tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39676975053442471612024-03-05T09:10:43.525-08:00Kathy York SketchbookProjectkathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-86441464359162994762012-08-22T09:02:00.000-07:002012-08-22T09:02:28.827-07:00A matter of time.<br />
When we first got the kittens, I didn't want them. It was a summer project. But then the stray cat mom cat died, and we had the 5 kittens. I thought I would find homes for all the kittens, but apparently it is REALLY hard to find homes for kittens, which is shocking because they are so dang cute! And apparently there are a lot of too cute kittens, too many. So we ended up keeping them, well 4 of them. A good friend took the only girl kitten. And thus the flying cat boys entered our tribe. And I swore I wasn't going to be one of those people making art about cats. At least if I did, it would be a long, long time. <br />
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But I already have. And this morning's sketch is of Pumpkin who is always an inspiration to me. I think cats are such interesting animals and have such interesting shapes. And when I draw a cat from memory, it usually takes such a different look. But looking at a cat's REAL shapes, really cool! Here is pumpkin lying on his back. I love the simplicity of the line drawing, one of my favorites!kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-27466145148562729092012-07-14T16:20:00.001-07:002012-07-14T16:20:41.598-07:00Torn paper and ink, #3<br />
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Here's another in the series of my new journal. Having fun with tearing the paper in ever shrinking sizes. Nuts!kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-32388715926087368902012-07-13T17:25:00.001-07:002012-07-13T17:25:28.923-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">Tearing Paper</span><br />
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Found myself in a paper store and knew I wanted a new moleskin journal
and a pen. Then drifted over to the paper selection. Not surprisingly,
I was drawn to bright colors, so I bought some, and a glue stick. I
spent the next chunk of a day just tearing and pasting. Then I drew
with the pen on the first one. I had so much fun, and was really drawn to the qualities of paper that it can make shapes like these by tearing. You can't tear fabric and get these shapes. Many more possibilities to explore!<br />
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...or so it would seem. We call this pose the "Venus Hand Trap". So soft and innocent as you reach in to stroke his soft belly. Then, faster than you can blink an eye, the trap has SPRUNG! Your hand is trapped inside a kicking ball of claws. B E W A R E!! ;)<br />
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I used the paintbrush to trace the lines of the photograph in white. Then I used the selection color tool, selected one of a range of colors inside the area, and then the paint bucket to fill the area. It was simple. I had my doubts though. After filling the first sections of the flower and losing all the exquisite detail that mother nature provided, I was sure this exercise would look hideous. But it doesn't. I persevered and really like the overall effect. The colors, the lines, the shapes....all pretty. And, from a quilting perspective, I can totally see this as a quilt. The quilting lines could stay simple to the concept, or you could pick darker threads and add the subtle shading that the flower started with.<br />
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Wouldn't it be cool to be able to paint a flower like this? It is so beautiful! My style of art isn't realism though. I find beauty in lots of places and consistently am drawn to clean lines and nice colors, very graphic in style. I think I might try to play with an image like this in Photoshop and perhaps draw on top of it, fill it in completely, and then "disappear" the photo all together. I think it would be fun to play with it on real paper too, with pencils and maybe watercolor...dreaming until I get my cast off. At least the photography is fun to look at as well. ps. can't really hold a camera yet, so I am sort of cheating by posting this old photo. Enjoy!<br />
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on real paper...with triangle shaped crayons between my ring finger and middle finger (right handed), my first post accident attempt. it looks a bit sketchy to me. ha, ha! i overpainted with dilute watercolor. it took a couple of days to complete- but it's a start.<br />
