Primo Maggio 2020 a Roma
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Painting with yarn: One more!
I completely forgot that I had completed another crochet project. I made a mesh bag for my watercolor palette, brushes, and water container. This was my second project and I experimented adding a button to close the bag. This is literally “painting with yarn.”...
Painting with yarn
Yes, I’ve been sketching less in the past couple of weeks. I’m obsessed with crochet. The purchase of the wrong yarn and Youtube tutorials are to blame. I learned to crochet when I was a child but I had not touched a crochet hook in many many years. I didn’t even remember how to...
My sketches have been published on Resurgence & Ecologist!
Four of my sketches have been published in the latest issue of the UK Magazine Resurgence and Ecologist. I’m so excited about this! Resurgence & Ecologist, which started publication 45 years ago, is one of the (or the) longest-running environmental magazine in Britain, It’s published bimonthly and covers an eclectic mix of ecology, social...
Ten days in sketching
In this period I’m focused on the climate, soil health, ecosystems and systemic thinking, and my sketches reflect just that. I spend my time learning about the connections between humans and nature and how, in practice, we can cooperate with living systems to improve environmental resilience and restore balance. I’m also interested in understanding...
Sketching at Bellevue’s Botanical Garden
Yesterday Scott and I visited Bellevue’s Botanical Garden. It’s a slightly wild and yet very urban park, with a small Japanese Garden. The plants were full of buds and there was a Spring smell everywhere, but spring was not quite there yet. It was a warm afternoon. I set my stool in front of...