I am a hoarder.

Because I love upcycling old stuff to art… that’s my excuse.

Now here is an old book which I did not read (I’m a bit sorry to the author!)

This book’s pages were easy to draw.

And luckily this book uses great quality paper to paint on.

It is strong enough to hold water color pencil with water .

Now! Let’s try a collage with crayon.

First, I made a messy crayon page.

What do I do now?

Cut a clover shape and look through the shaped cut paper.

Not sure what I can do with this. Maybe cut out the crayoned page to make collages.

And then, attach to a blank card.

Oh I like it! Let’s make more!

Done! For the message part, I used the PENCO embossing tape.

Now sealed and shipped!

Feels like spring is almost here.

So… let’s bring a sketch book and hike!

This is the entrance of Norris Reservation.
On the right side, there is a table and chairs beside a small creak .

We enjoyed sandwiches here along with water flow sounds.

Sandwich and coffee from the cafe.

After the picnic, walking around the reservation took us one hour.

My favorite spot is this old boat house.

This boat house has 2 windows and 1 balcony on the river. The view from these windows looks like a famous painting.

Since my husband just bought an iPad mini with Apple Pencil 2, we did quick sketching on the balcony.

This view turns into this sketch.

This is a map of Norris reservation.

No toilet, small parking lot (maybe 10 cars)

Hi! I am a member of Urban Sketchers Boston from 2012. But after I had kids, I became a ghost member. Maybe two times a year I am joining the meetup.

This time the sketching place was Time Out Market at Fenway. It is a big food court that used to a Best Buy.

Everybody was watching the menus filled with black and gray color.

I sketch this view using the iPad “Tayasui sketches” app.

Unfortunately my iPad had only 15% charge left… so I need to sketch super fast.

Here is the outcome printed out on paper.