Illustration Friday:Voyage

Thinking about our voyage to Europe.There are still so many things to be done.We are never ready,are we?

Sketchbook-2014

Sketchbook is such a delicious, inspiring word. Every time I hear or read it my imagination starts simmering with hundreds of new ideas.They usually come though, when I do not have time to try them.When I have a lot of time they somehow disappear and I have hard time coming up with something to draw or paint.And.... this is how I feel at the moment.....Posting pages of my new/and not so new anymore /sketchbook I am trying to find some inspiration for the weekend.
This sketchbook was an unexpected present to myself for Christmas.I was rushing through Barnes and Nobel looking for a last moment present for my husband.It was so crowded and hard to navigate through the isles. Accidentally I knocked something over with my shoulder and that was It.Nice,simple with beautiful off white paper.
I thought to myself: "Oh,you are so beautiful and so delicious with  all your blank pages!!!You are coming home with me!"

Illustration Friday:Pattern

It is again an old one, from September , but it matches the word of this week's Illustration Friday Pattern. Black ink and watercolor pencils.

Illustration Friday:Refrain

My input for this week's Illustration Friday topic Refrain. I guess I covered the second meaning of this word: repeating a verse or a group of verses throughout a song or a poem. I do not know what she is singing about but she looks like she is enjoying  it. Ink pen and watercolor.

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.

The last two drawings

The last two drawings from my last year challenge.Mixed media,experiments with drawing ,collage and water color on pages of old books.The first one was inspired by my childhood memories and the second one is just a ballerina girl.I have always loved to draw dancers.

Drawings and mixed media - #161 and 162

I am almost there;at the end of presenting the drawings from the last year challenge that I could not complete.These two are more like experiments with mixed media,drawings with ink and watercolor pencils and collage on different kinds of paper.They are not dated but they were done in the second half of last year,so I left them to be the last ones,with a couple more which are going to come soon.

Drawings and doodles---#155,156 and 157

Three more from the challenge.Completed,again,during my morning break at work.Quick drawings,illustrations,doodles.Cute animals inspired by children's books.Sorry for the blurred image in the second picture.At the moment I can only dream about a new camera, a Canon or something like that.

Sketches and doodles #152,153 and 154

Three more doodles and sketches from my last year not very successful challenge.All of them were done during my morning break at work.The first one is pure imagination,the second one was inspired by the girl cleaning around the cafeteria during my break and the third one is obvious-a small bag of M&Ms.

Self portrait

It's too quiet in the house.She's on a sleepover with her cousin at Grandma's house.I already miss her.

This is her first attempt for a realistic self portrait.She looked in the mirror and this is how she saw herself.I wish she used better paper instead of a page from her notebook.Because I love it!!!She is getting so good!

#150 and 151

Or # 151 and then 150,posted in this order.A couple more drawings from my last year's unsuccessful challenge.Both were completed during my morning breaks at work.At my lunch breaks I am too busy talking to my friend Stella.

Ballerina Guinea

Kids imagination is endless.My girl can not get enough of drawing Guinea pigs.
This one is a girl Guinea who likes to dance and wants to be a ballerina when she grows up.

Doodles and drawings #147,148 and 149

They are just three quickies.I could do better for sure.But that is what one can get for the few minutes during her break at work.Today was a good day.Beautiful weather, almost all my chores done,talked to a friend on Skype,my kid is getting more independent,my diet is working.What else could I wish for?

Art in the city

A big mural in the city of Red Wing,MN.Love it!Like the presence of art in our everyday life.It makes it/life/ feel beautiful.

With watwercolor pencils #144

This drawing was inspired by that free magazine I got at the Paris airport last summer.