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Hello! I'm Heather Smith Jones, an artist living and working in Lawrence, Kansas. I work in mixed media on paper, painting, photography, and letterpress and recently taught in an arts-based preschool for fifteen years. At this journal I post news events or happenings. For regular posting please visit my Dailies page. Thanks for stopping by and having an interest in my work. 


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A lot of the time my sketchbook entries are separate within a spread because I like to look at the differences or similarities. Today though I “connected” them, partly because I had wet tempera left and I had a few more minutes to work.
A lot of the time my sketchbook entries are separate within a spread because I like to look at the differences or similarities. Today though I “connected” them, partly because I had wet tempera left and I had a few more minutes to work. Thanks for looking! _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #passioncolorjoy #lifeofanartist #womenwhopaint #artistmom #carveouttimeforart
A couple recent entries I enjoyed making. Graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache.
Thanks for looking!
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A couple recent entries I enjoyed making. Graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache. Thanks for looking! _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #passioncolorjoy #lifeofanartist #womenwhopaint #artistmom #carveouttimeforart
Around ten or eleven years back I made a series of watercolor paintings called, “Oceans and Wheat”. Maybe one or two of you might remember the series, who visited my (then) Etsy shop? Anyway, that series came to mind after the color medit
Around ten or eleven years back I made a series of watercolor paintings called, “Oceans and Wheat”. Maybe one or two of you might remember the series, who visited my (then) Etsy shop? Anyway, that series came to mind after the color meditation inspired by @lisasolomon that I painted and shared in my last post. So today’s entry is similar in feel, with rows or waves of dots. Thanks for looking! _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #passioncolorjoy #lifeofanartist #womenwhopaint #artistmom #carveouttimeforart
This morning I sat down to work in my sketchbook for a few minutes and @lisasolomon and her color meditations came to mind. This entry is inspired by her and she has a new book @a_field_guide_to_color releasing soon!
I felt such calm after painting t
This morning I sat down to work in my sketchbook for a few minutes and @lisasolomon and her color meditations came to mind. This entry is inspired by her and she has a new book @a_field_guide_to_color releasing soon! I felt such calm after painting this. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #passioncolorjoy #lifeofanartist #womenwhopaint #artistmom #carveouttimeforart
Two things: 1) I look at this entry and see a section that I want focus on further. 
2) I am starting to write again, for myself, notations of what I notice in the world, experienced on our morning walks. Elements of what I wrote yesterday influenced
Two things: 1) I look at this entry and see a section that I want focus on further. 2) I am starting to write again, for myself, notations of what I notice in the world, experienced on our morning walks. Elements of what I wrote yesterday influenced part of what I painted here, in an abstract way. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #passioncolorjoy #lifeofanartist #womenwhopaint #artistmom #carveouttimeforart


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April 01, 2013

It's spring and that means a new season begins at tend. Did you know tend is already two years old? This begins the third season! So to freshen things up a little I made a new banner for the site. I started by looking at photographs of veggies, fruits, rabbits, chicks and bees, some that I felt represented each of the ladies at tend. Then I made line drawings in pencil, then ink, and added watercolor. I combined them all into one drawing and scanned it so I could move them around on the computer to make the banner image. It was so fun! I'm happy with it.

Shari wrote the first post today sharing ways to preserve garlic, something I've never tried but am curious about. Also, please welcome Abby of Infusion Fibers to tend! She will be a wonderful asset to the team. Since I will not be posting there any more, I was happy to be able to make artwork for them. Thank you Amy, Shari, Abby, Natalie, and Julia for all you share with the gardening community!

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