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Today’s art attack was inspired by reading the beginning chapter of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell – author of Swamplandia.
Here is an excerpt:
“…with mosquito-blackened sills; a tin roof that hums with the memory of rain. I love it here. Whenever the wind gusts in off the river, the sky rains leaves and feathers. During mating season, the bedroom window rattles with the ardor of birds.
Now the thunder makes the window glass ripple like wax paper. Summer rain is still the most comforting sound that I know… In the distance, an alligator bellows…”
In the studio
Deep in the Forest, mixed media, 10 x 11"
As some of you know I’ve been drawing some sketches for the purpose of being coloured by children (or children at heart). I’m pleased to have an example to show you of someone’s colouring! Teenager Erin, of Huron County area in Canada enjoyed colouring this splendid multi-coloured yarn project at her public library. She did such a great job I really wished I was making these socks right now!
Multicolored Sock Knitting, colouring page example
If the yarn was just a bit thicker I would knit this with it:
Malabrigo yarn cowl, image via here
Another drawing for my colouring book:
Sheep Skein, ink on paper, 6 x 6"
I have been drawing a colouring/activity book on the theme of knitting.
There are many people who come to our local yarn shop for “knit night” every Friday and among them, many children. Although these kids at one time or another have been known to hunch together on the floor and crochet faster than your grandmother, sometimes I think they might like to do a little colouring. At least I did when I was a kid. A lot.
So I’m taking some copies of the six drawings I have completed so far to tonight’s meeting and we’ll see if I can get some of the small humans interested in colouring them. If I succeed I’ll post pictures of them soon!
This is not our shop but a space I visit in my head at the end of the day when I’m actually in the corner of my living room… you can join me if you wish!
Knit shop, ink on paper (for now!), 11 x 14"
Here is my first Illustration using the glory of CS2, just as I promised you in my recent post: “A Little Animal Love“. Yep, I’m a bit behind the times, but will catch up soon enough.
Sun Patch
Right from the sketchbook today: this is a mock-up sketch for an illustration of another little story I’m working on. It may soon be digitized so stay tuned – this could be fun!
Page 3 sketch, graphite and pencil crayon on paper, 4 x 4"
Drawn from a photo by Liby Ball who owns this miraculous cat.
Here is an illustration for a poem my friend sent me, although she can’t remember now if the first two lines (the ones that appear here) were from something else… a lyric perhaps? So we won’t claim them as ours, but here is a drawing they inspired:
Gardens grow, lovers weep
Will there ever be enough time for sleep?
Poem Page 1, pen and ink on paper, 11 x 11.5"
I could post a picture of the finished Berry picking painting but that would ruin all the suspense for my late September show in Fredericton. Instead I shall give you a fun watercolour I did recently. It may end up being an illustration for a children’s book I’m working on.
Fish, watercolour on paper, 7 x 9.5"
Curious with a cat
at dusk and pondering
the fro and wandering
of the pigeon
On paws and padding
down darkened alley
we pause and gawk
at its swoop and squawk
Curious, ink on paper, 6 x 9"
I’ve been drawing up some of my visions from books while I’m reading them and thought I’d post some here now and then. I can’t promise they will be accurate to the stories; instead they will be inspired by what I’ve read.
Here is a quick sketch of page 5 of Jeanette Winterson’s Lighthousekeeping.
DogJim, marker on paper, 7 x 7"
