I decided to join a swap on ATCards.com in which we are to make 3 cards and restrict ourselves to using the colors black, tan plus one other. This is my first effort. I drew it while looking at a picture of my uncle Jene, who was a WWII navy fighter pilot who died when his plane crashed after taking off the ship. He was my father’s twin brother and my brother Jene is named after him. It was fun to work on black drawing paper because it forced me to think in the opposite way I am used to thinking about the use of light and dark spaces on the page.

 Uncle Jene


I also did a couple more small landscape series, which may be viewed by following this link:

http://pics.livejournal.com/sutospeak/gallery/0003xyeg

So far in this past week, I have finished 21 pieces, which is more than I usually do. Some of them I like and some of them I think are rather putrid; but, it feels good to be pumping the creative well.  This week is the commencement of the traveling journal round robin on Paper Traders. So, for the next year, I should be facing some new challenges on the artistic front. There are 12 participants and we have a month with each journal before we have to ship it on to the next person. It is one thing to work on a piece of my own as I can trash it if I want to do so. It is another matter to work in something that belongs to another person. Hopefully it will be more fun than stressful.  I guess I will find out soon enough.