this is also inspired by google art project. i have been browsing the museums in my spare time. van gogh, always a favorite. i love that you can zoom in so close to the paintings, and see the brushstrokes. i miss being able to drive. i am happy that i can make coffee by myself-unassisted. i am adapting.<br />
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bike crash. too fast around a corner. this is after the er. i won't show the before. the right hand looks good, just soft tissue damage. i can't write or open jars. missing the use of that wonderful opposable thumb. i am learning new ways of doing things, but can't drive yet. grateful, so grateful to be able to walk, and no head injury. yeah for helmets, the kindness of strangers (who scooped me up and rushed me to the er), and pain meds. road rash is not for sissies, and i feel like a big one. bleahhh.kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-69756320716428875082011-01-29T18:45:00.000-08:002011-01-29T18:45:15.264-08:00Day 29<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs_iquRO9xsX9BpI4SEfMENNBWNaQS9wc2GoxCKTIIGOuA_CfPVnTLc9Yoymd8WWEoF7QdyA5uJ6DQFWY8eL_TOJQXd0KpSw8vW-Jxayt_hnbTy_YWxkT_Gg0WGHJY3aq4fD12WJrCUDz/s1600/cat+by+jane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs_iquRO9xsX9BpI4SEfMENNBWNaQS9wc2GoxCKTIIGOuA_CfPVnTLc9Yoymd8WWEoF7QdyA5uJ6DQFWY8eL_TOJQXd0KpSw8vW-Jxayt_hnbTy_YWxkT_Gg0WGHJY3aq4fD12WJrCUDz/s320/cat+by+jane.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Today I have a guest blogger. She is my daughter, Jane. She happened to see my blog today, while I had it up and asked about the Sketchbook Challenge. So I explained it to her and she wanted to participate. I told her the theme was Highly Prized and immediately she said "my cat"! Of course! I thought she would draw with real paper and paint, or markers or something, but no! She wanted to give my drawing tablet a try. It was a bit frustrating for her, because she doesn't know anything about Photoshop. So I started her off easy and showed her just a few simple things. She started over a few times, but this is what she drew. I am really quite proud of her for sticking with it! And I LOVE her drawing!kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-15852393815538113512011-01-28T18:13:00.000-08:002011-01-28T18:13:12.420-08:00Day 28<br />
Well, it's day 28 and I don't have 28 drawings. Darn it! I am still in the first month and unable to make my goal. Well, this is supposed to be fun and instructional by making it a daily habit. And it seemed like the carrot danging at the end of the stick.....that is, while I wasn't working much on my art quilts. However, I have now managed to carve out some time to do the work I love so much. So all is good on the art front, but maybe not so much on the sketching front. Too bad, I won't apologize for making time to create art quilts, I just can't go there. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ2kYwjof-NkM6WoGqQ7Q8OmeHxXXtWCEIJ1FTlz1bs5IxBQve5IA3mo5xFJUYd_32fyXi_z9tlyQz01LECDp6pqjP15HdJ-vRFbaJ_imZ7qYF_Oc76EXb02LhDC6zS01-RW8ldhuY-eE/s1600/flowerdoodle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ2kYwjof-NkM6WoGqQ7Q8OmeHxXXtWCEIJ1FTlz1bs5IxBQve5IA3mo5xFJUYd_32fyXi_z9tlyQz01LECDp6pqjP15HdJ-vRFbaJ_imZ7qYF_Oc76EXb02LhDC6zS01-RW8ldhuY-eE/s320/flowerdoodle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Fun with doodling. I like the feature on Photoshop that you can select an area, in this case it was the orange background. And then you can draw all over it without your drawing overlapping the flowers. Kind of cool. I added the white doodle lines on the background after the flowers were drawn in this way.kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-64567609676273049582011-01-19T10:19:00.000-08:002011-01-19T10:19:59.186-08:00Day 19<br />
Did you notice the hiccup? I missed yesterday. Now what? Give up the project? Keep going and acknowledge that I missed a day? Just not perfect as it turns out??<br />
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So, today's entry is a fingerpainting. On my son's iPad. He emailed it to me, so I am sharing it with you. FYI, it does not look like him, though I was looking at him when I drew it. It took about 3 minutes. And well, at least it is recognizable as a face, that's all I can say. Oh, yeah, the app I used was Mirror Paint. He has a lot of art apps. I wish I had his iPad. It's really, really fun.<br />
