Snow Cones Book Page

 a new book page today

pinecones and snow

getting in the christmas mood

begun with a drawing

zig millenium 05

archival pen

sepia colored pencil

 brown, light brown and black

shading darker under the petals of the cones

lighter toward the edges where the light would hit most

green, jade green, dark green on the pine needles

some light erasing on the text

page is old and fragile

and the eraser pulls a hole

repaired with tape on the back

 elmers glue on the ends of some of the cone petals

on top of the branches and needles

sprinkled with snow glitter and dusted off

a few dots here and ther in the background

 white acrylic paint atop some of the needles,

branches and on the tips of cone petals

dabbed on thickly

snow texture

text speaks of

standing before the fire

under the mistletoe and

surprised him with a kiss

library discard

battered copy of

Eight Cousins

full of pencil and crayon marks

being salvaged

one leaf at a time