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Happiness is made in Maine

cmkmarquis — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:47:27 +0000

Happiness can, in fact, be purchased at a store. If you want some, visit L.L.Bean in Freeport, Maine. Or go online. But be warned: these slippers are always backordered this time of year.

I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from posting due to camera issues and a busy schedule, but I’ve been keeping up with the sketching, which is the important part, anyhow. Lots of sketches in line to go up on the blog.

In case there was any doubt, this post is not in any way sponsored by L.L.Bean. At least, not in reality. In my dreams, every shearling-lined item on the Bean website is headed my way.

October 12, 2015.

coffeecoffeecoffee

cmkmarquis — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:58:11 +0000

Clearly a bit of a one-track mind lately.

October 9, 2015.

Coffee time

cmkmarquis — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:35:22 +0000

Too much of this lately. So good, though.

October 7, 2015.

Time savers

cmkmarquis — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:44:15 +0000

How appropriate, the next sketch up is of my watch, and I need to write about saving myself some time. I love writing for these posts, but I’m entering into a crazy stretch (I was hopeful that the to-do list was going to dial down, but it turns out that is not the case), and I’ve realized that I can’t keep up with both daily sketches and daily posts. In the interest of keeping the sketching going, for now, I’m going to post the doodles — without the added paragraphs of text — either daily or in mini spurts as I have time. I’d love to come back to the daily sketch and daily post at some point, but right now I need to skip it to keep the habit alive.

October 6, 2015.

Alone time

cmkmarquis — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:05:02 +0000

After days of very social travel for work and a wedding, I came home in dire need of a good night’s sleep. Rather than head straight for bed, I put on my PJs and sat at my desk sketching for a few minutes. Nothing too taxing, just time alone with my sketchbook. I needed it just as desperately as I needed sleep, perhaps more. And while a few minutes and a lot of flower doodles were not sufficient, they were certainly a good start.

October 4, 2015.

Live flowers

cmkmarquis — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 03:26:51 +0000

As promised, some sketches of flowers that are still on the lifecycle upswing. These are from my parents’ garden – the last of the summer color.

Clockwise from top left: Dahlia, Black-eyed Susan, Daylily, Geranium, and Nasturtium. Plus a tiny unidentified flower in the lower right.

Impressive variety for late September, but then, my parents have a very impressive garden. I’m a grateful beneficiary of their dedication to the garden and of their encyclopedic knowledge of plants, and I’m pretty sure they get credit for growing all the flowers that appear in my paintings across this site.

Campanula flowers, at various life stages. Fun fact: campanula is Latin for “little bell” (at least, so says Wikipedia).

September 20, 2015.