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my art journal my art journal art journal any blank book i fill with my drawings pages home saturday november 4 2017 after a very long break i am back well if you can see this you know i have been gone for months and this is just a snippet of my life since i was last here i still draw at starbucks and barnes noble café most days of the week i am fully retired now so my days are spent drawing quilting volunteering i volunteer in my grand daughter s art class which is just an awesome experience for me i still draw for sktchy but not as regularly i had been doing and my latest adventure is working with a personal trainer in a gym just she and i to strengthen my body and learn and improve balance i ve had seven 45 minutes sessions over october and early november going twice a week and i love it there were moments early on when i asked myself what i was doing was i nuts but now i look forward to my sessions and i am starting to see improvements i m keeping a sketchbook just for these sessions to record my progress i m now lifting eight pounds and pulling 40 i draw in other public places as well since march i have completed five quilts for all five grandchildren and they all love them here are the two most recently gifted and this is the one below i am currently working on i m really happy that i ve gotten back into working with fabrics it feels so creative and yummy to the touch so i hope this finds you all well it took me a few minutes to remember how to even do a blog post really it s amazing what one can forget when they aren t doing it regularly take care and enjoy your creative lives thanks for stopping by i appreciate you comments should you feel like leaving any posted by lynn cohen at 8 18 pm 49 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels drawing quilting retired workouts friday august 4 2017 four more work weeks to full retirement in the meantime semi retirement continues i work parts of three days a week seeing clients in my counseling practice i love my work and i used to joke i d die in my chair but finally decided not to let that happen i hope it won t happen in the next four weeks i feel fine instead i ve been looking around to add to my already very arty life for new things to do i have a call into my grandkids age 12 art teacher at their school i want to volunteer in her class starting once a month and maybe more often it s a 45 minute drive from my home but it would include a day with grandkids probably taking them to their soccer games on the day s i am there and having dinner with them afterwards at my daughters home i also talked to a woman at the local knit shop in winters ca and she told me they meet on mondays to make quilts for charity that sounded like a good way to be with like minded people of course i will continue drawing at starbucks and barnes noble and my sktchy portraits at home speaking of which here s one for you a few sundays ago we went to sacramento ca to the theater i hadn t been in a very long time i have a very talented cousin named donald corren who lives and preforms in new york city and his show on the town came to our area so we went it was a fun musical and i drew these two young women who were also waiting in the on call area for their tickets before show time this gentleman was fun to draw on the sktchy app i m enjoying playing with my copic markers experimenting with different skin tones he let me know he was pleased with the results these women were at starbucks i m not sure what they are discussing but i am guessing they are all retired too as it was a work day or maybe not maybe just on a lunch break this next one was a very fun experience at starbucks this guy sat across from me while i was drawing people behind him he motioned with his head and eyes as if to day are you going to draw me next so i did he was very occupied on his cell phone and i doubt was much aware that he was actually being drawn but i showed it to him afterwards and he said he loved it he asked to take a photo of it but he wanted to know why his head looked like a potato i said it was just my wonky style he sent a copy to his daughter we had a nice conversation and he signed the drawing for me too meanwhile back at home on my sktchy app on my iphone this guys wife made him this hat and i was very pleased as was he at how well i could replicate it i loved her wonderfully fun smile here are some women talking about me as i draw them and another sktchy woman okay time to brag sktchy gives out picks and i have had a few this is my latest it feels very nice to have one s art chosen in this way it s the equivalent of finding a blue ribbon on your drawing at the art gallery or county fair i have started top sewing free motion style on the grandson s monster quilt my next door neighbor lent me one of her sewing machines that is a little larger than mine making the quilt easier to sew on at this stage i am so appreciative of her generosity the free motion sewing seems much more user friendly on her machine too here are more examples of what it s like to draw on a quilt which in turns quilts it i like finding photos to draw in sktchy that have interesting facial expressions i am sure you will agree with me that she fills that bill just perfectly today i drew all six of the young women sitting across from me at starbucks i am pretty sure they knew i was drawing them but none of them came to ask or check it out just as well as when they left it was still in black and white and didn t have the life color gives it yet on another note i am back to making vegan non dairy n ice cream that bowl full below on the book is what i ate today very creamy and very delicious i took a little from a few different recipes so if you want to try this at home you pop in a food processor or good blender the following 1 13 5 oz can of organic coconut milk put in the refrigerator the day before and then only use the solid creamy part 2 cups of frozen organic strawberries 1 frozen banana optional 3 4 teaspoons of organic maple syrup for sweetener i used 3 i could have used less as the fruit is already sweet to my taste 1 tbsp of nut butter also optional i added a handful of almonds and 2 squares of dark chocolate from a bar of ghirardelli raspberry chocolate i like a little chocolate and crunch in my n ice cream bon appetite have a wonderful week i am late in posting this week i had way more art i could have posted but i hope you enjoy the ones i chose for you have a very creative week and thanks for coming by i appreciate your comments as they inspire me to keep drawing four more weeks till i am fully retired oh did i already say that posted by lynn cohen at 10 14 pm 21 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels pending retirement quilting and n ice cream