Debbi Friedman’s Blog

I’m finally getting back to work in my studio.  My younger son is off to camp for three weeks, and I’m recuperating from a minor surgical procedure yesterday on my right leg.  My mind finally feels freed up again.  I don’t think I realized how preoccupied I was with the surgery as it loomed in front of me – I’m so happy to have it behind me.  And since I can’t ice skate or exercise for at least one week,  I have plenty of time to catch up on all sorts of things in my studio!  I’ve already organized many details that I had let slide – completing a list of unframed and framed drawing sizes; deciding which competitions to enter for the remainder of 2009, those types of things.

Now I am playing with stones in my studio, and toying with the idea of doing a series of 10 drawings and trying to complete them this summer.  Working on the Canson Mi-tientes goes a little faster than the Strathmore Paper I usually use, so maybe this is possible?  I have all sorts of ideas about combining stones with other simple elements, much like the drawing I just completed – “Rocks and Egg in Vase”.  It’s an entirely different thing to see if it works.  But I like the idea and am going to try and run with it!

Happy Summer, and if you live in the Northeast, let’s hope the sun comes out soon.

Wow that was a long break, and believe me, I did not spend all of that time working on this drawing.  In fact, I have had very little work time lately, and none at all this past week.  This drawing is basically finished; and as always, I will probably go back and tweak some areas for a day or so.  I like the way it came out, especially the light filtering through the glass vase, and the colors.  It was also a lot of fun to switch back and forth between colored pencils and Derwent Graphitint pencils.  I may try doing a drawing with the Graphitints exclusively at some point in the future.

I have another idea for a drawing of rocks that I will have to play around with and see if I can make it work.  I saw such amazing rock cliffs and formations on my recent tour of the Desert Southwest, and I have a vision in my mind that may or may not work!

I came across this “Reflection of the Day” today in the Boston Globe and it really struck a chord with me and made me smile.

“Being in doubt is uncomfortable, but being certain is ridiculous”

-  Voltaire