the old switcheroo!

so, i know you've all probably been grumbling to yourself, "GIVE ME THE DAILIES I WANT THE DAILIES" but unfortunately, i don't have them for you yet. they are stuck in the blue pencil stage right now because, for the end of the pre-college program i decided to take my gentle obsession with making/writing love notes (which littered our office by the end of the program, doodled on post-its, scrap paper, and even a toilet paper roll fashioned into a tiny owl speaking words of love & adoration) and make hand-lettered thank yous for my incredible staff members (slash friends).

below is a sampling of some of them which i present as a peace offering and also proof that i am in fact not a big fat slacker. i hope they liked getting them as much as i liked making them.

the dailies will be coming, i promise. i am hoping to sneak this week's in before i head to the beach for some legit vacation-time like a real-live grown-up (without internet or a scanner).
have a great (rest of) your week, everyone!

OMG WOW NEW dailies 2011: 1/01-1/08.

so here it is: the slightly less time-consuming/first-year teacher-friendly version of the dailies for 2011. hopefully the visual-journal-esque part of the project that is so therapeutic and meditative (and possibly appealing to you, dear readers?) will still come through in this new form. it definitely fits in my schedule better than the 2010 dailies did, and perhaps as time goes on and i become a better slash more time-effective teacher (see sunday, january 2nd), i will be able to further develop the best sketch of the week into a more finished composition digitally (with color! and other things!). for now, here's what we have:

 (saturday, january 1st)

 (sunday, january 2nd)

  (monday, january 3rd)

  (tuesday, january 4th)

 

  (wednesday, january 5th)

   (thursday, january 6th)

  (friday, january 7th)

  (saturday, january 8th)

for the record, on wednesday,  i really did wear pants to work FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL YEAR and on saturday, we played "mustache television" where you stick a mustache (ours was made of duct tape so it was like a sweet shiny future 'stache) to the tv and wait for it to line up with somebody's face. believe me this is way more awesome than it seems. 

see? narrative! fun! right? please let me know what you think about the 2011 game plan, and have a great week,  everybody.

dailies 6/8-6/14.

dailies week two wahoo! this will be a quick one because i am very sleepy, even though it is very early. fun fact: the last pattern-y drawing was loosely inspired by staring into the middle distance at my bookshelf, and the first hand-lettering one is me lamenting and/or punishing myself for getting my car towed. because i am a genius.

thank you ladies and gentlemen goodnight!