You know since San said intuition peaks about 3 to 4 in the morning, I have been thinking how that waking time is probably related to me needing to focus more on my creativity in my waking hours to maybe get a better night’s sleep! Do you think that would help?

Dreaming is a tremendous thing. I often think I love to sleep because I want the nighttime movie.

I am not sure what these faces are trying to help me to understand. I honestly can’t get my arms around that, but keep returning to the images. Sometimes one covers a page and other times a lot of small ones do that. Do you have any ideas of what it all might mean?

Thanks Marianne…you always give me wonderful things to consider. I honestly appreciate that a lot.

take care!

You know Lynette, I have always struggled to sketch abstractly, but I think that is because I always tried to create them as contour drawings rather than line drawings. You are right, though, line drawings can give a lot of expression and feeling. I think I will focus more on sketchbook work…not to mention I like the feeling of a drawing tool moving across the paper.

Andrea has been working on me a lot about the sketchbook and I am really slow to warm up to it. I believe some of that comes from my need to sketch in a bubble and not in a great place to have that each day. Maybe this winter is a good time to work on a sketchbook.

Oh those things that will not leave our head.

Thanks Lynette!

Yes I clearly would say your painting is intuitively driven. My guess is you live your life by your intuition. Who is it that said if you don’t listen to your intuition it will stop talking to you? Anyway, that makes sense to me. I had not heard that about intuition peaking at 3 or 4 in the morning…so that is the thing with me waking up all the time. Mmmm – as always you give me something else to think about.

Oh boy, now I can’t wait to head over and visit your blog. Your writing is like a vacation and a head trip all in one!

Thanks San!

By the way, I finally got around to doing the tag you assigned me.

You know, that is just the way they felt doing them…pure expression. Yes! Of course, I really like the simplicity which seems to speak to me. I keep thinking of lines lately…although I am not painting them. Odd, but whatever, you know?

And I think the sketchbook is a lot like therapy and brings a comfort. I have to say I do enjoy carrying it around with me. Tee Hee

You are the master of a sketchbook being there just as a sketchbook not as a working place. I adore that a lot. In some way, all we do is a small part of something larger, don’t you think? At least I think many artist (or maybe women) lead their lives as interconnected rather than in a straight line. Of course, the straight line guy hangs out at my house and I am guessing one hangs out at your house, too!

You have me thinking here, again, Andrea! Thanks!

The Abstraction question, I don’t know, I’ll have to think about that. But sketching, I think for me sketching is company, healing even, therapie and preparation of something bigger too, paintings which perhaps will never see the canvas or the paper, but I feel them always as basic lines of something bigger .

Love this post
have a great day
Andrea

Yes, I like the depth of multi-layering, too.

Yes, they all have their eyes closed and all are very similar. This was fast stuff and will probably remain fast. I guess they are more contemplative faces

You know Cris was showing a drawing she did while on the phone. I am not sure I can do that as it seems talking takes a lot of my attention. I can listen and doodle, though. It is interesting to contemplate.

Well there you sure are ahead of me, Babs. I rarely know where a canvas is going to take me and I usually only have an idea of maybe colors. My canvases usually have lots of layers…ones you don’t see.

Thanks Babs. Have a Wonderful Day.

It’s interesting that your sketches have their eyes closed, as in sleep.
Do they all? When you sketch in the daytime,,,,do your faces have eyes open?

I rarely sketch,,I mean just for the sake of sketching,,,,but always I’m looking for a pen/pencil while on the phone. Lots of doodle sketches appear then.

I often sketch a very rough ‘map’ of where I think I’m going,,,on the canvas before painting,,,,but sketching in a journal, or daily,,,nope, although I’m sure I probably should,,,,,,,