tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037428506174942322024-03-14T03:11:38.227-07:00Art & Everything ElseI like making messes, taking photos, and hiking up mountains with my dog.Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-39897977870140099662013-04-12T12:53:00.000-07:002013-04-12T12:53:20.416-07:00Playing with brown and grey paper and lettering<a href="http://www.strathmoreartist.com/toned-sketch.html" target="_blank">Strathmore has these really lovely books</a>. I wish they were coptic bound instead so the page spread would lay flat, but that's my only complaint so far.<br />
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<a href="http://www.beepaper.com/paper/big-green-bee-volume-2.asp" target="_blank">Bee Paper has a 9x9 spiral bound brown paper book</a> that I've been really inspired by lately.<br />
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My grandfather... Papa, as I always called him, passed away very peacefully last Sunday. He was the first person to show me calligraphy and used to let me doodle on his graph paper. I have his old desk in my art room. After his funeral yesterday I went to the desk, did some lettering, listened to some piano concertos on CBC and drank tea.<br />
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-22117321799077470572013-03-17T19:32:00.001-07:002013-03-17T19:32:29.627-07:00Art catch-upIt's been a while...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front cover of my small Strathmore mixed media book.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.</td></tr>
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Then some journal pages...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring the doodleverse. My journal pages are often messy doodles like this.</td></tr>
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I've been playing with techniques from the 2013 Strathmore journal workshops. I love free workshops. I can take the techniques and do whatever I want with them. No pressure.<br />
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Lettering has captured my interest lately, so I've been doing a lot of that too, and digging up interesting quotes. <br />
<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-65155637691380721642013-02-17T12:49:00.003-08:002013-02-17T12:49:59.594-08:00Sunday PhotosI've been enjoying the interludes of sunshine today.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moss again... I'm crazy, I know.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love old books even more than moss.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More moss... they look like a multitude of little hands.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That look... "Seriously? Again with the camera?"</td></tr>
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Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-32473245462189830042013-02-08T16:11:00.000-08:002013-02-08T16:11:15.657-08:00Spring spring spring<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've been sick all week... AGAIN... and am absolutely ready for both spring and the end of cold season. </div>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-88316303397597123562013-01-03T00:28:00.002-08:002013-01-03T00:28:30.529-08:00Hello 2013It doesn't feel like months since I've posted, but apparently they have slipped past me like calendar ninjas. <div>
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I provide some elder care when needed for my grandparents and it's been very needed since the beginning of November. Had my own medical issue to deal with through December, and so since Christmas I've been hiding out in my little house being a hermit. Am apparently very good at hermit-ing! Wish it was a paid position, as I get lots of art done that way and can stay home with the dog. But enough of that, have a dump of winter photos and a few art bits.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Yule page in my hemp journal using a neat little laser cut piece from a local art supply store</td></tr>
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Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-54230779091366041332012-11-24T22:26:00.002-08:002012-11-24T22:26:47.550-08:00A belated October postSo very belated...<br />
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-3179585068318717962012-09-03T14:06:00.001-07:002012-09-03T14:06:14.715-07:00Summer's End & PuppiesI was out at Patti's with Bean yesterday and we got to play with her puppies, Zoey and Vinnie who are the cutest curly-haired mops ever.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portrait wrangling is a challenge with two puppies and a Bean.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vinnie licks Buddha's face.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-42331420578000378852012-07-17T21:11:00.000-07:002012-07-17T21:11:17.831-07:00Another kind of still life<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-4994024737393118542012-07-15T19:27:00.000-07:002012-07-15T19:27:26.729-07:00Still life<a href="http://jazzgoil.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Patti</a> inspired <a href="http://mergatroidsmuse.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Barb</a> and I to try our hands at still life photos. I used my phone and Instagram to get this one. :)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-77173000589480685852012-07-10T16:21:00.000-07:002012-07-10T16:21:15.789-07:00After a not-great day: art to the rescue<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I drew a doodle of my prancing Bean and carved it into a stamp a few days ago. Then I used the stamped image to make a stencil, and unleashed both stamp and stencil on my journal this afternoon after I got home from some un-fun familial duties.