ride the tide

well....it is the last day of spring break.
back to work tomorrow.

it went by fast.

it was good to get to the easel- although i will say that getting back has this weird ... monologue (?)- for the first day it's YEAH!  and then you're in and it's Yeah!  and then you are really in and it's... um...yeah.

it is a process that-for me right now- also sounds like this "AWESOME!  i will get this done, i will start this, i will sketch that, no, i will just focus on this and then -wait- should this come first, i mean-wait no- but that is not really "it" so maybe i better go back to that other- BUT MAN I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS!  oh my word- JUST DO SOMETHING!!!  you don't have much time- WAIT no WAIT!!!!  OH!  this is it, oh man.... that's not it"

so. what did i get done- i was all over the place- hence the expression "ride the tide".

sketching-
focused on some ideas that have roots-

 the above-from that idea that bird's pull the night sky over- like a blanket
the house's are the little blue house and my grandparents house

 the above left- returning to this work with trees- interested in what clothes in the trees would look like hanging in the trees- then the right- remembered this barbra streisand album my dad had-superman.

came to a cross roads with an old work and a new idea (that never happens -for some reason I have some hang up about going back to old work- 'must keep moving forward'-yes, weird, i know- must have that chip removed).

the above left, again- working with these different perspectives from trees- so i climbed one in my backyard with camera in tow- it's been YEARS since i have climbed a tree!

turned some small sketches to big sketches-

got so fed up with this one (below)-so overworked-  i took it outside and took the garden hose to it- nice......

 i really overworked it- got me thinking on what i tell my students not to do- and there i was DOING IT!!!

and then returned to some wip's and had some fun.

and now- to go back to my students and report what i learned in some hope that it will help them on their final projects.

(not seen- the impromptu drawings that came everytime i had an image-we'll save those for later!)

whew!  i need another few days of break!

well- it was so good to be here for a short while- i look forward to being back soon!

hope your sunday is beyond!!!!

thanks for reading!
peace,
slee