Nine Days of Sanibel

Christmas morning

Old Florida

Sea Oats

The three horned cow

Sailboat off of Useppa Island

Cabbage Key

Vines on the Beach

Sunset on Sanibel

Me and my dreamboat

Things I Learned on Wikipedia Today

"Ligne claire (French for "clear line") is a style of drawing pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian creator of The Adventures of Tintin. It is a style of drawing which uses clear strong lines which have the same thickness and importance, rather than being used to emphasize certain objects or be used for shading (for this reason it is sometimes also called the democracy of lines). Additionally, the style often features strong colours and a combination of cartoonish characters against a realistic background. The use of shadows is sparse and all elements of a panel are delineated with clear black lines.....The Ligne claire style achieved its highest popularity in the 1950s, but its influence started to wane in the 1960s and was seen as old fashioned by the new generation of comic book artists...."

Above is a panel from Herge's The Adventures of Tintin.

It's a windy night on my block. All the ice is melting. Everything's cold and damp. I baked Christmas cookies today and watched bits and pieces of the Lord of the Rings on tv. My dad, sister and I went to see each movie when I'd come home for Christmas. This year we're all about Sweeny Todd.

This is a (kind of) unsuccessful Polaroid transfer and collage. One snowy Presidents Day a few years ago I ran up and down my stairs, taking the Polaroid with one of my old land cameras and then running up stairs to pull it apart and let it develop on paper. I still haven't quite gotten the hang of it.

I'm Official!

Coming in 2008:

Bedtime

K: God bless Papa

C: God bless Papa

K: God bless Grammy

C: God bless Grammy

K: God bless Daddy

C: God bless Daddy

K: God bless Mommy

C: God bless Mommy who is so mean

K: God bless Caden who is so mean

C: I am not mean, Mama.

"...by the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes..."

A Room With a View
E.M. Forster

This is what I worked on today:







a letterpressed birdie that I drew and then carved out of linoleum.