In case you were wondering...

In case you were wondering...

This blog exists to encourage all those who have ever wanted--and needed!--a tiny getaway close to home. A workshop, playhouse, garden shed, sanctuary, mini-greenhouse, studio, home office; whatever it is you need, it IS doable, with some sacrifice, imagination, and compromise.

It helps if you're handy, too.

Monday, August 27, 2012

A tad overdue...

The shed is a great blind for birdwatching! I did these sketches back in February and meant to get them up sooner...been a BIT distracted...

This was the quick sketch, just the basic shapes of this goldfinch in winter attire...my favorite HB mechanical pencil works great for these sketches.

I decided a slightly more dynamic pose would be nice, so I waited till the bird turned its head and re-drew!

I added larger shapes first in color...

...and continued to develop the details.  I got out the goauche to add a few fine white feathers and the sparkle in his eye.

You can see it's been a while since I did him!  I meant to post the progression sooner...I see I added the finished piece shortly after I painted it!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Loving these links...

This one came from Shedworking, too, a delightful shepherd's hut builder in the UK...the interiors are so fresh and homey...

They're from the Plankbridge Hutmakers...check their gallery or watch the video!


OK, this one makes me giggle.  What are they LOOKING at??

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Rainy Sunday Part Two


And here's this morning's sketch of the rain-silvered garden, with a bit of the page from our friend Kevin Morgan's campaign kickoff page...

Rainy Sunday Part One




A peaceful Sunday...we weren't supposed to get rain or thunderstorms till afternoon, but here it was, at 9 in the morning.  It got dark as night; streetlights came on...we'd planned to go to a concert in the City, but it was too lovely curling up with coffee, our books, my journal and watercolors and staying right here, listening to the rain on the metal roof.

I hopped out to shoot these photos during a lull!


We've been working on the path between the house and the shed/studio, and just in time, looks like!  New steppingstones, and pond pebble mulch between them.  We'd originally used bark mulch, but it floated away every time it rained...as it did this morning. We were both pleased with the pebbles!  Now we need more...

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