micaelamarsden's sketchjournal

January 25 ancient Chanel #5

micaelamarsden — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:48:29 +0000

My mother gave me this Chanel in about 1973 or 74. As you can see, I use it sparingly, but it is getting down to the bottom of the bottle. It’s still one of my favorites. I recently went into a Macy’s, saw some for sale with a “tester” — it smells the same!

January 22, 23

micaelamarsden — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:42:23 +0000

More everyday objects…

January 16, 21

micaelamarsden — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:38 +0000

Hoover and Roosevelt

micaelamarsden — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:14:47 +0000

I grew up with these statues, which, for some reason, we always called Hoover and Roosevelt. They were carved by my uncle William, whom I never met as he went to war and didn’t return. These statues, 20″ to 27″ high, were carved from redwood burl from the Big Sur coast where they lived on 160 acres under/adjacent to what is now called Bixby Creek Bridge. They are quite dark now, you used to be able to see the rich red burl grain. Maybe he intended them to be the two presidents, or maybe my mother or my brother and I just named them that.

January daily sketches

micaelamarsden — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:23:16 +0000

Well, not quite daily, but close. Filling it out with 6 more. I especially like the one from yesterday, of small ceramic pieces by Betty Wall . Her pots were so much like her, warm, sweet, a little bit “crookedy”.

Jan 05 2012

micaelamarsden — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:02:56 +0000

There are a few evenings when I have hours to spend on art, but this was not one of them — I had a glass of wine, and enjoyed doing this little watercolor sketch. I had a bunch of fun earlier designing book covers for some musicians I happen to know!

January 4, 2012

micaelamarsden — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:28:26 +0000

January 3, 2012

micaelamarsden — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:05:30 +0000

January 2, 2012

micaelamarsden — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Sketch-a-day January 1, 2012

micaelamarsden — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:04:14 +0000