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I'm Laura Murphy Frankstone, an artist living in North Carolina, traveling the world, sketching what I see in the process.
Interests: exploring different mediums and techniques, pushing myself to know more, do more and then telling the story as i go., i'm passionate about drawing and painting, i like working in series, making travel sketches
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Oh, man, Roz, you are always so invigorating and inspiring! I love the idea of making art from an alter ego... I may have to do this for a while starting this fall, after my painting show is over and while I'm helping out with my daughter's new baby (to be born in September, God willing.)
I have a couple other ideas for keeping my painting/drawing self active during those months of limited work time... it's actually exciting to think about and plan for!
Roz, you're a real force of nature. Thank you for sharing your work and your ideas so generously. Your support, too ;D.
Commented Apr 17, 2013 on Another Peek into Roz's 2013 Fake Journal—A Dog Portrait of Course! at Roz Wound Up
Another Peek into Roz's 2013 Fake Journal—A Dog Portrait of Course!
Above: Page spread in my 2013 fake journal, April 2, 2013. Read about this image and see detail photos from the process in the post. Click on the image to view an enlargement. Yesterday on the Official International Fake Journal Blog I posted a bird-related page spread peek into my 2013 fake ...
The Wandering Sketcher... c'est moi!
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Laurelines
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Journal as palate/palette cleanser
I use my journal for lots of things, one of which is as a sort of palate cleanser. Before or after a long session in my painting studio, I can grab my Stillman & Birn 8 1/2" x 11" Alpha... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2013 at Laurelines
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Sketching Austin, Texas
I had just two full days and pieces of another two on my visit to my daughter this past week. I fell in love with Austin's houses this trip. I know of no other place that has the number and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2013 at Laurelines
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Just gorgeous, Roz.
Commented Mar 8, 2013 on Yummy, Yummy Gouache—Use Some this Weekend at Roz Wound Up
Yummy, Yummy Gouache—Use Some this Weekend
Above: Pentel Pocket Brush Pen Sketch partially covered with gouache. On Stonehenge paper, cream. Page 8.5 x 11 inches. Click on the image to view an enlargement. It's Friday, and I'm still bossy, but no Project Friday today, just a suggestion that you break out the gouache and paint with it ...
Don't worry about putting my name in... I'm going to buy a copy! I'm very happy for you and feel a sense of small gratification that I was one of your early featured artist/interviewees and then became a loyal reader! Many congratulations!
Commented Mar 2, 2013 on My New Book Came in the Mail! (+ A Giveaway!!) at The Artful Parent
My New Book Came in the Mail! (+ A Giveaway!!)
Look! It's my book! The Artful Parent: Simple Ways to Fill Your Family's Life with Art & Creativity. My copies just came in the mail and I got to hold and look through an actual paper copy for the very first time. Super exciting! In fact, here's a bit about the day it came (Wednesday): Recipe ...
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Posted Mar 2, 2013 at Laurelines
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February color!
Posted Feb 12, 2013 at Laurelines
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You like so many things and that is the thing I like most about YOU! An enthusiast with a brain and talent = Roz.
Commented Feb 5, 2013 on Still More on Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Paper in Sheets at Roz Wound Up
Still More on Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Paper in Sheets
Above: Sketches of faces using a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and Schmincke gouache in the journal I made with Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Paper. (The journal is approx. 7 x 9-3/8 inches). There is a tab down the center of the gutter of this spread where I pre-cut out a page. I do this in se...
Don't ask how I got to this particular page... you know, I was just following you along winding paths ;D. What a terrific spread. Such gutsy work, so compelling.
Commented Feb 5, 2013 on Still More on Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Paper in Sheets at Roz Wound Up
Still More on Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Paper in Sheets
Above: Sketches of faces using a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and Schmincke gouache in the journal I made with Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Paper. (The journal is approx. 7 x 9-3/8 inches). There is a tab down the center of the gutter of this spread where I pre-cut out a page. I do this in se...
Bringing the far North closer
When my beautiful daughter Cecelia won a scholarship to live and go to high school in Germany at age 16 for a WHOLE YEAR (!!!) I missed her so desperately that I started painting paintings of her at all stages... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2013 at Laurelines
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To Florida and back in 36 hours
I have long wanted to see Richard Thompson perform, and preferably, perform solo. Who knew when he'd be nearish to my part of the world again? As it turns out, he'll be HERE on March 30th! Oops. But I didn't... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2013 at Laurelines
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January! We're new again!
Because my birthday coincides with the new year, I'm always ready to get clear of the past and start again, with hope and gusto! And so, here we are, starting again. My primary goal for the year is to get... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Laurelines
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2012 was important... and busy!
Posted Dec 31, 2012 at Laurelines
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Vancouver BC sketches
Last week, we took a lightning-quick trip to Vancouver to use up some airline credits we had and to see that beautiful city and region we'd long wanted to see. It was quite rainy, it being late November/early December and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2012 at Laurelines
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Introspection
It's been an in-drawing month, a time for introspection and reflection. I'm still here, though, and I'll be back more visibly soon. Norway from a moving ship, December 2009. All in calmness--- the earth with half-closed eyes moves toward winter... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Laurelines
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Iceland: last sketches
Much of what I made in Iceland were sketches designed to prime the pump in my painting studio once I returned... more private, more shorthand and oblique than my usual ones. But here are some that fall more into my... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2012 at Laurelines
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Iceland: made it and back!
It was definitely touch and go, but we made it! And we loved it! We did almost crash our car in a sudden snowstorm, but, well, here I am, wiser than before about the power of that dramatic landscape. You... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2012 at Laurelines
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Iceland, interrupted.
I was on my way. I'd left my home airport and was at JFK, waiting to board my flight for Iceland. But wait, my passport.... it was gone. GONE. VERY gone. I, a most meticulous and frequent traveler, obsessive about... Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2012 at Laurelines
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Heading for Iceland again!
Reblogged Sep 24, 2012 at Laurelines
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Sketches of sketchers sketching at the sketchers show.
At the Urban Sketchers show, that is, at the Ackland Museum of Art store. I, along with Amanda Hughes, Director of External Affairs at the Ackland Museum, gave a little talk yesterday about sketching to a group of 12-15 people,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2012 at Laurelines
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Urban Sketchers Group Show at the Ackland Museum of Art store, Chapel Hill, NC
Many of you know I'm an Urban Sketcher correspondent. For the last few months, I've helped organize and mount the first ever group show of this international organization. I have posted about it on Facebook and on the Urban Sketchers'... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2012 at Laurelines
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Sketching at Crook's Corner, again
Posted Aug 21, 2012 at Laurelines
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Loosening-up drawings
Posted Aug 10, 2012 at Laurelines
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Italy sketchbook, part two
Someone recently asked me for my advice about travel sketching tools and paraphernalia. I've been asked lots before... and I had answers. But I'm in such a muddle now over what to take where, I can't even give myself advice!... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2012 at Laurelines
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