HeyJaredStumbling Toward Genius
Watercolor artist and bon vivant reviving her creative practice in Denver, Paris and Lisbon. Food and floral illustration with an eye toward love and beauty.
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Unpacking (opens the original)
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I didn’t buy much, I thought. Then I unpacked from a month in Europe. When I gathered all my purchases together, I was shocked. So much stuff! No wonder I needed to jettison some things at the end to meet the weight requirements at the airport. Most of these are objects I buy every time I go to Europe. Beauty products, salt, books, cards, glasses, candles.But there are also a few surprises.I am not a big shopper1, but these things I buy when traveli
My illustrations from Japan (opens the original)
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I had lots of ideas for how to wrap up this series. But I ran out of time for a deep, written dive. As I write this, I am packing for Paris and my thoughts are all pointed in that direction.Looking at my art board, I see 12 illustrations from Japan. Some of them I adore. There feels like so much more to process about my trip to Japan, and I am excited to plan my next visit there.In a way this series of writing and illustration was a practice run for an experience I am planning for Paris
Nibblies (opens the original)
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A note on the writing. This summer, my project in Write ON has been to find a way to write more creatively for this series. To not slip into ‘travel writing’. To not get didactic. My hope is to share the wonder and joy and creativity in these experiences and how I translated them to my sketchbook and art inspired by Japan. In my reflective writing recently, I realized I could write haibun. This is a kind of prose that accompanies haiku. Both Japanese forms seek to set a sensory mood with concret
Tokyo classic crunch (opens the original)
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Tokyo rice cracker shop. Festival1 in the streets, surging masses of people, shrines carried aloft by teams.Which crackers do I want? Gigia chooses fast so I feel pressure. I want to look at everything, know what each shape means, what each flavor will be.The cutest ones - tiny, colorful balls. Mimic the pattern of my kitchen backsplash2. Peanuts inside.I choose some round, fl
Japan Sketchbook Tour (opens the original)
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Doing a video tour of a sketchbook means it’s done done and ready for the archives. Lots of little blue post it to-dos that are going undone. I am fine with that. Not mentioned in the video: I usually draw on site and paint later. Painting on the train is a great place to get a lot of color in. I also spend time in cafes where it’s a lovely break to sit with a cuppa and fill in some stuff in my sketchbook. I used photos to remember specifics and to write in details. The four lexicons a
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