Saturday, June 11, 2022
Friday, June 10, 2022
Friday, May 20, 2022
Gong Fu Tea Service
I like having my morning tea gong fu style. The tray has a built-in catch basin for spilled water (you 'wash' and discard the first steep or two). The cup with lid is a gaiwan, used for brewing tea in multiple, small rounds. The pitcher is a cha hai, for holding tea after brewing so everyone served gets the same experience rather than one person getting stronger or weaker tea than someone else. Aaaaaand, tiny cup!
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Sunday, May 08, 2022
watercolor snacks box
Got my new watercolor snacks box - a book, a refillable palette with 12 colors, watercolors markers, pen, 3 brushes, and washi tape.
Which I promptly got messy.
And here's your closeup!
Monday, May 02, 2022
Julien Cruchandeau Hautes Cotes de Nuits 'Les Cabottes' 2019
Ooo, this is delicious! What a lovely red wine.
The vineyard is described as 'in transition' - "half of it is 60 years old; the other half a new plantation 6 years old. The two parts are fermented separately then assembled in to one cuvee. 2018 gave him lovely phenolic maturity, so he did a slow cold maceration. The result is enormous fruit and a wine accessible now. Beautiful Pinot Noir!"
No qualms about slapping that link up right here if you want to check it out: Hautes Cotes de Nuits - Les Cabottes - 2019.
Monday, April 04, 2022
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022
playing with pen and watercolor together
Decided to doodle with a pen and then watercolor it:
And then:
More experiments!
Saw someone use a cylindrical object to paint a circle for a landscape, so I tried something similar.
Then I flipped it over and tried working with a mix of those 2 watercolor crayons I have and regular watercolors.
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