Summer Skyscapitos

 

As was true last year, I made the fewest skyscapitos during the summer: I’m not awake early enough to catch sunrise, and by the time the sun goes down, I’m in the middle of a book, movie or some other evening pastime. Looking back at the few I made, though, I’m grateful that this summer’s skyscapitos include only two smoky ones.

A friend took part in the Inchies Challenge this year, sponsored by Mindful Art Studio. She made a series of watercolor paintings that were 2-inch squares. Delighted by the concept, I started thinking about how I might participate in the future – find or make a tiny sketchbook? Draw a grid of squares? Cut up a stack of small, square sheets of paper?

Then it occurred to me: Although rectangular, most of my skyscapitos are about 2 inches on the short side. (Fitting a landscape-format composition into a square would be a greater challenge than the size.) I guess I’m already doing a form of inchies!

This is the only skyscapito I have made while out 
taking a walk. Just as the sun was going down, the
moon was rising, eerily copper colored in the 
smoky sky.