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Queen Anne’s Lace and Chickory – Sketchbook Ink and Watercolor

July 11, 2022 :: by Linda Jo Martin

I sketched this at home, in a sketchbook. I used a carbon ink pen to sketch then filled in with Winsor & Newton watercolors from a travel kit I used to have, before the fire.

Queen Anne's Lace and Chickory, by Linda Jo Martin

Queen Anne’s Lace and Chicory – this is what was growing in my front yard in August 2020. I had just moved into an old mobile home on 1/2 acre in my remote mountain community as of January 22, 2020. I lived there eight months. By August the “lawn” had turned into weeds, and there were a lot of flowers just like these growing up and in and among all the other things growing out there.

I’m glad I memorialized these plants with this sketchbook page because about a month later a forest fire started six miles up the creek. It was a very windy day and tragedy ensued. Wind-swept flames turned into a conflagration that quickly moved through the canyon, destroying over 200 homes. When I evacuated I had a home. By the following morning I was informed that my home was one of the casualties.

Since then I’ve been living in various places. At first I slept in my van, and then the Red Cross provided a nice hotel room for two months. After that I was back in my van for a month until the local tribe of Native Americans loaned me a 30′ travel trailer. I’m still living in that trailer. I spent over a year in a local RV park but now I’m back on my land and all utilities have been restored, and of course the fire debris has been removed.

What’s missing? Oh . . . an art studio. That’s what I miss. However it is July and looking outside I see, what else, but a fresh crop of Queen Anne’s Lace and Chickory. Plenty of it. More sketchbook opportunities. This is a beautiful wildflower place.

I’m still settling in again and am creating a small garden area. I have so much more to do on that! I’m considering options for where I’ll be creating art in the future. I would love to have another art studio.

I hope you’re having a lovely day and that flowers are blooming for you!

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Hi! I'm Linda Jo Martin, an artist in training. Formerly I was a xhtml/css web designer. This used to be my webdesign business site. Since I retired I've preserved the old articles about webdesign business issues but transformed the site for my adventures in creativity. This includes art, writing, and whatever else comes up in the creativity sector of life. I also review books. I'll review art books here, but my main site for book reviews is Linda Book Lady.

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