For a few years now, I’ve been following Gabrielle on Instagram. Among other things, she does these wonderful whimsical paintings of small homes.
By Vasco Gargalo, a Portuguese cartoonist, born in 1977 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
These hand-tinted drawings are in an old Bureau of Fisheries (Dept of Commerce, USA) book titled Fishes of Alaska, published in 1907 that I acquired years ago.
In order: Red Rockfish, Red Salmon, (breeding male), Red Salmon (breeding female), Dolly Varden Trout. There are a total of 20 such drawings in the book.
I have just discovered the magnification functions of my iPhone 11 Pro Max. How about this for a flower’s invitation to honeybees? Beauty leads to nectar.
Roger Warren just sent this, along with this description of his studio on an island in British Columbia:
Lloyd… The studio was put together from scrounged everything, total investment under $300 that was mostly for floor ply. Size is 8 × 12.
Something you have never mentioned in any of your books (I have them all): Any building should be designed around multiples of 4. This fits in with standard construction lumber; i.e.: If you build 10 × 10, you (have to) cut off 2 ft. of floor ply.
I also designed and built the house, shown in my website.
www.rogeronsaltspring.com/gallery-iii
I also have the same tools you do.
Cheers Lloyd,
–Roger
Yesterday I read in the paper that sales of children’s books are booming, due to schools being closed. This brought to mind our one and only children’s book, Wonderful Houses Around the World, by photographer Yoshio Komatsu and artist Akira Nishiyama.
There are 10 photographs by Yoshio of homes in different parts of the world. All the homes are built of natural materials — earth, wood, thatch, sod, bamboo, and stone.
Each photo is followed by a watercolor drawing of the inside of that home, showing the children and their parents going about their everyday activities: food gathering and processing, cooking, sleeping, working and playing.
The book is timely in this day and age: it shows what people do in their homes. Timely also because it’s great educational material for kids being home-schooled: look at what what kids your age are doing in other parts of the planet.
Yoshio is my favorite photographer of homes in the world. Not only are the homes invariably soulful, but his composition and lighting are perfect — and he has a knack for making people feel comfortable, so that the homeowners look natural, often laughing.
The book is $12.95 and you can order it through your independent bookstore, or from:
Note: We have a money-back guarantee on all of our books (no matter where you buy them). If for any reason you are dissatisfied, call us and we’ll return the full purchase price plus shipping. No need to return the book.
Lesley’s latest weaving. The wool for the blue blanket is acid-died. The wool for the shawls in the cabinet is alpaca, some acid-died, some colored with natural dyes such as cochineal, indigo, and black walnut. www.lesleycreed.com/new-page
Shot in May, 2016
Milt (don’t even know his last name) stopped by here last year and showed us his drawings from travels in Baja. I think they’re really good. Here’s a link (scroll down to get to Baja):
www.wanderthewest.com/
Another link to Milt’s other travels: www.wanderthewest.com/