sktchy urban sketching monday july 24 2017 i m backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk i know i ve been away from my blog for about a month here are some sktchy folks i drew while not blogging i also draw my husband at barnes noble café and other folks there too and i still draw several mornings a week at starbucks i loaded these drawings a while ago a month ago but never posted them now i will i ve gotten busy in other areas of my life and blogging has definitely taken a back seat for one i have decided to retire from my 36 year career as a counselor ten years as a biofeedback counselor trainer and 26 years as a licensed marriage family therapist it s been a wonderful time in my life and the decision to stop has been an emotional one with lots of changing of my mind over the past two plus years but now i am sure and i will be saying good bye to a handful of clients about a dozen and emptying my office completely by september 1st at age 76 i want to devote 100 of my time to making art and playing it s time i ll continue to go to starbucks to draw i ve also made a return to quilting i am on 5 my eldest grandson has traveled extensively and brought home fabrics from many different countries he asked me if i could turn them into a quilt for him and that has become quite the project it s a large one so it is taking a slow paced but steady paced job i plan to continue working in fabric art again too i ll enjoy more time with my husband he s the one on the right and i ll continue to meet new people whereever i go i m excited to see what new adventures open up for me as i step through this door to this new part of my life in the meantime enjoy yours and your art making thanks for coming by to see mine happy paint party friday too posted by lynn cohen at 7 07 pm 43 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels daily drawings of folks in coffee cafes retirement plans sktchy portraits thursday june 1 2017 fifteen of my favorites from this week i found some neon markers at the thrift store and went crazy over using the yellow one glad there were a lot of blonds out this week where i was drawing and they each had their story to tell yes i am these ladies below were more in the grey haired realm as am i so i stuck to water soluble woody stabilo crayons and water brush perhaps some tom bow markers as well my online friend darlene campbell challenged me to get more creative from my imagination so i added lines actually one line was a mistake which i used to create more lines like water and added fish from my imagination the people were in this pose on the sktchy app see what i mean by there are no mistakes in art more drawing at starbucks something my husband might say and more sktchy folks and more opportunities to use that yellow neon marker again and again they were all of 99 cents for three i like when little things can bring me so much joy and three more sktchy people begging to be drawn i love this nightly ritual of drawing portraits from photos people post there i m very pleased with all of these now it s time to wish you a creative week ahead and to thank you for dropping by and letting me know what you think of all this drawing may happiness and good health rain down upon you posted by lynn cohen at 9 00 pm 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels neon makrers sktchy portraits urban drawing at starbucks older posts home subscribe to comments atom subscribe to my art journal posts atom posts all comments atom all comments popular posts chop suey at taco jalisco s on tuesday last i took drawing pad and lunch money to taco jalisco s where tattoo man was having lunch with big hat guy the whole enchalada i drew this on labor day as my husband sat in his chair do all men have a their chair and read a book about bears he lik tuesday at jalisco s coming in out of the rain for paint party friday and doodle for artist s play room a pouring buckets rainy day brought fewer customers into j s on tuesday giving me an uninterrupted view of my favorite couple who come t blog archive blog archive 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january 30 december 27 november 30 october 34 september 23 august 18 july 22 june 15 may 15 april 21 march 20 february 31 january 28 december 37 november 47 october 58 september 40 august 13 about lynn cohen i started my blog formerly called getting my feet wet in 2007 then i was posting mainly art quilts and photos of family happenings in more recent years i started drawing and in 2014 became a regular student in sketchbook skool my art has grown expeditiously since then now you will be following along my day to day happenings as i chronicle them in art journals with ink colored pencils watercolor and most recently copic markers which are alcohol based and blend really well i hope you enjoy the journey with me my art journal where i draw nearly daily you are invited to follow along book published 2013 on sale at blurb bookstore how i overcame my fear of drawing in public click on book cover to preview and order your copy now published in vacaville magazine see article at www vacamag com paper paint pencils pens a blog i share with ann hyde in the uk a blog for all to draw to a new theme every two weeks click on photo to get button for your blog and access to paper paint pencils pens link to life drawings by lynn up dated nov 2015 click on photo which will take you to the life drawing page sold at art show 2014 the girl with pink hair at tacos jalisco published and sold bag lady 2012 published in seth apters book the pulse of mixed media and sold to joss in london published lynn is one of the 100 artists published in seth apter s new book publication date march 2012 prized painting the class of 2011 two second place prizes vacaville juried art show and dixon may fair 2011 sketchbook skool click to find your way to an awesome experience translate in loving memory uncle harry gluskin and aunt miriam gluskin remembering patty 1940 2013 patty and i were best friends for 73 years i loved playing with her as a little girl living across the street from each other and i loved playing with her as adult women neither of us had a sense of direction and we had fun getting lost in nearby towns and laughing trying to find the car that we may have walked by who knows how many times i miss that laughter and that friendship patty was also my best art critic she loved everything i did and had pieces of it hanging in every room of her home thank you patty copyright all text art photography is the property of lynn please do not copy without permission from lynn thank you for your honesty and respect total pageviews sunday sketchers where i post and visit on sundays friday paint party lynn cohen thanks for not copying anything published here simple theme powered by blogger