Category: Housesitting
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
Art whispers to us, some times yells us, stretches us, helps us to grow, to see life differently and get to know ourselves more. Casting fresh light on the world around us and within us, Art helps us to feel comfortable in our own skin, with who we really are – and remember that we…
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
I love seeing the progress in John’s drawings each day. We only use an eraser as a highlighting tool, but he has not used an eraser for the past several drawings. If you want to master something, you have got to do it every day! When we start feeling bored with a technique, we know…
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Daily Cafe Doodles. Rolleston.
Each morning over coffee at a local cafe, I edit the manuscript for my novel and John draws. I love to see how his ability to draw in detail, with one type of pencil and without measurements (as we do for larger pieces of art) in two hours is improving daily.
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
Our last week housesitting in Rolleston, Christchurch, New Zealand. There is something about holding a drawing in your hands, something that is not felt when you see it on a screen. I look forward to when we will have our own gallery to share our art in the physical world.
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
Onyx is one of the cats we are looking after at this housesit. Unassuming, gentle, and at times smoochy, he clearly lets us know what he wants. The leaf is a practice run for a larger portrait John is working on.
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
We have been quickly reminded of what is involved moving on from one housesit to another. It may not seem like much when we have everything we need in our car, but it takes most of the day to prepare the house for the owners return and strategically pack our car. Even though we were…
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Daily Cafe Doodles.
Moving house today, completing one housesit and starting another just around the corner for three weeks. We will be caring for two beautiful cats. How cute is this? I love this doodle of John’s. He is also working on a portrait of an Orangutan.
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Morning Cafe Doodles.
The challenge in these is what can be drawn without measurements and within 1-2 hours. Preparing to move housesits on Wednesday. I enjoy cleaning and tidying the house and gardens in preparation for the owners return. It’s a nice way to say thank you for sharing their home with us.
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