I apologize that the quality of these photos aren’t better. It was a commissioned piece for my stepsister of my nephew, Jax. I gave it to them at the family Thanksgiving. She showed it to Jaxon who smiled and pointed at it making a happy noise. She asked who it was and he said, “daddy”. …
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41/52 A Portrait a Week
Made the ink wash background on my birthday (art nerd who wants to spend birthday at home playing with inks) and drew the portrait in maker, pen, and colored pencil.
40/52 A Portrait a Week
More Doodles
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just some quick doodley ones.
Autumn Fairies
A few years ago, I got really carried away making fairy Christmas ornaments. I started with old-fashioned fixed clothes pins with a wooden ball for a head and then added all kinds of faux-flowers and glitter covered Christmas do-dads. My mom and I had made some when I was little and I have fond memories…
37/52 A Portrait a Week
i do love goldenrod. somewhere in between these two are the real shades.
35 & 36/52 A Portrait a Week
This one is overdue. My best bud of 8 1/2 years, Amelia the dog. You can call her Meems. Small drawing with bic pen and chartpak markers. With bleed-through on both pages from other drawings. And one more. Amelia remains unimpressed.
Jewelweed Yarn
My friend Heidi has been kind enough to manage the yarn while I’ve been away. She sent me these two pictures comparing the yarn before they were rinsed and after. Before After I’ll admit that I like the color before the rinse a great deal more. But I still really enjoy the after rinse color. …
Dyeing with Jewelweed
Man, dyeing stuff with plant material is just so much fun. Since I wasn’t crazy about the yellow color the marigolds dyed my yarn (it’s for a sweater for myself, and I am just not going to wear big bird yellow, no matter how sunny and lovely a color it is), I wanted to try…
34/52 A Portrait a Week
Catching up on those weekly portraits! I had a lot of plans for myself yesterday. As a mild headache rolled in around lunch time, I continued with my to-do list, not looking that headache directly in the eye. If it can’t see me, it can’t get me, right? Avoidance doesn’t work with headaches. By the…
HARPER LEICH 