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December 24, 2005
Studio Saturday
I uploaded some more sketchbook pages today, but have already been missing days and slacking off. If I can't make the time to do this every day while I'm on vacation then I don't know how I'll do it when I'm working every day again. Then again, maybe when I'm back in the studio I'll feel more like drawing.
These pages don't handle getting wet as well as I'd hoped; I don't mind the images bleeding through but when I tried to use a Crayola marker overtop of an area still a little damp with watercolour, the surface of the paper started coming off. Ah well; this exercise is about making a mess anyway, so I guess I shouldn't worry too much when it gets messy. I just heard from Melanie that there's a watercolour Moleskine coming out soon, so that might be the way to go. I don't like that the pages are perforated to tear out though; I'm pretty rough on my book and I'd probably be ripping those all the time.
We had a surprise visit from some old chums who showed up in town on Tuesday, so I went to see that Narnia movie with them and then Peter joined us for supper at Marathon (twice in two weeks! that's a major treat for me) after. The movie was better than I thought it would be, and they actually left a lot of the religious propagandizing out, which was nice. I took pictures but then Dru told me that it's illegal to do that, so I'm not putting any up here. You can see them on my Flickr page though. And, Lucy's sweater from the beginning? I'm totally making that. I'll put up the pattern as soon as I've worked it out, but I suspect I won't be the only person working on it, so I may not be the first to the finish line.
For the gee-I-can't-shut-up-about-how-happy-I-am-to-be-in-Canada files: yesterday in the car when the National Research Council official time signal came on, I was so happy to hear it that I cranked the volume way up in order to hear (the beginning of) the long dash (after ten seconds of silence) REALLY LOUD. One o'clock, Eastern Standard Time! I'm such a damned geek.
Posted by jodi at December 24, 2005 01:00 PM | categories: in the studio
Comments
A very Happy Holidays to you and Peter, Jodi.
I hope you enjoy your time off from school, and snuggling up with Peter.
Posted by: Christiane at December 24, 2005 01:49 PM
Jodi, have a great holiday!
Posted by: claudia at December 24, 2005 02:39 PM
There's a very good photo of the coveted sweater (I want to make it too!) at costumes.narniaweb.com/penvensiesfiles/lamppost11.jpg
great blog by the way.
Posted by: sarah kate at December 25, 2005 10:01 PM
I find that the paper in the "sketchbook" style Moleskine accepts opaque watercolor really well. I use a Pelikan set for less than 20.00$. This paper will loosen if worked too hard either way. Thanks for the link! Be well Jodi, keep journaling and don't think about tomorrow.
Posted by: Melly at December 26, 2005 12:42 PM