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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Studio (Garage) Sale

If my studio is in the barn... is it a Yard Sale or a Barn Sale... or a Garage Sale...? Or Studio Sale?

No matter - I have a lot of stuff to clear out!
I had to move out of my big studio in Concord so I have a packed storage unit, a packed garage, a packed mudroom... I have a lot of stuff! On top of that, I have a lot of other changes happening in my life and I need to make room quickly and clear out my house.

If you are in the area this weekend, please come to my

Studio Garage Sale!
Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30
10am-2pm (no early birds!)
on Kearsarge Mtn. Road in Warner, NH

I have quite a bit from the Concord Studio (most is in the storage unit) - art supplies, books, displays, etc. I'll put some photos here too and I'll also list them in the Facebook Yard Sale Groups. There's also quite a bit from all over the house - toys, kitchen stuff (cookie cutters!) and furniture.Here's a little bit of what I've got:

Large, sturdy (heavy) conference table, with folding legs.


 Movie theatre chairs from the old Cinema 93 that I had mounted to a wooden base.


A mini printing press


Two mini-fridges -- a cube, and an under-counter fridge.


Lots of yellow shopping bags -- some with handles and some flat. Many different sizes.


An antique school desk and chair. I always meant to refinish these - the desk would make an adorable bedside table...


 Fabric covered office chair.


Fold out tumbling (exercise) mat.


Unfinished furniture (I used to paint a lot of furniture) - kids' table and chair, and little rocking chair.


Very cool giant birdcage on wheels. (fits a small child or large bird nicely)



Fiskars push-mower (great exercise... the faster you push, the better it cuts!)


Over-sized Alphabet block (storage chest) from Think Big in NYC.


Antique, child-sized, roll top desk (rolling top has been removed)


Hand-painted kitchen table (I carved and stamped the little teapots too!) I think it's about 3 feet diameter.

Big Bucket of miscellaneous rubber stamps. I also have tons of unmounted stamps, and wood pieces available.

Two big bins full of super-cool, antique cameras - Brownie cameras, Polaroids... They are really amazing but some (with leather parts) are more than a little stinky. It breaks my heart.


Lots of art supplies... like these drawers (included) full of metal foils, embossing tools and texture plates.

My beloved Beseler 23CII darkroom enlarger. My daughter asked me what it was and I had to explain what "film" was!!?? I still think that darkroom photography is one of the last forms of True Magic! Watching the image appear from Nothing is amazing!


 A bad pic, but this is a gorgeous, antique, bow front china cabinet - curved glass. (There are three wooden shelves).

Corrugated, folding pedestals with styrofoam and wood tops. Light-weight, but sturdy. Great for a show.

I don't really want to part with this house display, but if I'm offered enough money...
It's one of a kind! The Roof holds rows of journals, books, sketchpads... on the front is an open door to a cozy rugged area. On the back are windows, and the rest of the house is painted with chalkboard paint for drawing on. It is currently disassembled for storage and moving.


There are still two remaining tall bookshelves. These are designed to show the books with their covers facing out (children's books!) They are still in the storage unit, but we can get them out.



This is the best "portable" crib! It's German, I think, and wooden. Very sturdy, has wheels, and it folds down for storage.


 I'm still pulling things from the house, so there will be plenty more! Come and visit us this weekend! And bring lots of cash. ;-)

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Oh Carousel!

I spent the last five nights staying up very very very late! I binge watched three tv series and built my Lego birthday present!

Night One (Drop Dead Diva):

the infrastructure

ticket booth


Night Two (Drop Dead Diva):

the platforms and stairs


Night Three (The Good Place):

the poles for canopy

the mechanical infrastructure for the canopy


Night Four (Sisters):

the creatures and kids - elephant, flamingo, swan boat...

... frog and tiger


Night Five (The Good Place and Sisters):

the canopy, fancy details, and Gramma with camera

Finished!



Building Legos makes me very happy. Very tired, yes, but very happy.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Hi. I'm Sandy. And I'm a Pessimist.

I don't actually think that's true. I think a Pessimist is someone who always assumes everything will go wrong.

I assume things will be fine... and then... they always go wrong.

At the very least, that's an Optimistic-Pessimist, right?


The Optimist says: "Hey, I finally drew a comic! Yeah!"

