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te pen over a previously painted page i wanted the woman to be dancing and twirling hopefully the twirling shows through the way i drew her hair and her legs the quote from victoria erickson seemed perfect to finish off the page posted by pedalpower at 3 28 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels acrylic paint art journal composition book journal location illinois usa monday may 01 2023 abc what do you see rolling along route 66 so much time has passed since i last posted that i hardly know were to start with updating so i think i will start with some things i ve been doing lately and then fill in some of the gaps later annette lafortune murray from tulsa oklahoma called me and asked me to illustrate a picture book for her after i read her wonderful manuscript of abc what do you see rolling along route 66 i knew i wanted to do this project with her annette had seen my blog and wanted to see what i would envision for her manuscript she liked the sample pages i created and we became a team annette liked my work with collage and travel journaling so we settled on illustrating the book with these things in mind it was a joy to create pages with the freedom to use mixed media here are some photos of the pages in progress after i was done creating the illustrations jeff and i traveled route 66 to tulsa to meet annette and her husband kevin in person annette had even arranged for us to film a trailer for the book that was a new experience for me in october annette came to pontiac for the mile of possibility conference we got to know each other better and i m so happy to have annette as a friend as well as a colleague she is a mom and a retired elementary school teacher and school librarian as well as a writer she has the background in teaching and instilling a love of reading in children which is a wonderful knowledge base for a picture book writer here we are in pontiac holding our book next to pontiac s famous route 66 shield mural the book is available in many shops along along route 66 including home again on route 66 and on amazon please purchase from a route 66 business if you can as it helps the small businesses that make route 66 the fun place that it is posted by pedalpower at 2 13 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday may 20 2020 in his own words i drew this several days ago and added lots of quotes from president trump since the virus came to the usa or at least since we ve known it s here i try to always listen to him whenever he speaks hard as it is with his rambling style because i can decide what i think instead of relying on a recap by the news as much as he complains about the press all of the press actually makes him sound more concise in their effort to distill the main points of his speech when i draw political or religious or social leaders i like to put their words around them rather than my opinion though on some pages when i m trying to sort something out i might journal in written form about what s going on in the news this is not a political blog but journaling is about recording life and politics is part of that for better and for worse so even if you don t agree with my take on something it s no matter do pages with your take that s what journaling is all about posted by pedalpower at 1 31 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art journal colored pencil covid19 ink journal moleskine pandemic prismacolor quote trump tuesday may 05 2020 yard work while sheltering a couple of days ago it rained all day then two days of sun and my lawn grew a foot usually i barely have time to mow my yard during the months the shop is open but now even with making masks i can take a break and mow and plant some little marigolds i picked up the reason we are all locked down is very serious but i think it s wise to try and notice and appreciate the way we are slowed down and what good things it adds as well as the losses i m trying to learn the lessons in all of it lately i ve been drawing from life more in the spirit of urban sketching but now i m kind of combining drawing from life and drawing from photos because i want to include myself in the drawing sometimes i find a photo reference like i found a picture of a woman mowing the lawn and as i was drawing her i made her more curvy like me gave her shaggy hair like mine and made the lawn mower look more like mine then i drew my yard around her me it s pretty much an experiment i guess i could take pictures of myself but that would be complicated and i d probably never do the drawing if i had to do all of that posted by pedalpower at 3 49 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art journal colored pencil coronavirus covid19 gardening moleskine prismacolor shelter in place monday may 04 2020 masks in my covid19 journal i have been spending a lot of time at my sewing machine making masks i stated out making them for my so s daughter who is a nurse and it s taken on a life of it s own since then today i ran out of elastic again but i have a spool that is supposed to arrive tomorrow so i can continue filling orders i drew this tonight from a photo i took of myself when i was trying one on and figuring out how to make them i tweaked it so it was comfortable and easy to breathe through the original pattern is free at https www craftpassion com but now i make them a little bit differently even though i still use her pattern and here is a gem by shel silverstein about a different kind of mask posted by pedalpower at 3 50 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art journal colored pencil coronavirus covid19 ink mask moleskine pandemic prismacolor monday april 06 2020 how soap works and ta da lists i did a little reading about soap we are washing our hands like crazy and i wanted to know if soap destroys the virus or just washes it away it destroys it i does not even have to be antibacterial soap either this is a virus not a bacteria these pages show how it works to tear the virus apart and how it makes it easy to wash the remains of the virus down the drain oh yeah you gotta love science ta da that s what we sing when we ve accomplished something sometimes it can feel like the days are just sliding by without our regular schedule a long time ago i started doing ta da lists this is not a to do list you add to a ta da list whenever you finish something during the day on bad days when i m sick or down i ll say ta da i took a shower and brushed my teeth very versatile stay well everyone stay home and don t forget to get some fresh air each day it s a mood lifter posted by pedalpower at 2 15 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels artjournal coronavirus covid19 moleskine science soap wash your hands saturday april 04 2020 pandemic times okie dokie well we are living quite a different life style these days aren t we no appointments no eating out no visiting in person no shopping except groceries no work for many of us obviously my souvenir shop is closed i m staying in place and hopefully helping to flatten that curve when the shelter in place was ordered by the governor my parents were visiting i was already spending most of my time alone at home or with jeff at his place before they came so we were not exposed to many people we really locked down