By Alice | Published:
September 1, 2008
I drew a small ghost.
It made Simon laugh.
:)
By Alice | Published:
June 2, 2008
This week the Illustration Friday word is 'Baby' and this is my submission.
This is how I got there:
I considered objects from my childhood. This is a drawing of the little children's chopsticks that I used when I was a very young child. They have a green Keroppi case. I still have them.
Various drawings of other children's objects.
But I was more interested in the feeling of being around a baby.
What the parents feel and what the baby feels.
People hold their arms around the baby to support it and protect it. I thought about the two parents holding their arms around the baby and each other.
I like this as much as the final one; I am totally not sure which I like more! I used a continuous line to show the parents are joined in caring for the baby.
Then I did the drawing at the top of the page and a few versions of it. It took a few goes to get a face I was happy with.
Hee! This is where I took it too far.
I haven't submitted anything to Illustration Friday before even though I look at it pretty often. It is so interesting to see all the different takes on the same word each week. A very good website :)
By Alice | Published:
May 8, 2008
Chucks
Before I turn in for the night I thought I would quickly share a drawing I have been working on this evening. These are my old Converse that I bought in Tokyo many many years ago, before Converse became Nike, they are still just about viable as shoes although they are really more hole than shoe. These shoes have a history, they have been all over the world, they were on the cover of an EP and more recently on MTV. Go worn out shoes! Your worn out owner appreciates you.
By Alice | Published:
April 30, 2008
I have been keeping up with my drawings. Sometimes when I haven’t got a clear idea of something I would like to draw I think back over the day and draw lists of things. It gets the pen moving.
This is what I ate for lunch yesterday, two bits of that dark German rye bread, a piece of Brie, a cracker, an apple, water, and green tea.
We had wine last night.
Sunflower seedling.
Ha yes, these are the ingredients in Nigel Slater’s mushroom pie from his book Appetite. That book is brilliant. Suits my style of cooking to a T. I made a small version of the pie last night. Here is a picture of last nights mushroom pie.
And here is the desk! Clockwise from the left, Simon’s pen, my polling card for the vote for tomorrow, felt horse, a safety pin, my old bedside lamp, Guinness mug, and my Bamboo. And in the middle, my sketch book.
You can see a list of other Wednesday on-my-deskers here in the sidebar. I am finding it fun! It also reminds me to hurry up and get on with things, I have a big to-do list of creative/making things that need to be done. It can’t all be 24hrs gardening around here you know :D
