Illustration Friday - Time

Oak ATC colored pencil on tempera

To me, an old tree is a symbol for time. Not the sprout, the sapling, nor even the young tree, but the old tree, gnarled and strong. Even after someone cuts it down, we can see the passage of years in its rings.

The top picture I drew today, specifically for IF. The ones below are from my previous work.


Tree ATC acrylics


Twisted Tree ATC ink and colored pencils


Live Oak APC 4"x6" acrylics on Corrinne's homemade paper

Illustration Friday - Flawed

Ram ATC acrylics

This ram has one small flaw - the tip of one horn has broken off.

Illustration Friday - Climbing

"Climb" ATC ink

Illustration Friday - Pale

Arctic Fox, ATC, acrylics

Resolutions

The Illustration Friday topic this week is resolution. I haven't illustrated any, but I have made a few, inspired by my daughter, who has made 101 resolutions! I've only made 6.

1) Clear dining room table.

2) Clear away junk mail from both chairs in my office.
(and not simply by throwing it all on the floor. Only magazines and possible painting references and calendars are allowed on the floor.)
LOL! Keeping it real, here.

3) Get income taxes done on time, for once. (by which I mean, info to Linda so she can do the taxes)

4) Redo the walls in guest room. Take down teenage daughter's posters, put up art. (Since daughter is neither teen nor here any more, she won't mind.)

5) Redo my office. clean, organize, decorate... any and or all.
(But right now I'm low on funds. Spent too much on trip/bathroom/car for any more outlays for a while. For now, I'm just paying bills.)

6) Get insurance / soc sec taken care of! I need to do that one this week or last.

Illustration Friday - Balloons

"Balloons" ATC collage

Balloons are fun. My daughter tells me about Zamara, her two year old who sat on a balloon. It popped. Startled, she stood up. "Loud noise!" she declared. Then she looked down. "Balloon goooone!" She quickly decided what to do about the problem. "I find," she promised, and trotted off to see to the matter.


"Ballooning" ATC markers

Ballooning is fun too. My sister and my brother-in-law took me ballooning about a year ago in Napa. Except for the intermittent roar of the hot air, ballooning is far more peaceful than I imagined. There is no sense of motion. I thought I'd feel myself swaying, but I didn't. The basket felt as solid and motionless as the earth itself, even though I could see that our position was changing in relation to the ground below us. If you've never gone ballooning, you should consider saving your pennies and taking a balloon trip sometime.

Illustration Friday - Pretend

"In Mama's Shoes" 4"x4" acrylics

One thing all little kids like to pretend is that they are big, and one way they do this is through dress up. This is from a photo my daughter sent me of my granddaughter, trying to walk in Mama's shoes.