Little Handmade Sketchbook

Click  to Enlarge Images  A one page black sketchbook. First layer had oils and cold wax varying shapes. Added layers with neocolor I wax crayons and large graphite stick. Abstracting the context of large areas in nature ex: sky land water with a grain of salt and imagination!

From Blog to Book

https://caroledanart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/VID-20260703-WA0001.mp4What a surprise! Lior, Mor and Amir my grandkids made me a book from my blog posts. What a project, I was dumbfounded, it was so emotional for me. There are images that I had completely forgotten about.  Each page with the year. Even a poem that I wrote!  What a thoughtful gift, something that […]

Hydroponics and new stuff

Click the thumbnails to enlarge Images My new hydroponic installation. Thanks to my granddaughter Lior and her fiance Koby. A vegetable garden just outside my door.  Eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, mangold, basil and celery. Left is about 1 week and R is 4 weeks. Tomatoes have taken over! Can’t wait to harvest, lots of mangold to […]

Nothing is Coming

Just Doesn’t Come I want to write a poemit just doesn’t come outThe coolish feel of the poolThe row of bright lavender plants along the border. The hooded crow that gingerly comes to take a drink.the gratitude that I am even in the waternot to be taken for granted! Click to Enlarge I feel that […]

Spider and Some Color Charts

Spider 4th time this morning!Looking up at the ceilingone lonely spider,we missed him/herwhen mopping the webs,has cleaned the ceiling fromall the creepy crawlies. Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge The poem came when lying on my back in my safe room. This is when I got the not so good idea to sleep at night […]

Transformation

Ode to my Bed Oh mattress soft and wide Oh sheets tightly tucked Oh the soft pillows My down blanket Oh Oh bed never again will you be taken for granted. Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge We all sometimes take for granted everyday things, like sleeping in our bed. After sleeping on camp mattresses […]