p e n c h a n t http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant notes from an author/illustrator (troy howell) Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:21:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en “Top Hat” http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2290 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2290#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:02:23 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2290

pastel on museum board

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2290 two things http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2277 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2277#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 02:31:01 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2277 one: to repel flies while working in the garden, tie lemon balm in your hair or rub it into your skin. I do this frequently, because I don’t like commercial sprays, and the buzzing and biting of flies is annoying

two: when creating a work of art, capture the essence of the idea or the subject, then stop—in this case, the greenery in the hair. to continue on to complete the face would have been fine, but it also would have changed the focus. once the art becomes more developed, it’s easy to forget the original inspiration. if I had gone on to create a full painting, I would have put the lower portion of the face in shadow

this is a visual journal sketch, drawn quickly because the garden was calling
ballpoint pen & acrylic on paper

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2277 cover art http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2269 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2269#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 16:06:53 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2269

“Athena and Odysseus” For Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne

acrylic with oil wash on rag board

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2269 the misstep http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2265 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2265#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:27:37 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2265 walked beneath the half-moon night

half in shadow, half in light

Orion raised his spear at me

suspended in eternity

trampled on a daffodil

in the dark side, in the chill

bent to touch the fragments tossed

feeling for the life I’d lost

here was simple tenderness

gone

one step, unseen, amiss

-

© 2010 by troy howell

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2265 “Cloudy” http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2257 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2257#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:28:27 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2257

pastel on museum board

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2257 to do to day http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2246 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2246#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:44:20 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2246 empty pencil sharpener

scrape palette

stretch canvas

adjust skylight-

unlock trunk

catch dreams—

feed dragon

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2246 ALL THE NEWS UNFIT TO PRINT / 8th edition http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2236 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2236#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:22:50 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2236 Déja vu: The Sequel hits bestseller list again

Bed poses as double

U-turn lane declares, “My turn”

FOR SALE: Persian rug complete w/ Persian cat (one-piece set)

Spotlight sees floaters

Senator denies denying denial

Slinky signs StairMaster endorsement

Elephant walkathon issues “Dung happens” stickers

Junior Potato Head peels with laughter

Literary news: Hamlet fails Q and A test

Archives: Elvis donates foot-long sideburns to charity auction

And the Good News Award goes to: Chicken gets to other side, safely

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2236 The first composers of spring http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2221 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2221#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:09:36 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2221 It’s midnight, and down in the hollows come songs from the mud.

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2221 The reason for my absence http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2177 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2177#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:38:01 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2177

The blizzard of 2010. Fallen trees, havoc on the roads, extensive power outages. We hunkered down, feeding the wood stove, which was our only source of heat, until the sun returned. See the photos, here. The last snowfall of this magnitude in the DC area was over a 100 years ago.

]]> http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?feed=rss2&p=2177 ALL THE NEWS UNFIT TO PRINT http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2112 http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2112#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:13:15 +0000 troyhowe http://troyhowellstudio.com/penchant/?p=2112 Post-holiday blues edition

Landscape painter snowed under

Small change wants money back

Macy’s manikin freezes from gawking crowd

For sale: resolution, good as new

Icicle mistaken for Washington Monument, thousands line up

Tea cart upset over display of tarts

Times Square renamed Times Rhombus

Tambourine shivers from hypothermia

Mistletoe charges overhead fee for flirts

Elephant sneezes during Nutcracker performance

Mrs. Potato Head bakes in tanning bed until “russet”

Literary news: Scrooge wants refund on failed security system

Archives: Warhol canvases city for soup cans

And the Good News Award goes to: Bell jingles all the way

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