. I’ve had a couple conversations with Chris about this, and I think I’m beginning to see another stage in my personal artwork. We both graduated from a very structured art program that had very clear ideas of what was “good” and “bad”, good quality and poor. I have been used to reproducing images and subjects so precisely that it is a strange feeling for me to just sketch loosely, and I’m not very good at it… In fact- I’m really bad at it right now. (more…)