My seasons are spent completely opposite.  Winter is when I am mostly outside gathering ideas and I spend almost all of my summer days inside, working.  Along with another set of Simple365 b&w photos of my everyday life, today I am sharing a few in-process photos of  this book I made as my husband's birthday present.  Included is the photo of the redwoods that inspired it.  I have another Outside the Lines art supply review of my favorite brush pen for you today as well.

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I had to take a break from post writing for much longer than I had anticipated.   Need of a change of air took me to Yellowstone for a few days, and then to the Eastern Sierra mountains.  Back at home, I have been painting and binding books with new inspirations from recent travels, as well as making tiny arts in my old bullet journal.  I also have another art supply experiment to share today. So here we go.

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Last week I was feeling a bit under the weather.  I was too drowsy to read or do anything else.  I spent the scant waking hours drawing in my sketchbook.  It had only a couple of pages left in it.   I started this book in May 2017 and I did the last drawing last week in April 2025 .   I also drew the name on the cover.  That in turn gave me an idea.  This year, I plan to explore my purchased-but-untouched art supplies in depth and share my findings here.  Outside the Lines seems like a perfect name for that series.  This time I am sharing my findings on Faber Castell's Pitt Brush Pens alongside a look inside my finished sketchbook.

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