Tag Archives: Nancy Gruskin

Color, Please!

I think we’re all feeling a bit color-starved in the Green Mountain state these days.

Glass & Scissors

Hidden Scissors     ©2018 Elizabeth Fram, 11 x 8.5 inches, Ink and Colored Pencil on Paper,

What a cold, dark, and damp month this has been!
I know there are bright crocuses and leafing trees somewhere, but winter has yet to release its grasp on our Vermont hill.

XTA

XTA     ©2018 Elizabeth Fram, 8.5 x 11 inches, Ink and Colored Pencil on Paper

Gratefully, art supplies bring a touch of the sorely missed brightness within reach.

Art & Antiques

Art & Antiques     ©2018 Elizabeth Fram, 8.5 x 11 inches, Ink and Colored Pencil on Paper

I am back to exploring the patterns and distortions that appear when looking through a glass of water. These sketches are my pretend garden of shape and color, a stand-in to tend while waiting for the real thing.

Glass and Spoon

Stir    ©2018 Elizabeth Fram, 8.5 x 11 inches, Ink and Colored Pencil on Paper

A lot of New England artists seem to be turning up the color while waiting for spring to arrive.
Help yourself to a dose of their medicine.

It was such a pleasure to spend a couple of hours in the company of bright young artists this past week during our stitching workshop. They were an eager and happy group, diving in with needles in hand, cheerily socializing while they worked.  I was impressed that the majority had previous sewing experience, and so pleased that gender wasn’t a factor.

 

Cyclops

Cyclops

Rose

Rose

Profile

Profile

What made me happiest was that several commented on how relaxing they found the work, and that they were definitely planning to keep on stitching!