gazing

These last couple of posts are sketches that are more about me working out ideas from a story. This is one reason I feel the importance of marrying my technique and my imagination. I want to live the images I end up with, but I want them to appeal to the imagination, not just recall something you've seen before.

It's hard to post these very awkward starts, but there is no way that I could both work on these ideas and also draw for these posts. Actually, I was tempted to post the shrinky-dinks that the girls and I have been doing- that's a ton of drawing!!!

On a side note, I enjoyed my evening with the little ones. I spoiled my kids. I made them hot sweet tea with whipped cream and chocolate shavings, let them eat mini milkyway bars, and then we watched Stuart Little at bed time. It was lovely. There was an abundance of snuggling. So here you have a rough look at Clementine, cloud gazing.