Oh this is so fun, Janie! What a beautiful surprise for the next reader.

HI Janet:

Oh I’m so glad that you see the stitch applications. I feel it translates so well that way. And it’s inspiring to hear that you are translating your what if’s too. I’ll have to reflect on how I can amplify that more too! Happy creating! xo

HI Nancy: Wow that sounds like a big undertaking. You may well get other ideas as soon as I give my suggestion, so listen internally for that as you read…what occurs to me given my practice is to work on really small bits of paper – inchies – and explore bricks in lots of different ways – draw from live, make them more geometric and stylized, make them more loose and simple – this way you have space to experiment before doing a big “serious” drawing. I hope this helps! xo

I recently completed a rather difficult piece containing bricks for buildings and stone streets. It was a disaster for both. It occurred to me that slow drawing would be great for those techniques. Even mini drawings would work. The problem is doing it myself I just do it wrong. No sense perpetuating an error. Any advice on how to do these?

Hi Karen: Oh you are the sweetest. I’m so happy that this work is really working on you. xo I would venture an invitation – what if you went back to some of the slow drawings and did more of the same and used those as your experimentation? It may be that there’s a special purpose for that original group, and this honors that. It might also be that there are only so many of them, and so they feel a bit too precious for that reason – making more helps you have room to experiment and push the boundaries more. You’ll know if this is right for you or not. Happy creating!

Ohh that’s so exciting to hear, Jan. And don’t stop there – take out your journal and make a list of other ideas – who knows where it will take you!xo