Still playing catch up on sketches... Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!
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Monday, December 31, 2012
HohoDooDa #28
Still playing catch up on sketches... Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
HohoDooDa #22
Starting to get the hang of this app... Have been busy visiting family and friends for the Holidays. Hope to finish up more sketches later this week. Happy Holidays!
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
HoHoDooDa #15
Spent hours stuffing kindergarten envelopes with signed cards, erasers and candy. Glad there is some left over... Been craving candy canes for a while now!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Tomie dePaola entry 2012
This was my entry this year to the Tomie dePaola competition. Such a great experience and practice to take words and turn it into pictures. As I read through the book, vintage images popped into my mind, but on page 222 at the beginning of chapter 24 this part of the story started to melt my heart. Right before they go on the hunt for the wolves, this tender moment takes place (sort of) between Jody and his mom. She is not very warm towards him usually because of the loss of her other children & her fear that harm will come to him if she cares for him. You can tell here though, that she loves him and it shows.
A little later in the story her feelings really come out but this moment in the story filled my mind with an image that I could see in great detail...
I imagined standing outside the window peeking in. It was still dark early in the morning & the air felt crisp & still. You could see the crackling fire and the boy slowly approaching his mother cautiously. As it states in the story she tolerated him a moment before pushing him away. But before that moment she probably could feel his love in his ginger touch and the way he got close to warm his hands under her coat. How could any mother push their son away? I can also understand how she might have felt, as a mother not ever wanting anything bad to ever happen to your children. I guess back then emotions were not expressed as much and pride was too strong to admit when people were wrong. Regardless this moment that was squeezed into a small paragraph seemed so powerful I had to illustrate it!
You can see all of the amazing entries that were submitted to the unofficial gallery. CLICK HERE >>> I know a few others who submitted to the contest that are not on the gallery site. Everyone really put in a lot of hard work and should be so proud! I look forward to meeting some of those talented people at the conference in February!
Friday, December 14, 2012
HoHoDooDa #11-14
It has been one crazy week. A little burned out from the Tomie dePaola entry that I finished up on Monday. So I took a little break from the tablet this week. Here were a couple of loose sketches from my sketchbook. Also it has been a busy work week so it was nice to get away from the computer for a couple of days.
Then today's event in CT left everyone pretty numb. Our hearts are with those families and the fire fighters and everyone who had to be around that horrific scene today. Can't even begin to imaging the pain they are going through. They are in our thoughts and prayers!
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
HoHoDooDa #10
Sunday, December 9, 2012
HoHoDooDa #8 / IF Explore
Friday, December 7, 2012
HoHoDooDa Day #7
Not much time to sketch tonight. This was inspired after assembling many gingerbread houses last night and helping earger kindergarteners decorate them today. It was a lot of fun!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
HoHoDooDa Day #6
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
HoHoDooDa Doodle #5
This little image popped into my head today. Pinecones have always reminded me of Hedgehogs. We have a few on the mantel & I keep thinking they are little hedgehog figurines. It's funny where inspiration can come from!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
HoHoDooDa Day #4
More holidays on the brain after finishing the tree a couple of days ago. Our 2 year old is fascinated with the ornaments that play music. Most are fragile, and he has broken three already. Wish there was a Christmas ball that was tough enough for a toddler but still looked nice on a tree...
HoHoDooDa Day #3
Day three I still have Christmas on the brain. This doodle came to mind.Kind of reflection on how a child feels after building a beautiful snowman... like a super hero!
Monday, December 3, 2012
HohoDooDa #1 & #2
Have been a little busy this weekend with Birthday celebrating, but had a few minutes to doodle a little. Day one was my birthday and every year my Grandmother calls and sings Happy Birthday. I starting thinking about what a simple woman she is and how a cup of tea & some toast is all she needs in life! The first doodle is a memory of how simple her purse was too. She still carries with her: pink lipstick, wet ones, a little comb, some square shaped gum (that has juice inside) and sometimes she has a bottle of water. These images will forever be etched in my brain! Love her so much.
Today I was practicing creating characters from random lines or squiggles. Since its almost Christmas and Easter products should start showing up on store shelves soon, it seemed appropriate to pick this doodle of the bunch to share.
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