Lately I’ve been thinking in threes. I’ve got triptychs on the brain. I decorated our sideboard for the holiday with three vignettes, and sketched them in little panels.
| I’d like to put three large vertical images above the living room couch too, but haven’t figured out exactly what yet. Something big and bold and bright, for sure. |  |
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We live in the Berkeley Hills not far from the area of the devastating 1991 Firestorm; fire is a big concern. On September 27th this year we were awoken at 3:00am by the crackling and whooshing of a fire. The fire was huge, embers were raining down on our house and yard, and we prepared to evacuate. Luckily the firemen did come and got the fire under control, no one was hurt, and only one house was destroyed. It was a scary experience, though.
I drew the sketch from memory a few hours later. The next day, I found this photo online; they are amazingly close, I think!
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We went down to L.A. last weekend for a friend’s wedding. I did this sketch in the airport waiting for our flight home; I think her head is too big!
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Welcome to my sketchblog! I’ve been trying to sketch more regularly and hope this will be a good motivator to keep me going.
A few years ago I published two issues of Trumpetvine Travels, a zine focused on sketching. It was a wonderful experience: I loved planning and creating the issues and I met many wonderful people as a result. However, the tasks of printing, binding, tracking, and shipping proved to be too much and I could not continue.
I do miss it though and hope to regain some of that magic on a smaller scale here, sharing sketches and some new articles as well.
And so, here we go, off on a new Trumpetvine adventure…
-martha
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