Tis the Season...

Hello all.
As we move into what is, for many of us, the most hectic wonderful time of the year I wanted to ask each of you to consider the awesome gift you have to give. Making an entry in someone's book will surely make their season bright and it doesn't cost a lot. Please consider carving out a few minutes this season to get a book into the hands of another artist. A gentle reminder, as the moderator of this group, that there is no shame to admitting that life has gotten in the way of art-making. You can send me an email and I will help you sort out where to mail the book so it can be on its way and off your plate of things "to do." How about a little roll call in the comments section. Say hi if you've still got a pulse. We'd love the chance to hear from each of you.

Thanks everyone for the amazing contributions we've seen so far.

Melissa (3MW)
woodland[dot]melissa[at]gmail[dot]com

Carrier pigeons - Robin's moly

My entry in Robin's moly, incorporating the paint splotches left by Jan :)

I also have RebelPapa's moleskine here - I had to go away for a while before I could send it and mislaid the name and address of the next person. I apologise. Please let me know who would like these books next and I will send them this week.

October Update

Happy October. Here's the most recent. Let's try to keep all the books moving please. If you're stuck or swamped, please email me and I will try to find a way to reroute the books. Thanks!

Lisa's book

I finished up Lisa's book today. I've been experimenting with water soluble graphite lately and this book seemed to fit in well with that. Robin's entry before mine was a large facial spread in pencil. I'm pretty happy overall with my painting of Lisa, not so much of myself. I would have preferred to leave myself out completely! Maybe I just need more self portrait practice. It was difficult to even find a picture of myself. But rules are rules :D

I hope you like it Lisa. Oh also, this is just a snap taken with my iPhone. I'll scan a hi-res image tomorrow and post it to flickr.

Edit: I added the scanned image.

M&M Rock!

It's been a while since I wanted to put my hands on Marty's book and didn't have time... But here it comes - M&M Rock duet!
Marty, please, remind me - what song are we performing right now?

Stomping the grapes

Emma and I have been busy turning grapes into wine, I Love Lucy style.
Watercolor pencil and ink

September 18th Update

So exciting to see these book flying all over again. Let's keep the momentum going. As always, let me know if anything on the chart needs fixing. Jan I think I assumed you were sending Robin's on to Kathleen. Let me know if I'm wrong.