Rest from "Respite"

"Respite"

18 x 20" colored pencil drawing

It is finally finished! I was up until 2 a.m. this morning finishing this LARGE piece. (If your medium is colored pencil, you understand how long a large piece takes to finish.) Even though I loved working on this one (my sister was my muse), I was ready to finish it. I am leaving for a well-earned and long-awaited vacation with my family tomorrow and will not be back in the studio until next month. But I plan to blog a bit about my vacation (taking a laptop) and hopefully take some fantastic reference photos. And, of course, I'm taking my sketchbook.

So, stay tuned and leave me some comments once in a while (just so I know you're out there.)

White Gloves

"Little Women"

9 x 12"

graphite and china marker

My sisters and I, being the consummate tomboys we were (and still are), were dressed for Easter in bonnets, patent leather shoes, anklets and those amazing white gloves. Now, I remember a lot of my childhood, but I do not remember wearing these gloves. Obviously, I did, because we have the pictures to prove it. But, how long did I wear them? Did I take them off right after the pictures were taken? Did I wear them through the church service? I must have taken them off earlier than my parents had hoped because I do remember being a nail biter and I'm sure the gloves once a year didn't stop that nasty habit.

I'll have to ask my sisters (who are amazing women whom I dearly love) what they remember of "the wearin' of the gloves". My best guess is that at least one of us lost one before we returned home to eat that ham....