After more than 25 years with the studio arts program of The Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC, making quilts and presenting classes in technique and design for quiltmakers, I set up my new studio in Colorado with paper and pencils and  time to draw.

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My daily practice began in January 2019. Habits are made with repetition. I drew apples mornings, first thing in the studio. I watched a tutorial by Will Kemp. Every time. They took less than 30 minutes. Later, after apples, I took  more time with the dailies, sometimes returning to the same one in the afternoon. Some became weeklies. It's a practice. Thinking this way takes the pressure off. No expectations. Though I did keep Paul's quote on my desk.

 

Drawings in the video are graphite (color with polychromos) on watercolor paper and are 6x6in.