Mastodawn

Linda Jan 13, 2023

And a few more sketches I made in Maine in the snow! 😄

Water soluble ink and water in my sketchbook
3”x5”

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Linda Jan 13, 2023

I was in Maine again recently and actually got to be in some snow for the first time in a looooong time! Here are some sketches I made 😄

Water soluble ink and water in my sketchbook
3”x5”

Linda Dec 26, 2022

Can I still say Merry Christmas a day late? Here’s a little sketch I made in my sketch of my kitty chewing on my Christmas tree again … and again … again… Merry Christmas!

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Linda Dec 22, 2022

I had the urge to make a watercolor painting so here’s a red crossbill bird in front of a bit of mistletoe for Christmas! This was very fun to do! 😄

Watercolor on hot press 140lb paper
6”x7”
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Linda Dec 18, 2022

A quick self portrait of my very own cold nose. Got some of my freckles in there, too! 🥶

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Linda Dec 9, 2022

Back to reductive charcoal this week! I set up a still life of things that please me. A pretty carnation in a little pretty hand blown glass vase, a ribbon from Tiffany’s, and most importantly, Pompon’s Ours Blanc that I got from the Musée D’Orsay!😄

Vine charcoal on Strathmore Charcoal paper
14”x11”

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Linda Dec 8, 2022

Fade Dec 6, 2022

Every time I go to the pharmacy, I stop by the art machine to get an art. It's a converted cigarette machine--there's a whole series but I've only ever seen this one--and for five dollars it'll give you art in a box the size of a cigarette pack. Mostly painted wood blocks of that size, but I've gotten pottery and plush and earrings and a tiny notebook too.

Linda Dec 3, 2022

Playing with some ink washes to make these 9"x12" drawings in my sketchbook (Fabriano 120lb mixed media paper)
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Linda Dec 2, 2022

Wonder of Science Dec 2, 2022

A timelapse showing the incredible movement of a growing vine, exhibiting both nastic movement to find, and then a thigmotropic response to grasp and hold.

Credit: Roger P. Hangarter

https://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/movements/nastic/nastic.html

#botany #nature #plants #science

Plants In Motion

Linda Nov 26, 2022

Daniel Pomarède Nov 26, 2022

"Cartography is a science. What it describes should be there. And yet, I find myself a little surprised by our ability to measure, to extrapolate, to conjoin, to build a true whole from a gazillion little parts. It's an enormous intellectual feat. And now, I'm happy to report, it's been done again — on a scale that boggles my mind."

Mapping What You Cannot See, Cannot Know, Cannot Visit -- by Robert Krulwich for NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/09/05/346125416/mapping-what-you-cannot-see-cannot-know-cannot-visit

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Mapping What You Cannot See, Cannot Know, Cannot Visit

We live on a planet, next to a star that's part of a galaxy that's part of ... ah, here comes the new discovery. We are at the very tip of a giant galactic "supercluster." Take a look.

NPR