Drawing Challenge : Blossom

Hello My Lovely Blossoms! Spring here means more snowstorms which means fickle internet. The sun has come out! So, here you go. enjoy and don't forget to smell the roses at all these lovely participants!
                              elisabeth ,patrice,ariane,citalli,woolf,rachel,fru mju,jasmin,hanna 
                                            any others? please let me know!

               
                                                               BLOSSOM
                                              
                                                                       elsa beskow

 

                                                                    jean jacques grandville

A little of me and a little of others...this week, i'm clearly enchanted by the wee folk who live in blossoms.
And don't forget my Blossom, coming up on 2 years old next month!

xo milady

Intruiged

sigh

 abededaire by francois huotin

 dish design for Hermes

dioscorides ancient greek medical illlustrations

                     ink!

hermes window display Paris

my sketchbook and beloved ink pot

 yves taralon & francois huotin in francois' atelier


Nadine, this is for you! I was intrigued too so I went on a little google adventure and found that the alphabet
was created by this wonderful man : Francois Huotin, a not so vintage frenchman. I was sure the image was from the 1800's if not earlier.  fascinating! Then, I read on to learn that he was a trained landscpape architect ( a career path I was once on)  who mostly creates fantastical garden designs in old world etched perfection.  yum!  Then, I realized that he is the artist of some beautiful dishware by Hermes I've been lusting over!  And to top it off? The picture of his atelier I had saved as my dream studio inspiration is his!  God! i love that. :) when it all clicks! ...and that was an intended pun! :)
ink, parchment, France and twisted tree limbs...a sweet stirring in my soul today.
dreaming of blossoms,

xo milady

Drawing Challenge: Letter

I have internet again. sort of. machinery took a hit from the latest wet spring snow storm

But, alas! here is my post for saturday's challenge hosted by the Belgian Beauty, Nadine.

An S  because it is so fun to draw

SMR my initials and logo

an inky alphabet

and an unknown duo of inky lettered loveliness

This week's theme is BLOSSOM

hosted by moi.

xo milady

Drawing Challenge : Bird

Wonder of Birds
Spring is upon us
Rejoice!
Elisabeth is hosting this week. I wonder how Spring is in Sweden?
someday i'll get there. someday.
most favorite bird movie ever
xo milady

Computer is in hospice

so sad, but not really. it means i will finally be upgrading and going back to Mac! i'm conserving her strength.
so afraid if i turn it on it'll crash and i'll lose all my files!
at least i can check email and post boring messages like this one on my daughter's macbook.
i know, that's not ok.
she has one and i don't

kids

xo milady

Coincidence, NO?

oscar wilde

milady productions

Anonymous Works is a really fun way to find odd, beautiful things. Quick, easy, like Tumblr.
I am sooooo busy its nuts! Good busy though. Lots of exciting projects in the works, things I can't
share with you yet - but I hope the wait will be worth it!
Color Crew, my kid/public art project, is gearing up for a lantern parade in April. Commissions in the studio, changes for Milady Productions and just good green spring vibes in the valley! Saw our first new neighbor yesterday, a tiny ,wobbly black calf. :) Oh, and i'm looking for a orphaned goatie.  hee hee

Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde    must get

xo milady

Drawing Challenge #4 Whisper

whisper

inspiration on my window sill

Yes, I hear you.
So soft  your whisper
Leading me still
Into the Mystery
of which we are

thank you Jasmin, our lovely hostess this week.

xo milady

What I LOVE about the digital age

the google art project
keeping city girls gone to the lambs like me connected. :)
xo milady

Pikabootcamp!

Hey all, doesn't this sound fun?! My friend Amy over at Pikaland has evolved her art loving blog into a mothership of inspiration and community. She has teamed with Jamie Shelman, the wonderful creator of inky kitties, and launched Pikabootcamp - an online course aimed at spurring, nudging, directing and refining us artists who stare at the big world of cyber-business like deer in the headlights.
Check it out.
I'm gonna sign up one of these days soon.

When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb

Check back later...i'm behind!

Patchwork...my brain!  Birthday Parties, shopping, driving,  cleaning OH MY!...
Check back later for my patchwork drawing challenge.
Can't wait to see all of yours :)

xo milady