I'm still getting used to living in Alaska. We went through the biggest earthquake that I have ever been through. It was a 7.1 magnitude, that woke us up during the night with quite a shake. Fortunately we didn't have any damage, just shaken nerves.
My family and I are still looking for a house here and trying to sell our Michigan home. I'm hoping that the new house has some space that I can set aside for my studio space. I'm really looking forward to sewing again and being able to unpack my things.
At least in this dry period I'm gathering inspiration from the natural world and all the gorgeous scenes outside my door. We took a drive from here to Anchorage last weekend. We have to drive through mountains to get there and I took a lot of pictures. We drove part of the time during the sunrise, so I captured some really gorgeous scenery. I'll share some of those later in this post.
I finished a new page in my art journal this morning. I was playing around with Tombow markers and water, drawing some simple flowers. Just for fun I added some iridescent medium through a stencil. I love adding layers to my pages and making the layers shimmery is just a bonus.
My family and I are still looking for a house here and trying to sell our Michigan home. I'm hoping that the new house has some space that I can set aside for my studio space. I'm really looking forward to sewing again and being able to unpack my things.
At least in this dry period I'm gathering inspiration from the natural world and all the gorgeous scenes outside my door. We took a drive from here to Anchorage last weekend. We have to drive through mountains to get there and I took a lot of pictures. We drove part of the time during the sunrise, so I captured some really gorgeous scenery. I'll share some of those later in this post.
I finished a new page in my art journal this morning. I was playing around with Tombow markers and water, drawing some simple flowers. Just for fun I added some iridescent medium through a stencil. I love adding layers to my pages and making the layers shimmery is just a bonus.
Drawing and Tombow markers as watercolor
Stenciled layer with iridescent medium
This was the sunrise in the morning after the earthquake.
The clouds being colored by the sunrise.
Alpenglow on the mountain.
Moon set over the mountains south of Anchorage during the sunrise.
Mountains and Cook Inlet south of Anchorage.
That has been my life recently. How are things going with you?
Have a great week,
Janelle
Have a great week,
Janelle
