A new pen drawing in progress.... Happy Monday and welcome to August.... so that acorn shape in the drawing above is a clue to how I am thinking.... I am already thinking autumn, perhaps my favourite season (or did I say that about spring, but it's so fleeting....).... Perhaps England offers the best weather in autumn: mists contrasting with bright sunshine and all the colours of the season, or perhaps I am just a romantic who right now can overlook all the wet, windy and dismal days September/October/November may bring us.....I enjoy following the seasons and having set little 'traditions' and ideas on living 'in the season'. Do you? I look forward to the changes but am convinced summer is my least favourite season, mostly because I find it hard to write effectively about the season - or perhaps I can and am not trying enough.... perhaps like haiku all the poems I want to write are seasonal, or season-rooted. I was thinking of that recently.....
I'm as always busy working on new drawings, stitches and ideas... Meanwhile I am pleased to have a selection of work available to see at The Spider & The Fly, Edinburgh.... Please do visit the shop if you are in the area, there is a wide selection of handmade goodies by fab artists (and me).
For this month I am offering 10% discount off everything in my bigcartel shop. Just use the code: AUG10 at the checkout (you'll see a box asking you for a code - if you have any problems or would like to revise a price 'manually' I can do that for you of course)...
have a very good week x
6 comments:
Yes, Cathy, I understand... I'm very enamored with the seasons myself and making work about the seasons! I did a lot of pieces for spring when I started my Four Seasons series in the early spring, but am having a hard time with summer...I've come to realize it's my least favorite as well! I'm looking forward to all the colors that come with autumn and making work for that season when it comes...very soon. Looking forward to seeing your new work develop!
Patti Roberts-Pizzuto/MissouriBendStudio
Me, too, about autumn... have, with relief, collected the first small acorns on a walk the other day...
lovely to see acorn in your work!
i am sure autumn in England is breathtaking <3
Me too! I love autumn and winter best. I prefer the warm colours of autumn, an Indian summer and winter whites of snow and red berries. I'm least keen on Spring (as I dislike green for the most part) and Summer is always too hot for my liking, I feel tired and like I want to run to the beach. I have seasonal rituals too, mostly recipe related or connected to nature finds. Been finding lots of sycamore wings, oak leaves, red and pink leaves and fir cones already. I've already been thinking of Christmas this week and what I may like to make for small gifts this year. Not wishing time away ... but preparing and planning
xo
Even in the summer, the light in London is beautifull... it´s so different from the tropical
sun where I live. Yes, Cathy... it´s amazing for us from the south the autumn light and collors in this lovely city.
thank you kindly for your comments
Mari - thank you for reminding me to consider how different the seasons are in places that are not your first home.... I was reading about the night sky in the southern hemisphere, and realised I had never really considered it before!
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