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It is amazing how much time I can spend making a simple sketch and still get the angles wrong. I am overly critical of this little red stool. I looked at the darn thing while I was sketching, but the angles are still off. Meanwhile, it does look like a stool, so that's good. And I did attempt a small bit of shading, which is hard for me. I didn't take time to add the shadows. I also feel a bit frustrated. Maybe a quicker sketch might have been more to my liking. Maybe I will try that tomorrow. <br />
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January 16.2011<br />
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I really did NOT feeling like sketching or playing today. I would much rather be working on one of my art quilts tonight. This sketching every day is turning out to be much harder than I expected. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDA9x88PkrNXdi8v-mTHMfBgbVgOCntXa21iBMHAV8PLqOoLgcrN8P0s2o086znoaAyNVqNxRss42IBJryYhlDsc4LxxcdeKQcNIQZ4w8Eood6HkYaDx1P09_-0FdkN-fkBXw3QuaHQaHC/s1600/easybutton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDA9x88PkrNXdi8v-mTHMfBgbVgOCntXa21iBMHAV8PLqOoLgcrN8P0s2o086znoaAyNVqNxRss42IBJryYhlDsc4LxxcdeKQcNIQZ4w8Eood6HkYaDx1P09_-0FdkN-fkBXw3QuaHQaHC/s320/easybutton.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So, this one is really quick. I played with drawing color boxes, and then stripes with transparent color. Next, I tried playing with the hue option under the brushes tab. There is so much there to explore! Anyway, this sketch is an ode to my easy button, a toy on my desk. It is much more fun to play with that I could have possibly anticipated, but there you are!kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-48361999735397203052011-01-15T13:45:00.000-08:002011-01-15T13:45:01.182-08:00Day 15<br />
Inspired by Diana Trout's Jan 14 entry,<a href="http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/doodle-game.html"> the Doodle Game</a>. She has a video showing her method. It looked fun, so I gave it a try. I mostly followed her rules, start with a continuous line to fill the blank space, then go back in and add details. Except, I did mine in color and I cropped it to make a smaller section to work on... And it was fun and interesting!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI7tQxX6DYGnP_yG9iwEj7R4NFje3Ek3ts45U0yxvFV46bHyzum8Jw7ydzl9OPyqlXa3wdooCtdR5GbH95vIhatosBNZThd_D_0d_MNCVDyaPJtZivPmyhmtF01NX8mgovdPotwvq8yuu/s1600/day14butterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoI7tQxX6DYGnP_yG9iwEj7R4NFje3Ek3ts45U0yxvFV46bHyzum8Jw7ydzl9OPyqlXa3wdooCtdR5GbH95vIhatosBNZThd_D_0d_MNCVDyaPJtZivPmyhmtF01NX8mgovdPotwvq8yuu/s320/day14butterfly.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I think this butterfly is done now. I started with some abstract stripes, which then became the body. I distorted it to make it look curved. I drew some outlines of the wings, then filled with the gradient tool. I probably spent two days worth working on the silly white dots on the wings. Then I drew the head and legs yesterday. That was fun playing with more gradients and special effects on the proboscis and eyes. Today I drew in the veins on the wings. And the background, which started a lovely mint green, but became blue when I overpainted and then played with special effects in the filters tab, (sketch-bas relief). I loved the effect! And am pleased with the overall result. And it makes me want to try some different shapes, like differently shaped wings, and the butterfly from different angles. Maybe!kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-75398461823997313792011-01-13T19:16:00.000-08:002011-01-13T19:16:16.462-08:00Day 13<br />
Working on the head and antennae. It's not where I want yet, but made a lot of progress today!<br />
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Playing with gradient fill tool<br />
