found in the backyard...

early January was lovely  

slow time, quiet days

I spent the first few reading a small stack of newsletters from various artist's in my inbox awaited me - one, from Carolyn Roberts, a beautiful painter in the UK contained a free gift: a pdf file of 30 days of prompts called

"Sketch, Snap, Repeat"

small noticings inspiring quiet work, nothing taxing, just looking, seeing, and recording in a way that suited you

I immediately decided to do it but saved it for my time here in the Yukon

at first I thought to make it about river but it's not possible to get there everyday so instead I chose the view out my daughter's living room windows, out into the backyard and greenbelt beyond

a most inspiring view

the black lines of the deck railing are the first thing you notice, then the mass of trees... somewhere in the midst, a chain link fence

I'm not quite up to date but getting there... the Little Miss broke her foot and with a cast on, couldn't go to daycare... instead, we spent our days colouring, doing puzzles, and playing endless games

they're off on a warm winter holiday now and I have the house to myself... all the art supplies I brought are laid out on the kitchen table and I'm ready to work

the first thing is to catch up with the prompts

the first prompt was "lines"

and circles:

neither of these spreads is finished yet but you'll have an idea of where I'm going with this... so little done,  yet I'm already feeling the value of taking the time to look and think and record

and with these long pages I can include a lot of information and have a play with some of the more interesting ideas that come of it 

so, a beginning