EDM #4: Draw your mug or cup. I drew my favorite tea cup over a section of an old painting, then used watercolors to paint in the flowers on the cup, the paints in the tray, the case, and the ball of yarn. This was a fun experiment and I am a little sad that I traded it with another artist today.
I spent my lunch hour today with the local painting group. They are an amazing group of artists and encouragers. While there today I drew EDM #5, draw your bed over another piece of the same painting I cut up for the above painting. The bed actually isn’t mine as in the one I sleep in every night. But it is a bed I slept in while at Mary Jane’s Farm in Moscow, Idaho. My friend Mary and I went several years ago to the Fourth of July FarmGirl Gathering and were planning on throwing sleeping bags down in the hay field and sleeping out there. Mary Jane Butters heard that and offered us the two extremely comfy queen beds in the plum pit. Sleeping on feathers under the stars with the breeze blowing mosquito netting around me was incredible. And waking to filtered sunlight through the plum trees and chickens clucking around the remains of the fire was perfect. Very few mornings in my life can compete with the peacefulness and the sense of home of those two mornings.
I really like the way you used this old painting. It is particularly effective in the bed painting. Really nice!
Wonderful drawings here! And I see you’re a knitter too! Thanks for your recent comment on my blog! Happy drawing/knitting to you!!
Lovely stories and paintings. I can just imagine what it was like waking up on the farm.
Nice pieces. To me, remembering the bed story is part of the fun of drawing. You pause to reflect on the event.
I like the bed painting, lovely story too.
These are wonderful; I can see why you had a little regret for trading it! Do you live in Idaho now?
These are really wonderful, and using an old painting as a background adds so much! I loved your story about sleeping outside in the plum pit (even tho I have no idea what a plum pit is, besides the hard thing inside the fruit! lol). It sounded just heavenly! nancy
Nicely drawn! You nailed those challenges without a doubt. I really like the folds of the bed sheet too
Sarah! I can’t believe all you’ve been up to! You live in the castle now? That is too cool. And you are an artist! You are an amazing woman, and I am going to read your new blog everyday. 🙂
I LOVE the painting of the tea cup and the ball of yarn. Your etsy store is super cute too. Would love you see you again sometime soon!
Janelle