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Week in Photos #6

Part of my new year goal to create everyday and share what I have made. 1 – sort of a meditative thing I haven’t done before. It came about by a prompt from a drawing a day course I’m taking on Skillshare. Check it out here. 2 and 3 – sketches from home. 4 –Continue reading “Week in Photos #6”

Weekly Roundup / Feb 26, 2021

The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Article – The 19th-Century Church One Artist Calls HomeI found the photos in this article very beautiful. It is fascinating that by living in the church, the artist’sContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Feb 26, 2021”

Intentional Documentation Class Review

Nathaniel Drew, who you may know from YouTube, has a great class on Skillshare about Intentional Documentation. He teaches how to record moments of your life in a thoughtful way, as opposed to snapping thousands on your camera roll like we all do on likely a daily basis. The course covers some principles and theContinue reading “Intentional Documentation Class Review”

Week in Photos #5

Here are some sketches from the past week. I’m sharing them as part of my new year goal to create everyday and share what I have made. All were sketched in my house in a Stillman and Birn pocket notebook.

Weekly Roundup / Feb 19, 2021

The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Video – At the BalletThis is a clip from the original Broadway cast reunion in 1990. I had no idea Kelly Bishop was an original cast member ofContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Feb 19, 2021”

Week in Photos #4

Back to creating things after a short break. My goal in 2021 is to create one thing every day and share it. 1 – Back on the process of prototyping original cookie recipes. The idea transformed from Cracker Jack to salted caramel popcorn. 2 – We had a snow day here in Seattle! I loveContinue reading “Week in Photos #4”

Weekly Roundup / Feb 12, 2021

The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Article – Short-Story Dispenser comes to SeattleI think the short story dispenser is cosmopolitan. Almost futuristic. Maybe even rebellious? All I know is I need to check itContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Feb 12, 2021”

Creative Baking Class Review

I just finished the creative baking class taught by Christina Tosi on monthly.com. I knew I had to sign up for the class as soon as I saw the trailer. I think what drew me in most was the idea of prototyping recipes. I work in manufacturing, so prototyping is something reserved for the mechanicalContinue reading “Creative Baking Class Review”

Weekly Roundup / Feb 5, 2021

The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Article – An Art Revolution, Made with Scissors and GlueI had no idea the history of collage, that Picasso was one of the inventors. Looking at the stillContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Feb 5, 2021”

Baking and Pop Songs

The creative baking class has made me appreciate so much more how things are made. Not just food but other creative forms too. Like I watched Song Exploder and I feel like I better grasp the process of making a song. And I see the connection between the two art forms in the number of creativeContinue reading “Baking and Pop Songs”