My first attempt at drawing my window. I used markers and paint makers to layer color.

This felt like a very basic, straight forward place to start with this process.

I've never been a particularly strong drawer, this reminded me how out of practice I am.

This one was fun.

I am enjoying working on tree shapes and I think I'm getting better! I am really starting to enjoy this meditative time built into my day. Time has become so strange and irregular during quarentine.

It's nice to have a designated time to just sit and work on something with low expecations.

Today I decided to go with what I know and worked on this paper collage.

I kind of wonder why I didn't start with this material, since it is typically my favorite. I like how non-commital the paper is, I can cut, recut, discard and move around peices of the composition without leaving a permanent mark.

I will probably play more with paper in the future.

I've been daydreaming about this one for awhile. I knew I wanted to create a collage in which the tree starts creeping in through the window. Finally, tonight I got started late enough that I could capture some of the stillness of the night. Will definitely keep playing with tree branches coming in through the window.

This project is started to make me notice things in my space differently. I'll find myself looking out the window, contemplating how I would render the composition. I notice how the view changes when I stand up or slump down in my chair. Sometimes the sky fills most of my window frame, other times the massive tree outside dominates everything else. My windows have become frames for momentary compositions.

Clearly, I am enjoying playing with these tree branch shapes.

Despite the many attempts, I have yet to get anything close to the actual shapes of the trees. These "drawings" are moving away from actual representations to snap shots or a mood or moment.

Today, the sun was shining, the windows were open, and it felt like spring was wafting through the walls.

I got started late tonight! Not much to work with in terms of my view. I decided to roll with it and draw what I saw.

It certainly isn't my favorite drawing but it was a good exercise to work with what I could. The process of coloring in the window panes was also particularly meditative late at night.

One interesting element of this project has been trying to render different parts of the view outside. I always gravitate towards the branches as my focal point but this time I wanted to figure out how to depict the sky.

My partner and I collect security envelops we get in the mail. The patterns on the inside are all different and often very detailed. These offered an interesting medium for the cloudy gray sky today.

This one went in a really different direction. Honestly, I needed a mental break today and coloring these abstracted shapes was the most my brain could handle.

Drawing and coloring in these blobby shapes was really medatative and nice. It's important to remember how valuable the process of art making can be. Not just the outcome.

It's interesting to scroll through the past images and see how dramatic the shift to green has become. When I started this the overall view from my window was a mix of oranges, browns, and some greens. Now everything is green with very few exceptions. The world looks totally different from here now.

Now the rich greens seem to capture the backdrop rather than the mess of interlocking branches. I appreciate the opportunity to observe the landscape like this and tune into the subtle changes of each day.