Illustration Fri. - 'silent''

8x10, graphite, pen, colored pencil, charcoal

Under the wire for IF's latest word 'silent'. Have you ever noticed how 'silent' it is in a library?

I've moved recently and finally got to unpack some studio boxes so was inspired to do this quick piece in my kraft paper journal. My love [obsession] with fonts/ lettering, libraries & books and just plain doodling all showed up on the page.

Much creativity to you! <3

EDM #124 - something yellow

watercolor sketchbook, 5x7, 140lb coldpress

Something yellow - with a hint of blue and red, one of my favorite color combinations. This started out as a pencil sketch in my garden journal but I decided to transfer it to this sketchbook because of the texture and weight. Most of my journals can take light washes but heavier applications are better suited for this paper. I love this sign with rusted wire hanging simply from a nail on the fencing in my patio area. And actually there's a lot more fencing and lattice that I left out so I could concentrate on the focal point :)

The color yellow has many meanings, but to me it symbolizes happiness, hope, sunshine, cheerfulness, warmth and relaxation. I've always liked surrounding myself with words that have special meaning to me and Peace is one of them. It's a universal word I think and associated with everything from the political 60's (the word originated with the Ancient Romans: peace, pax, as absentia belli, the absence of war) to a state of mind. To me it symbolizes serenity, a sense of calm, tranquility, stillness and balance.

More Shoes!

9x12 sketchbook, pencil

Finally getting this posted! By request from Kathleen last week to show everyone the different shoes I sketched. Not a great pic but scanning it didn't improve it so here you have it. I have a few other pages with bits & pieces, random scribblings not much details so the camera couldn't pick it up. I may go back in and do those in colored pencil so will post those too if I do. Anyhow, I found myself being a bit obsessive with this (!) but wanted to see what I could achieve just using pencil.