when my parents got here i m not sure when my shop will open up this summer if at all since we would not want to encourage people to travel until it s safe so in the meantime i started drawing in a new journal all about this odd time in our lives here is a quick sketch of dad watching the news sorry dad i was tense about drawing again he s much more handsome in person dad has to go to dialysis each day so he is the only one who regularly sees other people watching the news and press briefings is an important part of the day things change quickly weird things are said more weird things are said that contradict the previous weirdness thank god for dr fauci and the other scientists who stick to facts as we know them with this new virus that they are researching on the fly one group i m in prompted us to do the view out the window these are the sliders in the kitchen greta loves to lay there and watch the squirrels my favorite position to watch movies and the ever important news coming out mom watching the news snuggled up in blankets while my parents were here this became a super important room i was cooking more jeff came over and cooked for us a couple of times we don t eat out seems safer to eat food prepared here i don t normally use clorox often but these days it s not even put away it reminds me to keep those counters clean jeff making dinner for us my friends and family all understand they should not expect any sketches to actually look like them i m not a portrait artist that s for sure he was deep frying fish caught by a friend last summer i should also draw my freezer i love that i have lots of meat in there and don t have to shop as much this is about the shortage of personal protective equipment my heart is breaking for our medical professionals and that they are having to work with out the proper equipment to stay safe and with out the equipment to treat patients either it s like soldiers going into battle with no guns or protective gear jeff s daughter is a nurse and many friends are in the medical profession this issue is a constant worry on a personal level one day i went to the store then went to the parking lot at the museum complex where my shop is i drew my favorite exhibit which is this 1966 school bus conversion that was built and owned by artist bob waldmire i stayed in my jeep while i drew that s good social distancing but there weren t many people out anyway most of the time it s rather eerie how few people are out but that s a good thing flatten that curve on nice days people are everywhere on foot and on bicycles and even a few motorcycles people are home so they are taking the time to ride bikes with the kids walk the dogs meeting neighbors at talking each person well over six feet from the next it seems we are apart but somehow also together more this is again my favorite spot jeff calls it my nest because i have knitting and books and something to drink nearby i drew this after my parents left i was a bit lonely and got teary when they left these days you never know when you might see someone again so far they are still allowing travel if necessary but we don t want to spread this virus or have anyone bring it here either if a loved one gets sick with covid 19 and needs to be hospitalized they will not allow you to visit your loved one in a hospital also greta who gets impatient with all this drawing going on la mex is one of my favorite restaurants in town most restaurants are still doing delivery and carryout not sure about la mex though i heard they boarded up for security because they are on the edge of town good thinking well that is it for now i still have a few more pages that need to be photographed but i will share them soon stay safe everyone stay home save lives seems odd but it s so true posted by pedalpower at 3 31 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art journal corona virus covid19 diary flatten the curve journal moleskine pandemic shelter in place pandemic times oh what a time we are having around the world these days i have been drawing up a storm while we are under a shelter in place order here in illinois i will also be listing some art for sale as my shop at the route 66 museum home again is closed until it is safe to reopen of course this is having an effect as i usually depend on the shop to help make ends meet i still want you to be able to buy my work and i can ship it to you this painting i painted up at the lake is available through the pontiac community art center i can process the sale though the center even though it is closed and ship this to your home you can see a post about it s creation here making art at the lake it is priced at 135 i will send it to you with the shipping free if you live in the united states if you are outside the usa i will cover part of the shipping up to 20 dollars with you covering the rest if you desire this painting please email me at harbincole gmail com we can process this using your credit card and i will carefully package it using gloves and a mask thank you for supporting my business all the time and a special thank you if you can purchase during this covid 19 crisis be well my friends this is a mixed media painting using acrylics and pastels posted by pedalpower at 11 14 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art for sale covid19sale mixed media wednesday october 23 2019 i m working on turning some doodles into stamps i m still a beginner at stamp carving but even crude carving has a certain charm to it at least think it does every little bit is a bit more practice posted by pedalpower at 10 10 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels day of the dead dia de los muertos stamps sugar skull i m daydreaming about an adventure i have coming up can you guess what it is i ll post about it soon doodling and daydreaming go together pretty darn well below the sketch are some pics from my decorations last year posted by pedalpower at 5 18 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels day of the dead dia de los muertos doodle sugar skull monday august 05 2019 last week i had the chance to get away to our little cottage in michigan i met my sister up there we d both brought some art projects and reading materials but we ended up concentrating on one book she d brought up and had been working from so we had our own little art retreat the book is expressive flower painting by lynn whipple she has a unique approach and i will show some pics but not all the steps you will need to buy or check out the book to get all the details here i m making the first layer there are many layers to the process and this may or may not show in the finished painting this is my inspiration photo i would never have picked something so complicated but her process is more about painting it the way you see it and your impression of it here are some more steps you are layering drawings and colors with soft pastels turning your canvas as you go i was seriously having trouble letting go and doing this i guess i m a control freak finally you pick one orientation and start painting in your darkest darks and then your flowers and your lightest lights different folks seem to all do this their own way i was trying not to get too literal as that is my usual hangup in this photo you 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