sketchbook.

Friday, September 16, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

the south of france.

everyone in the south of france was wearing these sandals. they were sold at every single shoe store. i did try a pair on and meant to eventually buy them, but i ended up forgetting to get them. i wonder what the “in” shoe will be NEXT summer ? i will be sure to get them then . . . yep, i’m going back.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

full moon.

yesterday was the moon festival. growing up, we always celebrated this day by eating moon cakes, which i eagerly looked forward to. though some people find moon cake repulsive, i always thoroughly enjoyed them. i am also very drawn to the moon and feel strangely and powerfully connected to it, i even keep a moon sketchbook. with the recent discovery that i was actually born on the full moon (and today is my birthday), it makes complete sense why i habitually feel lunar powered rather than solar powered.

Friday, September 09, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france

when i lived in france for the month of june, i ate caviar almost every day. it was the perfect addition to my breakfast (a spoonful over my eggs) and the perfect mid-day snack (dolloped on a cracker). my corner grocer always had it stocked but why is it so much harder to find here ? weird.

caviar, france, rae dunn, watercolor

Saturday, September 03, 2011

seeing beauty.

i was part of the sketchbook project 2010. my sketchbook consisted of drawings/findings of beauty that i find in the ordinary, the mundane, and the unexpected. i tried to capture these objects in quick sketches drawn in under one minute. i drew one a day from august 31, 2010 – november 22, 2010.

you can view my entire sketchbook right HERE.

Friday, September 02, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

golfe-juan, france

it’s true, the mediterranean sea is my favorite body of water.

Friday, August 26, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france.

anchovy + a tart = a delicious treat.

Friday, August 19, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

august 2011

rutland, vermont.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

nature + nature.

this is my satellite office in vermont. and though i did bring some work with me to do on this trip, the project is water color sketches of flowers. no, i can not complain.

Friday, August 12, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

august 2011

truro, massachusetts

this quaint little village, located on cape cod, is lined with these cute colorful houses that look like legos to me. very cartoon like and so fun to draw.

Saturday, August 06, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france

Friday, July 29, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

(click on the image TWICE to see the true beauty of this mediterranean sea glass)

june 2011

cap d’antibes, france

well, it’s not really a sketch, they’re findings . . . but it’s not really friday, it’s thursday. tomorrow i will be traveling all day. flying to boston at the crack of dawn and and then driving to cape cod.

Friday, July 22, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france

this is picasso’s man with a sheep that stands in the main square in vallauris. i would pass by it many times a day. it is so powerful, you can’t walk by and not notice it.

“in the context of the symbol of sacrifice, picasso’s sculpture of the man with the sheep, of 1942-1943, assumes a unique position in his life work. it was created during those anguished years of the second world war of which churchill wrote that “everyone realized how near were death and ruin.” after the war picasso donated a bronze cast of this sculpture to the town of vallauris as a memorial to the resistance fighters.” (art journal vol.32. no. 3. spring 1962)

france, man with a sheep, rae dunn, vallauris