Beware the Eyes of March

Did anyone ever think when they were a kid that the Soothsayers warning to Caesar "beware the Ides of March" was really the " eyes of March". That's what I wondered for years -why March had eyes and what would he be looking for.Of course by high school and a semester of Shakespeare I got it, but every time March rolls around I wonder whose looking at who.

Triple D

I namedher Triple D -Deceptively Difficult Diva- because the model looked like an easy thing to copy but she had alot of angles. I plan on painting her both in acrylic  and another in pan pastels. Unless I get bored of course!

THE WINGS OF THE MORNING

I've finished my Kenya watercolor. It's been 6 months since I was there but I still remember the dramatic  beauty of the sunrise over the Tsavo Game Preserve. I've tried to capture a small glimpse.
I couldn't help but think on David's words -

"If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even then Your hand will guide me and Your strength will support me ." Ps.139

Robert the Cat

This is Robert who is supposed to look like my friend Miss Barb's kitty(whose  not named Robert) but Ive  decided cats are hard to draw (except from the back ) and he looks a bit scatty so back to the drawing board.

Sylvia- lover of the Woodlands

When I sketch or draw something I must always give it a name or a title. I get attached to the made up people or things that I create so that by the time Im finished there is always a story for them.

Sylvia made me think Khalil Gibran-
" forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair."

Hangers

Well this week was the hardest concept for me in my Illustration class. It was the word HANGER as in clothes. I was getting quite hung up until I remembered there was a HANGER in Area 51.

Skinny Girls just wanna have fun

The Giver

In my class we had to  illustrate a book we had just finished. I read a wonderful book that took me a long time to get around to reading but sure wish Id done it earlier. THE GIVER is a story about a world that had been made completely safe and sterile for humans to live in. In a world without fear, pain or any extremes life became something very unexpected. Wont give it away.

Continuing the Illustration theme we had to pick views into two rooms of our house.
One was our public life as shown by some of my "grandmonkeys" waiting for me to arrive.




The other was our private life.

Im no Michelangelo...

Im  in the middle of an Illustration class online. We are given a concept once a week to draw whatever comes into our warped little brains. This week it was a puzzle piece.

Fashion Tip

Somedays we all need new ideas of how to look better and refreshed.
My 4 year old grandson had a new beauty tip -
     "Hey Oma if you smear catsup all over your lips they will stay red all day"
Much cheaper than Revlon!