I LOVE this! I didn't realize that the gradient tool had patterns. Everytime I try to use a Photoshop tool, I find more and more options buried within the tool. It is fun to explore. I spent some more time shaping my butterfly's wings, and playing with patterns today! Here's a closeup. At some point, I will show you the whole sketch. I am continuing to add to the previous day's work.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P0wAcaXARHEnuHpYmnofUaxd5AODJDWTD8KGCPjBt6YdIB3K4KB48Uh_q2ZI18j1fq1DFm6DrvrBJ2q4-QVEYv8_jeBjlpmnjJ8NTtAzXcf0hb7J43ZTFdwHwX940q9G-cp0u5Xjnki5/s1600/day11+wingcloseup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P0wAcaXARHEnuHpYmnofUaxd5AODJDWTD8KGCPjBt6YdIB3K4KB48Uh_q2ZI18j1fq1DFm6DrvrBJ2q4-QVEYv8_jeBjlpmnjJ8NTtAzXcf0hb7J43ZTFdwHwX940q9G-cp0u5Xjnki5/s320/day11+wingcloseup.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Continuing on day 9 and 10, this is a closeup of my sketching today. I have decided to make a butterfly out of the sketch, and have started working on the wings. Not a lot of progress today, but hey, it did take a long time...ha!kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-48104258432517203922011-01-10T17:36:00.000-08:002011-01-10T17:36:13.298-08:00<b><span style="font-size: large;">Day 10</span></b><br />
Today I have added on to Day 9's sketch. It includes getting rid of some blue and green, copy and paste, repeat. And learning the distort tool. That was fun! Quick 10 minutes took 20 minutes. Hard to stop when I am having fun! Here's a detail view.<br />
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I have decided to try just 10 minutes today, and then add to this doodle for several days and see what evolves instead of trying to finish an entire sketch in just one day. This one is pretty simple, and this is a close up. Of course you can't see all the things I tried and erased...kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-30077267756484910052011-01-08T20:23:00.000-08:002011-01-08T20:23:12.628-08:00Day 8 Brushes<br />
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Had a fabulous day working in my studio. So much fun that I forgot I needed to sketch, until it was late. So today's page does not have intent, or meaning, or even sketching practice. I would have to say that here on day 8, I am starting to feel like my drawing tablet is a bit on the sterile side. It doesn't have the tactile experience of playing with real paint and real brushes, and water. I am also limited to drawing right next to my computer. I need electricity for this thingy to work. I can see how sketchbooks which are so portable would come in handy in many situations. And as I continue my path of daily play, daily drawing, I suspect that I will want to try other materials than this digital land...though it does have many many conveniences, it also has it's limits.<br />
Today, I am exploring brush tips. It is not very exciting, but none the less, here it is. I can say that in only 8 days of daily posts, I am getting much quicker with the blog posting!<br />
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It is probably human nature to be fascinated with iterations. I remember the first time I saw one. A mirror on the wall with those little light bulbs all the way around the edge of the frame. If you look in at the right angle, you see a reflection of yourself looking at a reflection of yourself looking at a reflection of yourself, and on and on until the images are too small to see. It's amazing!<br />
I know that you know what I know you know, etc...<br />
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Anyway, today's sketch is a sketch of my hand holding a Cintiq drawing tablet which is showing a sketch of myself holding a Cintiq tablet. I stopped after one iteration.<br />
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They can also be mathematically interesting. Check out this <a href="http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3Dmenger%2Bsponge%2Bfractal&w=160&h=100&imgurl=www.bing.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dmenger%2Bsponge%2Bfractal%23focal%3D91b54b5879321cc1393f730125f896ef%26furl%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252ffc05.deviantart.net%252ffs34%252fi%252f2008%252f303%252f3%252ff%252fMenger_Sponge_by_OlisStudios.png&size=&name=search&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dmenger%2Bsponge%2Bfractal%23focal%3D91b54b5879321cc1393f730125f896ef%26furl%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252ffc05.deviantart.net%252ffs34%252fi%252f2008%252f303%252f3%252ff%252fMenger_Sponge_by_OlisStudios.png&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fimages%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dmenger%2Bsponge%2Bfractal%23focal%3D91b54b5879321cc1393f730125f896ef%26furl%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252ffc05.deviantart.net%252ffs34%252fi%252f2008%252f303%252f3%252ff%252fMenger_Sponge_by_OlisStudios.png&p=menger+sponge+fractal&type=&no=4&tt=111&oid=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fimages%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D422040831627%26id%3D234b56af20418163a1b243d6eb4457c2&tit=Menger+Sponge+by+...