Secret Moon Art

Mossy Cave Observatory , a pencil drawing by Jude Cowell…all rights reserved ©JudeCowellArt

  Here’s my first photo taken with the Kindle Fire photo app of an older drawing of mine, Faye & Toni , which is displayed on a wall at the moment (which is why the image is slanted and rather odd looking.) Colored pencil on white paper isn’t my usual mode as you may know for I tend to prefer the depth of colored pencil on black paper. Still, the ladies do seem quite happy, don’t they? (Or can you tell with those blubbery lips?)  Now this drawing and several others on white paper were perpetrated between 1995 and 1999 and are too large to fit in a home scanner bed. The size of this image is 18” H by 24” W so you see what I mean: no scanning, no publishing in my online galleries. But since I have the Kindle photo app to play with, perhaps I’ll show  you photo-app’d facsimiles of my larger never-before-published drawings from the late 90s and beyond. In fact, it may be fun for me and somewhat surprising for you. Oh, and if you’re experienced using a similar ...

Updat DEc 11, 2021: my apologies! Half the content of this post has been deleted by yours truly because Zazzle no longer supports the widget. But hopefully, the widget below with my drawing Hidden Garden , a-pillowed , will tarry here a while longer! Jude And Hidden Garden has gone cushy pillowy, too, as you see! Hidden Garden throw pillow by cowelljude See other pillows .

Though I've been so-o-o busy typing up the Oct-Nov-Dec 2012 issue of Stars Over Washington Monthly, today I took a break long enough to create a wooden keepsake box with one of my cosmic designs on top, Saturn Rising . So what do you think? It should be good for Capricorns like me for hiding away a few secret items, right? Saturn Rising keepsake box by cowelljude Browse other keepsake boxes Update 9.28.12: the 2nd issue of Stars Over Washington Monthly is now available for subscription and will be electronically delivered to your Inbox on the evening of Saturday September 29, 2012, if you so desire. This issue (Oct-Nov-Dec 2012) is offered at a Special Holiday Price of $15US (regularly $18) and addresses the October debates, Election Day 2012 (including our traditional First Vote at midnight in Dixville Notch, NH), the Solar and Lunar Eclipses of November, Winter Solstice 2012, and the closing of 2012 by the light of a Full Moon on December 28 (horoscope shown,...

Good News! This Memorial Day weekend I am pleased to discover Wantful which now carries the creativity of excellent artists and artisans such as Amy Zerner. Amy and husband Monte Farber are the creators of The Enchanted Tarot , the only deck I ever use!

In the North Georgia Foothills May 19-20, 2012: Art and Lit Lovers Join In! by Jude Cowell If you're out and about in the Canton, Georgia area the weekend of May 19-20, 2012, the Canton Festival of the Arts will provide you and your family with lots of creative inspiration and activities galore. The Festival includes 50 Fine Arts vendors, a Literary Festival complete with writer's workshop hosted by award-winning Georgia author Terry Kay ( To Dance with the White Dog ), plus, a Serenity Garden (how cool!) with demonstrations on green and sustainable living, and interactive, hands-on art activities for children of all ages. So for May 19-20, it's sustainable greenery, a serene mountain setting with Garden, a famous author teaching a writing workshop, plus, a variety of Fine Art suitable for viewing and/or purchasing--what a wonderful weekend is promised at the Canton Festival of the Arts for you, yours, and mine! Now here's one of my children's drawings...

Pattillo Armadillo pillow by cowelljude Browse Pattilloarmadillopillow American MoJo Pillows Well, here's Beautimus Pillows ' second offering now available in my Zazzle Art Shop: little Pattillo Armadillo! Now this pillow may be perfect for decorating a kid's room, yes? ;p