sarah in nyc

When I took my first painting class in college my professor told me that when there was a piece that I liked I needed to make 5o of them so I could really understand what I was doing.   When I was in college I didn’t quite get the wisdom of that statement.  I am working on an invitation design. My clients are people of real taste and definite opinions. I love working with them.  It also helps that they are really delightful. So over the past few weeks I have been creating LOTS of variations on  the theme. We had been exchanging emails back and forth with some of these variations being sent as attachments. We had a few pow-wows  at services about how things were  going.   Last night we met in person. We talked back and forth and came up with a game plan. No, I’m not going to share the final design –yet. I really do enjoy the back and forth as each of us clarifies what we like or don’t like.  I love the partnership of worki...

Although I haven't written about it in a while, I have been working away on Noah's invitation, refining the design, based mostly on input from Noah's parents. These conversations have been lovely, far ranging in scope, all of these versions of the invitation with small variations are sharpening the final design in a really good way. It's taking Noah's mom a little while to realize that I actually like the input and don't feel at all criticised by it. Our discussion this morning, made me realize that I need a smaller square tipped nib. I do most of my calligraphy on fabric and not paper, so my supplies for doing calligraphy on paper are on thin side.I have a really large selection of paint brushes and only a small selection of nibs. Today, was one of those perfect New York fall days. it seemed like the perfect day to bring my husband to the High Line. I had been a few months ago with my sister. It was an atrociously hot and muggy day when we had gone but it...