Contemplation

All the wonders you seek are within yourself. -Sir Thomas Browne;
Smile, and the world smiles with you. - Anon
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. - Anon
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

So today we have a pencil drawing ... just a plain ol' carbon graphite pencil and bristol paper (300 Wt; smooth surface). I like this model... never any complaints :-)

Carbon Pencil on Bristol Paper 11x14

Accept Truth

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. -George Sand

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What a splendid head, yet no brain. - Aesop

Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250 - Harper's Index,

Well you can tell that tax season is winding down now .. I'm getting back to drawing and painting.... just practicing on you-know-who :-)

Charcoal on smooth newsprint 7x10

Reality

Nothing will content him who is not content with a little. - Greek Proverb

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch. Jane Wagner

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. Garrison Keillor (1942 - )

Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else. Hob Broun

OK.. for today we have a quick sketch with the charcoal.

Charcoal on smooth newsprint 7x7

Spring is when you feel like whistling

One can get as much exultation in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think that one can get recklessly lost in a daisy. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Laughter can be more satisfying than honor; more precious than money; more heart-cleansing than prayer. - Harriet Rochlin

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson

If there comes a little thaw,
Still the air is chill and raw,
Here and there a patch of snow,
Dirtier than the ground below,
Dribbles down a marshy flood;
Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing,
"This is Spring." - Christopher Pearce Cranch, A Spring Growl


And so it goes ...
as I look out the window I see the wonderful sight of snow gently covering the ground
now I must go outside and snap a few pictures...
this may be our last chance to capture to beauty of the snow covering our valley
... but maybe not
don't you just love the snow?