Illustration Friday:Tail

 This week's topic at Illustration Friday is TAIL. It was not hard to decide what to draw. As we are a cat family I have my long tailed models available whenever I feel like sketching. And here I come with an overload of cat illustrations and sketches in different media and styles. I hope you enjoy them.

 

Illustration Friday:Secret

She has the keys, she knows the secret.

Halloween

Some pictures from that exciting day. The two BFF's dressed like The Little Red Kitty Hood and The Zombie Bride could not wait to hit the neighborhood. They joined a big group of friends from school and had the time of their lives. She came home with a basket full of candy. She was generous enough to share it with us and especially her brother who outgrew his trick -or-treating age loooong, looong ago .The cat tried to help with sorting the candy, too.

Walking the dog

I am posting this for no reason while waiting for my girlie to come back home from trick-or-treating. Mixed media and collage.

Spooky times

I do not care for Halloween too much but my daughter is obsessed with it. So she was the main driving force behind this year's Halloween decorating process .
 I am so proud of my pumpkins. They grew up in my little garden. This year the experiment was successful!!! I started the pumpkin plants on a window sill in March. In  May when I planted them outside they were already strong and healthy plants and no slugs could damage them. I was so happy watching them grow the whole summer. I could not believe how much joy and satisfaction a couple of plants could bring. I am so doing it again next summer.

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A busy Saturday fallowing the schedule of a young budding actress. The weather unpredictable: warm sunshine changed to cold and cloudy skies with a nasty wind and rain. Then sunny again with unexpected double rainbow. Till I get the camera the second one disappeared. A visit to the craft fair and getting ready for the 4 o'clock show. Stuffed peppers and apple crisp for supper. Delicious!!!
Then enjoying the last show with the actors relaxed, creative and very funny! They had fun on stage , we had fun watching them! A bouquet of white and pink roses for my talented Cat! They did a great job, my girl and her talented friends!

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Just stopped by to say Hello. I feel a little bit under the weather. Could be because of the cold weather or because of some problems at work. The trees are pretty in their fall outfits but it is cloudy and windy outside. No fun. I am going to cook something worm and comforting for supper. Like country style chicken stew with potatoes and lots of vegetables. I am posting this overload of watercolor sketches because I bought a small box of watercolors for my daughter from Hobby Lobby two weeks ago. The brand was Yarka ,made in Russia and of course I had to try them.

Illustration Friday:Underwater

I was wondering if I should post the first one or not because it is not my cup of tea. Not my style at all.I was just experimenting with this kind of doodling and I was surprised how much fun I had.I felt liberated. The second one was completed straight with the brush.

Trip to Minnesota Zoo

I should have posted these pictures much earlier but well,the excuse is the same boring one: lack of time. We visited the Minnesota Zoo about two weeks ago, my family and a friend of my kid's. And believe me not only the kids had a blast! My husband and I had a wonderful time, too!The Minnesota Zoo is an amazing place to spend a whole day of your weekend at. They had all kinds of local and exotic animals from all over the world. I could not get enough of the tropical fish and their amazing colors but my all time favorite were the Russian  brown Grisly bears from the region of Kamchatka. They were so entertaining we had hard time leaving their aria. Every time we were about to leave they would come out with another trick and we would go back to watch them. I am going to post more pictures of the bears in another post. I promise!

Illustration Friday:Onomatopoeia

This week's topic: Onomatopoeia. It apparently means imitating sounds in written form. So I wonder what does the fox say. Have you heard the song? My daughter's been crazy about it since she heard it on Ellen DeGeneres show. I am getting tired of it as she plays/and sings/ it every day. So, what does the fox say? Wapa pa pa pa pa papaw?

Illustration Friday: Together

I did this illo back in August. It illustrates very well the topic of this week Together but it was not  done with that topic in mind. Every time I had the urge to draw and did not have any idea I would do an illustration about the joys of summer. So one of the joys of summer is to pick up your own apples straight from the tree. You and your little sister, together.

Illustration Friday:Hidden

My submission for this week's topic Hidden .He was hidden in the woods ,evil, hungry and lonely. His life completely changed since the moment he  met that strong little girl in the red hood. Now he is happy, fed and friendly and he follows her everywhere. But it is a different story.

Bye,bye,August! Hello,September!

It seems to me August passed by so fast. It was a busy one for us or it seemed to me like a busy one. It was full of celebrations and things that had to be taken care of. A late graduation party for my step son, an early birthday celebration for my daughter, school  supplies shopping, school clothes shopping ,long awaited going to the movies to see the One Direction movie/Yes, she is a fan!/,sleepovers, taking care of my little veggie patch, harvesting the produce , cleaning after the Guinea pigs and playing with them, bike rides and reading aloud The Little House On The Prairie and so many other activities that come with the sweet summer time and the school vacation.
But this time is over now and she is /almost/ready for school. But I am not ready for the fall yet. This year the summer was kind of short and  I would not mind some more warm and sunny days.