Illustration Friday: CHANGE
September 20, 2006
Hobbies were a luxury that I didn’t have time to indulge in when I was working full time. I’ve always longed for a period in my life when I could just sit around and sketch and paint all day without a care in the world. I thought I would be sixty before this happened but amazingly, this season has presented itself right now.
I’ve sketched all my life. The first and last artwork I got recognition for was when I was about five and it was a painting of cats. I had longed for a pet cat but could not convince my parents to get me one so I expressed my desires in drawing. My kindergarten teacher thought it was such an excellent piece of work that she entered it in a competition. Surprisingly, it won an honorable mention and was hung in the national art gallery. But more importantly, I got my first kitten after that.
These days, I sketch and paint whenever the wind moves me but I feel that the time has come to challenge myself and I found a way to do that by participating in Illustration Friday. This is my first submission and ironically, this week’s topic is CHANGE and I’m excited to let the process begin …
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Joanne | September 20, 2006 at 10:30 pm
I really like this drawing. I love the softness of the colors and the lines.
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the enigma | September 21, 2006 at 2:43 am
that’s a great drawing, i like it..!
the color are lovely.
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Majeak Ann | September 21, 2006 at 3:50 am
lovely..so delicate..nice colors.
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-Marjorie Ann
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tammy hanna | September 21, 2006 at 10:33 am
They are both wonderful, full of life and colour.
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hardwax | September 22, 2006 at 6:17 am
Your little tree brings autumn from summer in its delite coloring, beautiful and love the detail. i like your plea for a cat sketch, I wonder if it swayed yours parents enough to get you one. Wonderful stuff!
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hardwax | September 22, 2006 at 6:19 am
Your little tree brings autumn from summer in its delicate shading- beautiful and love the detail. i like your plea for a cat sketch, I wonder if it swayed yours parents enough to get you one. Wonderful stuff!
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Marion | September 22, 2006 at 6:44 am
Really nice, alos the cats.
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Marion | September 22, 2006 at 6:45 am
alos=also;-)
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lorigrace | September 29, 2006 at 2:19 am
Love your tree illo–excellent interpretation of change. That’s what so much fun about art–you can pack so much into such a simple picture.