Tickled Orange's Journal in Art and Photos

I made gnocchi for my husband's birthday dinner using this great recipe at 101 Cookbooks: How to Make Gnocchi like an Italian Grandmother Recipe



By this point, I was very tired of forming gnocchis, but dinner was delicious. Fresh pesto. yum!

Labels: food

We planned and afternoon project to make batman and joker figurines out of Sculpey clay. Unfortunately, possibly because my clay was old, all we accomplished was making this pile of clay crumble.

Labels: crafts

A couple photos of clouds that I captured on July 6, 2008.

Labels: nature, observations

I never imagined that hummingbirds were ever still, but I caught one. It's been visiting our garden frequently, and maybe I will get an even better photo.

Labels: birds, window

Mural on the drag.

Labels: art, observations

(colored pencils + photoshop)

Labels: art

We visited the Prada Marfa on our trip through west Texas last month as we drove from Marfa to El Paso. The permanent installation is actually in Valentine, TX, outside of Marfa. The building is all alone on Highway 90.

No one was around. I wouldn't have taken this photo from the middle of a highway otherwise.


Here's the store:




Luckily the glass is bullet-proof. "Dialogue Between Two Worlds."


Art begets art. The edge of the building has been decorated with notes, business cards, and other objects,


and many of the fence posts surrounding Prada Marfa bear old shoes.

Labels: art, Texas, travels

(July 10, 2008, colored pencils)





Art night fun for the Illustration Friday "Sour" theme.