&sigr=169v7e6lf&sigi=1629k6dd0&sigb=11vpgd51d&fr=att-portal-s">Menger sponge</a>, also known as a <a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Estarlite/mengersponge.html">hexahedron fractal.</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv13axY_MuXpttzwhbQpcXJyhBLLSUvdUYyAjTFU7rBnK5Sa-8TusQuXrrC_ePBGFJhnRs87ZkxyoYpPwrIUsufdVUo0HqxcRiMw0-6W7JwMBaeZ2mQ08L8lDw-nvJBhSrtEzwFbz2ERmG/s1600/menger+sponge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv13axY_MuXpttzwhbQpcXJyhBLLSUvdUYyAjTFU7rBnK5Sa-8TusQuXrrC_ePBGFJhnRs87ZkxyoYpPwrIUsufdVUo0HqxcRiMw0-6W7JwMBaeZ2mQ08L8lDw-nvJBhSrtEzwFbz2ERmG/s320/menger+sponge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Really cool, right? I am not going to try to draw it though. However, my son loves making models of this particular one on SketchUp.kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-63292206064570799912011-01-06T18:13:00.000-08:002011-01-07T12:06:00.696-08:00Day 6<br />
Things Valued, my feet.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPeWfudgaJChuirKuIr2PBakw4IFnHUsQgVC3wMvTXdb-3BUh7LSPzCZFAUHoT4AiR0joZLpCwqpyoOa8RuM2L_wNPTspuSGlmShCHwSxVO4tEUcV8_yRO4UYW4YnJwJ1OHGYiYbj7qdv/s1600/day6+feet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPeWfudgaJChuirKuIr2PBakw4IFnHUsQgVC3wMvTXdb-3BUh7LSPzCZFAUHoT4AiR0joZLpCwqpyoOa8RuM2L_wNPTspuSGlmShCHwSxVO4tEUcV8_yRO4UYW4YnJwJ1OHGYiYbj7qdv/s320/day6+feet.jpg" width="167" /></a></div>I love to walk and hike. So, I really value my feet. It is easy to take some things for granted, and I'd have to say that feet are one of those things for me. I have long narrow feet, always, always hard to find shoes to fit. I call them my "skis for feet". Then I read about the story of <a href="http://biomech.media.mit.edu/people/herr.htm">Hugh Herr</a>. He has no feet. Lost them in a mountaineering accident. His feet literally froze as he was lost in a blizzard during an adventure in the mountains. Hard to imagine going from an elite climber to disabled without feet. But, not Hugh Herr. At the time he lost his feet, prosthetics were in their infancy. He was miserable with the technology and unable to walk. So he studied and learned and eventually made his own feet, with specialized technology to reduce the pain of his weight on artificial limbs. He revolutionized prosthetics. And he returned to climbing, with his new feet. Inspiring!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQBKggDg2X1ojlPqzQ9t-dtM-Trdx_2pU7WdKjv1D1i1sW-f7i04S_XwP94QcBfy8x5C_1uO_ftATKbJx9GhH2ps6Oh7CRLIh_tokaorAIEjbsulsji_Osj5WFb8ycPGwuvjLOb1UF9ro/s1600/herr%252Bpowerfoot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQBKggDg2X1ojlPqzQ9t-dtM-Trdx_2pU7WdKjv1D1i1sW-f7i04S_XwP94QcBfy8x5C_1uO_ftATKbJx9GhH2ps6Oh7CRLIh_tokaorAIEjbsulsji_Osj5WFb8ycPGwuvjLOb1UF9ro/s320/herr%252Bpowerfoot.jpg" width="318" /></a></div>Thought you might like to see him...kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967697505344247161.post-27089067068133464802011-01-05T12:20:00.000-08:002011-01-05T12:20:21.163-08:00Day 5<br />
Apple Slice<br />
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ode to an apple slice, I can not believe how much time I spent on this simple drawing. Ah, but people wail about that every time they see my quilts. WOW, How much time did THAT take?! It doesn't matter, I needed to make it, express something, etc... So I should expect the same with drawing, yes? I am in awe of people who can quickly sketch something. I have found that my quick sketches are very different than the ones that I delve into. Somehow this miraculous process is like being underwater for extended times. It is quiet, very quiet, and I concentrate so deeply, I forget the world above, like a trance. Time passes without my awareness as I struggle to capture something, or produce something-a sketch. Here is today's....I played with shapes, colors, textures on the surface of the apple, shading, and shadows.kathy yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376106135582428049noreply@blogger.com0