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full spread in my medium sized hemp journal with the carved stamp above</td></tr>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-76958590634373122012012-06-21T22:03:00.000-07:002012-06-21T22:03:47.117-07:00The Ditherer & Instagram nonsense<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover of my latest art journal - The Ditherer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my Mill Hill hike this morning</td></tr>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-21467785618515650282012-05-26T16:31:00.001-07:002012-05-26T16:31:17.856-07:00Mt Wells hikeMt. Wells has an amazing view from the summit, which is surprisingly quick to hike up, considering it's 352m or so. Very steep and I was pondering the wisdom of carrying both the Nikon and my cup of Timmy's when I really should have had both hands free. But no falls or broken bones, so I got to enjoy my coffee and muffin with the following.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a whole field with these tiny moss flowers but we stayed on the trail like good hikers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It started out nice and shady.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once we lost the cover of the trees it was reeeeeally warm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bean, one hot dog. He drank a whole litre of water to himself on the hike.</td></tr>
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<br /></div>Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-1827003664227474772012-05-23T20:09:00.000-07:002012-05-23T20:09:31.688-07:00Settling inI have new space... it's just for arting. It's small, but filled with windows, surrounded by huge cedars and ancient rhodo bushes and it's mine. MIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNEEEEEE! Muahahah!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An in-progress shot.</td></tr>
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Making art in there is wonderful, though I get the occasional furry lap-leech interruption. The kitties looooove all the windows and so I have to keep most of the sills clear or I'll just end up picking stuff off the floor all the time. My grandfather's desk fits in perfectly. My new house is vintage (and dinged up) 1947, so it matches all the 40's and 50's (also dinged up!) furniture I have which I inherited along the way from my grandparents and their friends. <div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The latest carved stamp: Urchin</td></tr>
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I went hiking on the Barde Knockie again, went further than before and found The Milky Way which had an odd pumping station with fabulous graffiti.</div>
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</div>Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-9485155378899011602012-04-17T19:09:00.000-07:002012-04-17T19:12:06.929-07:00In between packing and cleaning and more packing and more cleaning...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fun with Instagram and my phone camera<br />
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Fun with art journals<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carved lily inspired by<a href="http://mergatroidsmuse.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"> Barb's</a> photo</td></tr>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-30928059009563361242012-04-07T19:36:00.000-07:002012-04-07T20:00:16.481-07:00Easter WeekendI am kicking myself for not taking the Nikon with me today. I wasn't expecting to discover a new trail, which is actually a very, very old trail. Can't believe I was born and raised here and hadn't heard of the Barde Knockie Trail before. It was apparently cut through the forest by Sooke settlers in the 1850's and is one of the oldest BC trails still in use. It was amazing and I'll have to go again soon with proper equipment.<br />
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It doesn't seem possible that he used to look like a small, black potato with Dorito ears, but I have evidence...<br />
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That's changed a fair bit. Now he sometimes resembles a deer.<br />
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To celebrate the momentous occasion Bean and I shared breakfast on a mountain. He is the best trail companion anyone could hope for and has exceeded all the hopes I had when I adopted him. He's kept me company, entertained and sane, turned me into a dog-person and reminded me what unconditional love is like.<br />
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<a href="http://anonova.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-distracted-lately.html" target="_blank">Sure do love that dawg.</a><br />
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-53714717146441000382012-02-06T20:36:00.000-08:002012-02-06T20:36:10.214-08:00Little bit of everything<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-11453566907992540372011-12-30T18:40:00.000-08:002011-12-30T18:40:28.784-08:00Playing with the bluesI think I'll call it "Get off my lawn!"<br />
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<br />Anonovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12837926394459513794noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-503742850617494232.post-72190197540493210692011-12-04T22:06:00.001-08:002011-12-04T22:10:37.463-08:00No hikingI broke my toe on Friday. Boo! Boo, I say!<br />
This guy amply illustrates how I felt at being confined to walking Bean in the neighbourhood parks all weekend.<br />
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