Paradise: Fiction Friday

Posted on April 24, 2015 by treshabarger

Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Paradise

“Commune with nature,” they said. “See polar bears walk by,” they said. “Your very own cabin,” they said. “A veritable Arctic Circle paradise,” they said. She signed up, wanting to be away from everything and everyone.

No one had said anything about summer snow storms. She could barely see the next domed cabin.

She was grateful for the heating that worked, the fully-stocked kitchenette, and the electric blanket. In the bookcase, she found the complete works of Agatha Christie, PD James, and Ruth Rendell. Maybe paradise is white, cold, and isolated, she thought, reaching for Murder on the Orient Express.
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The Artist’s Handbook

Posted on October 27, 2014 by treshabarger

Here’s how to use The Artist’s Handbook by Ralph Mayer.

First I sketched the bottom book by itself, then added the top book.

The Artist’s Handbook by Ralph Mayer

The Artist’s Handbook, sketched

Books as models

I was amazed at how may ways I had to measure — and readjust — my sketch.

Sketched books, an exercise in perspective

In The Queue

Posted on September 13, 2014 by treshabarger

The newest Louise Penny book, The Long Way Home, arrived at the Austin Public Library. I’ve put a hold on it. I’m number 95 in the queue. I’ll be waiting a long time for The Long Way Home.