Deja Vu

This is a spot I have painted many times.  It is very special to me. Someday I will create a picture of it that feels complete. Today is not that day.

Another!

I started this the last time I was in Bemidji.  It is my step mother's petunias.  Their porch is a lovely place to sit in the morning.

Upside Down

In my continued effort to build my skills I decided it was time to do the drawing upside down thing.  I kept it upside down as I painted so I could see the shadow shapes more clearly.  Rebecca helped me to figure out that I made the nose too long and over emphasized the smile lines.  There is an eraser smudge next to one of the eyes.  I decided to just ignore it, but that is where my eye goes every time I look at it.  This is number four in the five self portrait series.  Not sure yet what the final one will be.  And then I will be looking for another assignment for myself.  

New knits

Ugh, had to make a new post to send that picture of me brushing my teeth into the past.  I still want to complete the series of five self portraits, but not ready to post on that just yet.

I have been distracted by knitting lately.

The lower picture is the spine of my journal.  It fell apart, exposing the string loops.  The end loops fell out.  I knit just a few rows to keep it from falling apart more.  That should do the trick.

I started the brown and aqua bag in the car on the way home from my sister-in-law's cabin.  The brown part was already done.  It was going to be a scarf, but I ran out of yarn before it was long enough.  The idea of making it into a bag percolated in my brain for months.  I enjoyed figuring out how to make it work.  The three aqua sections are all from one ball of yarn.  It was important to me that it be one unbroken string. As the ball of yarn got small and I was almost done I was excited that it was going to be just big enough to finish.  Then, a knot in the yarn appeared.  The ball was not made from one unbroken string.  Sigh.  It happened again one or two more times before it ran out.  Now I am in the process of casting off and the string is at its end with about 10 stitches to go.  It is an opportunity, right?  I think I will add some crazy detail to that upper corner.  Like one of those knitted flowers maybe.  Will I ever actually use this bag? Don't know yet.  Right now that does not matter.