No words, just a lot of sighing these days ...
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from Cowgirl's summer journal: "I was pushing the Tipping Tower."
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(I know today is Tuesday; I started this photo essay before leaving with Cowgirl for Chinese Heritage Camp and go figure, the morning I had planned to finish uploading our wireless went out. So here I am with tales of camp to tell but dipping into my Italian reveries. It's quite a contrast; tales of dim sum, dumpling lunches and counselor crushes coming soon.)
sigh, i can't wait to return to italy. love that first shot of cowgirl.
ReplyDeleteLOVE these images. sweet summer!
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ReplyDeleteso bee-yooo-tee-full.
i love the pic of you poring over your moleskine...
perfect, perfect.
xoxo
love it Lisa.. you know I am going to ask..what type of art pens are you using as you create in your journal..
ReplyDeleteskype soon... let me know
xo
Karen
Love all of this! Such fun:)
ReplyDeleteIn the above picture, I am using caran d'ache watercolor pencils and a watercolor brush/pen (The Best tool I have/love) along with Sakura pigma micron pens which I love to use for zen doodling/mandalas. I also had a tin of prismacolor colored pencils which I "generously" shared with my daughter for her journal pages. I only recently learned to take my brush (which is wet) and brush it over the tip of the watercolor pencil to activate the pigment and then paint. I get nice control of the color using this technique and it is not messy, so great for traveling!
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