The Optimistic-Pessimist is saying: "Hello? Can anyone hear me? There must be someone who can help!?"

The Pessimist: "I'm cracking. These aren't the Cracks-That-Let-In-The-Light. These are the ones where parts of you fall off."

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Queen Bee!

This was easily one of the most fun Birthdays I've ever had.

Birthdays are a huge deal to me - I like to celebrate that I am still here.

We had planned to take a trip down South this week - but the Hurricanes - "Florence", out in the real world, and "Sandy", inside my head - made us reconsider.

After a few days of puttering, and recharging, I started to feel a little better and got this crazy thought, "I want a party!"

My Guy said, "Sure! A party - I'll get food."

My Mom said, "A party for whom?"

Me me me ME!


Today started with a giant note on my door and a Birthday [pan]Cake with kisses. yum yum.

I got to do anything I wanted all day! (That's never happened before).  So I had a really long walk which included an adventure into a forest on the far side of the river, and lots of mysterious comings and goings in my house.

Lots of food, including a chocolate fountain...
Many hours later, when the House Elves were cleaning up, I heard Laurie ask Bill, as she struggled to clean the cursed fountain,
"I wonder if people actually use these things more than once?"


I'm not telling what I wished for. ;-)


I got folks to write and draw in my "Holiday Book". This is a tradition I started just before my daughter was born and it's kind of amazing to look back and remember events, and non-events.




Caden served as Art Director for Debbee - who documented the event:


 Pretty accurate...



And finally... here are some of the Photo Opp pics (thanks Laurie for the background!). There were Mimosas involved (thanks Christine!)





I know I don't always write about the Good Stuff that happens. This was Good Stuff. And I want to thank everyone who sent me Happy Birthday Wishes on Facebook and elsewhere! Thank you for making it such a lovely day - a little bit of calm and happiness in the crazy-storm that keeps raging around here.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Graphic Medicine Sketch-notes

I finally got all my sketch-notes from the Graphic Medicine conference scanned and assembled into a pdf. Yah! I even put it onto my Bumblebat shop on Etsy - so go ahead and buy a copy (It's only $3.50).  Download it, print it out - and get some good ideas and inspiration.


If you'd like to see the pages I drew as well as some from the other sketch-noters, they are published on the Graphic Medicine page on the Center for Cartoon Studies website.

More about the Graphic Medicine Conference can be found HERE.

And my previous blog posts are:

Graphic Medicine Conference - Day 1

Graphic Medicine Conference - Day 3
Sketch of a Sketch-note

If you'd like to hire me to sketch at your conference - I'd LOVE to help you out. I can also work from video or turn your TEDtalk into a lovely page of images and info.

Monday, September 10, 2018

The Tarot-Concert-Poster

This was a really cool project I finished in August - but I promised to wait to post anything about it...

My client, Naomi, had seen the piece I had done for Emily Clement, the Life Coach -


- and she wanted to know if I could create a poster as a gift for her husband to celebrate their anniversary. She explained that they had been together for years before they finally got married. Their wedding had a music concert theme and was called "The At Last Tour".

I asked her to send me a list of things they liked, images, etc. And I did a lot of research into concert posters, but found very few that had more than one central figure, and nothing that felt very "wedding-ish". A Stevie Nicks poster got me thinking about record covers - and then an interesting Tori Amos cover with an art nouveau style, put the idea of tarot cards in my mind.


Naomi was really excited by that idea as she loves tarot and told me that her husband would be "The Hierophant" and she would be "The High Priestess".

I started sketching out the poster based on the classic tarot images, combining them into side-by-side images.


I designed the concert title and integrated the sports teams into the border. This is the quick sketch to show Naomi my idea:


The final pencil sketch had a row at the top and bottom with mini album covers for their favorite bands, as well as other passions (like their grandkids). Favorite hobbies, travel destinations and beverages were hidden throughout the image. I also connected the two tarot images by having Naomi and Alan both holding the scepter (with a G-clef on top!)


Once Naomi had approved the sketch and I had made a few requested changes - I inked the design at full-size (11'x17"):


Since this was meant as a gift, I painted the original piece with gouache (opaque watercolors), touched up the ink lines, and scanned the art as well.

Here is the final tarot concert poster!


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