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Happy Friday + Randomness

December 11, 2015

mysterious-apparatus

Happy Friday! Thank you so much for all the comments from my last post!! I’m overwhelmed by the kindness! Slowly, slowly I’m decompressing after months of chasing deadlines. The upside is that the holidays are going to be a piece of cake – I’ve vowed to really (really!!) keep it simple this year and I’m not ashamed to admit that most people are receiving gift cards. Even kids. Maybe next year I’ll wow you all with an array of handmade presents, but not this year. Now that the Advent Calendar is in full swing (it’s sweet how K puts the flowers in a vase each day) I feel that my elf duties are done. Incidentally, the glitter washi didn’t hold up the flowers all that well, and we kept finding them strewn about the floor, so I had to re-tape them all with not-so-glamorous painters tape. Oh well.

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I’m not sure what the illustration is up there — I’ve been doing this funny thing lately: I take my art supplies with me to coffee shops and paint for a little while. I was sketching the top portion of a coffee grinder at one of the cafés, and then thought of gramophones, and added a few hearts. I like it.

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Have a cozy weekend, all! I’m making my holiday list, checking it off, and reading some books for the sheer pleasure of it. Can’t wait.

Are you making things
for this holiday season?
If yes, then good luck!

 

Filed in: gouache, illustration, life, watercolor • by sanae • 2 Comments

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  1. gretaclark

    December 11, 2015 at 5:52 am

    I like your painting. It reminds me of a an old time Victrola playing sweet music. That is a good state of mind–hearing sweet music. That is my interpretation anyway.

    Reply
    • sanae

      December 13, 2015 at 7:26 pm

      I love that interpretation, thank you Greta!!

      Reply

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