October in my loft studio

Hello and welcome to my October blog.  Hope you are staying well.

It takes determination and a bit of hopefulness to keep working on a series of paintings, with no real idea of when those paintings can be shown in an exhibit. Exhibits have been postponed but I continue to feel very inspired by my current series of paintings, "Of the Garden".  For me, drawing and painting is my work, my passion and luckily I'm able to do that work in my loft studio.

In these photos you can see the brand new artwork that I'm beginning.  This started when I saw a scrub jay nest out in our hedge.  It's amazing that birds are able to weave these nests that look like baskets, with soft materials on the inside where the babies will hatch and grow.

I can see that they used branches from the oak trees and borrowed some horse hair for the inside part.

Of course it's not nesting season at the moment, but every time I walk by that hedge I can hear the jays rustling around in the hedge and talking to each other.

Inspired by the nest, I started to build my idea for this artwork.  I used ferns from my pink gravel garden as well as the milkweed plant. I will continue to add elements until I am satisfied with my design.

In the picture with my drawing, you can see my brainstorming sketches on the pad of paper propped up in the back, on my somewhat cluttery work surface. Only somewhat, because I have my table organized in order to easily be able to grab whatever brush, pencil or pen I need.

Thanks for stopping in to read my blog!

See you here next month.

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bye!

Lisa Skyheart Marshall