Food I Prepared for the Retreat (with Recipe Links)
What would you feed 14 people for three dinners and two lunches?
Polly Castor
PSME Plein Air Retreat Day 3 (2023)
Our plein air retreat culminated in a joyous sharing as we discussed each others’ paintings on our last afternoon together.
PSME Plein Air Retreat Day 2 (2023)
Fellowship continues be outstanding; I’m so grateful to have been amongst these women.
I’m in a Small Show in the Offices at the Maine Capital
This was a lovely opportunity that doesn’t come along often.
Getting Rid of Bland Denials of Truth
Be alert to any preoccupation with any limiting belief or any thought not based on goodness.
Polly Answers Your Questions (# 4 )
Questions about what to put in art shows, what pigments are archival, and why such a multi category blog?
Einkorn Snickerdoodles (Recipe)
Way better than a regular snickerdoodle, these are wholesomely delicious; a perfect weekday cookie.
Contour and Gesture (Sketchbook Ideas #8)
Try contour and gesture drawing with me and read my insights on the process.
Overcoming Difficulties (Quote from Samuel Greenwood)
Without one’s consent, nothing outside of his own thoughts can prevent his prosperity or bar his progress.
Spring at New Pond Farm (2023 Photos)
Check out my photos here from a long spring ramble around New Pond Farm.
Watch Your Mouth (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Scuttlebutt (watercolor) by Polly Castor Watch Your Mouth Loquaciousness, talkativeness, garrulous gossip, long-windedness, voluble verbosity, motormouthed verbal diarrhea, prattling, babbling, pleonasm, prate, jabber, chew the fat, confabulate, small talk… avoid all this. Draw a boundary between useful, interesting, constructive conversation, and indulging in the rehearsal of error, the thoughtless dissection of others, the analyzing of … Read more
Recent Black and White Photos
I love the emphasis on contrast and the compositional focus that taking photographs in black and white encourages. Removing color highlights textures and comparisons between textures as well. The shadow play of light and dark is also fun, let alone fascinating to contemplate metaphorically. Each of these photographs is a study in these things. We … Read more