Thursday, January 8, 2015

Brilliant exuberance!


Brilliant Exuberance
Black marker on Moleskine paper
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Barbara Muir © 2015
I worked all day today with wonderful women.
I painted one of these friends recently, and
today had a try at drawing my friend
Courtney.  She is helping me work on
web development, and while she questioned
me and worked I drew her.

Make that three tries.  Her joyous expression,
huge, gorgeous eyes, intelligent kindness and
humour are hard to define with a pen and
paper.  I came the closest by photographing
her and drawing the photo upside down.

Mike Dooley says to "expect miracles every
day."  I think the companion to that idea
is noticing them.  The two women who helped me
out today are miraculously fantastic.

Have a noticing-miracles day.

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4 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 9, 2015 at 4:38 AM

    i love the energetic, expressive and sure way that you sketch with marker. This is a lovely sketch of your friend and even though I dont know her, I feel you must have captured her energy in it.

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  2. jyothisethuJanuary 9, 2015 at 7:09 AM

    Love this work..
    congrats....

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  3. Barbara MuirJanuary 9, 2015 at 8:52 AM

    Hi Sally,

    Thank you so much. I wish I could capture her energy, which seems to be boundless. She is a lovely, bright, funny woman -- wonderful -- like you.

    XOXOXOXO Barbara

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  4. Barbara MuirJanuary 9, 2015 at 8:53 AM

    Hi jyothisethu,

    Thank you so much. I'm delighted that you like it.

    Take care,

    Barbara

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