Illustration Friday: Wise

Illustration Friday: Wise

Center = Repousse (pressed metal)

Mat= Acrylic Paint

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a WISE man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

Matthew 7:24-27

Here is my interpretation of "Wise". The center of the picture is pressed metal with an india ink wash. I continued the design in color on mat board with acrylic paint.

Illustration Friday: Strings

Illustration Friday: Strings

Pen and Ink

Pastel

Here are a couple of quick drawings I did for this week's theme "Strings". The first one was a pen and ink sketch and the second was done with chalk pastels. I wish I could have spent a little more time and developed one drawing fully.

Illustration Friday: Clique

Illustration Friday: Clique

Colored Pencil and Marker

My students were doing tessellations this week and it inspired me to create this one for this week's Illustration Friday.

Illustration Friday: Clutter

Illustration Friday: Clutter

Pen and Ink

I often feel like the clutter around me towers over me and I will never be able to clean it all up!

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Illustration Friday: Detach

Illustration Friday: Detach

Acrylic

I don't think I have done an Illustration Friday project since June. It has been a busy summer. This week's theme was "Detach". I went out jogging this morning and passed by these flowers with some petals and even a little flower had come detached after the rain.

Landscape

Seoul Landscape

Watercolor and colored pencil

I took an online teacher workshop through the Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer. The workshop focused on landscapes and I learned so much. One of our assignments required us to create a landscape that depicted our environment. I made a picture of Gyeongbokkung, a palace in downtown Seoul. It shows one of the things that I love about living here---seeing buildings that are hundreds of years old surrounded by modern skyscrapers.

Illustration Friday: Forgotten

Illustration Friday: Forgotten

Pen and Ink

This week's theme was "Forgotten". I drew images from the Korean War (1950-1953) which is often called "The Forgotten War". June 6 was Korean Memorial day so that is what I thought of when I saw the theme for the week.

Illustration Friday: Baby

Illustration Friday: Baby

Colored Pencil and Graphite Pencil

For this week's theme of "Baby", I thought about my children. No matter how old they are, they will always be my babies. First I drew a picture of them in graphite pencil when they were little (about seven and a half years ago). Then I drew a colored pencil picture of them from this year (they were so excited about their ice cream!). When both were done I cut them in strips and combined them into one picture. It is kind of bizarre, but I liked the effect.

Illustration Friday: Worry

Illustration Friday: Worry

Pen

This week's theme for Illustration Friday is "worry". I thought of the famous Depression era photo by Dorothea Lange. You can read the worry all over her face. I focused in on the woman's face and made the shading with words of things that make people worry. Be sure to zoom in to see the words.

Illustration Friday: Wrinkles

Illustration Friday: Wrinkles

White pen on black paper

For this week's theme "Wrinkles", I attempted a portrait of my grandfather.

My Daddy-Pete was a sweet, special man. I miss his whistling and his big smile.

I attempted drawing white on black. It was kind of a tough process drawing "backwards" making things lighter instead of darker.

Illustration Friday: Fail

Illustration Friday: Fail

Pastel

This week's theme is the word "Fail". Once again I FAIL to make a decent meal for my family. Once again I order pizza for supper. I am just thankful my family still loves me even though I fail to take good care of them in the home cooking department.

Illustration Friday: Save

Illustration Friday: Save

Pen

"He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of the deep waters." Psalms 18:16.

If you zoom in closely to this picture, you will see it is made up of Bible verses. It took a while to do, but it was very moving to write out the words of what God did for me.

This is based on a Rembrandt painting. I went a little too heavy on the white on his chest and arms, but it is pen so I couldn't change it once it was done.

Illustration Friday: Garden

Illustration Friday: Garden

Watercolor

For this week's theme, I painted a picture of my mom's back yard in Mississippi. She has beautiful flowers all over.

Watercolor is not really my medium. I need to keep practicing. There are a lot of parts about this picture that really bug me. Maybe I will try it again later.

Illustration Friday: Choose (2nd Version)

Illustration Friday: Choose

Pastel

This is my second entry for this week's theme of "Choose". I was thinking about those boxes of chocolate with so many yummy candies to choose from. Which one should I eat first???

Illustration Friday: Choose

Illustration Friday: Choose

Collage and Colored Pencil

This week's theme for Illustration Friday was the word "Choose". I thought of Ralph Wiggum and a Valentines episode of The Simpsons. Poor Ralph doesn't get any valentines and Lisa feels sorry for him. Out of pity, she gives Ralph a valentine that has a train on it that says , "I Choo-Choo-Choose You". Ralph falls in love with Lisa and hilarity ensues. As Homer says..."Ah, sweet pity, where would my love life be without it!" Happy Valentines Day everyone.

Illustration Friday: Tales and Legends

Illustration Friday: Tales and Legends

Pen and Ink

This is what I imagined when I saw the theme "Tales and Legends... a scary dragon, a beautiful princess and knights battling.

Illustration Friday: Stitch

Illustration Friday: Stitch

Acrylic Paint

This week's theme was "Stitch". It reminded me of my two grandmothers. Both of my grandmothers were avid quilters. I have many wonderful memories of playing underneath my grandmother's quilting frame. One summer, my sister and I went to my Mee Maw's house each week so that she could teach us how to hand quilt. Now I am trying to teach my daughter this beautiful art form. I am a great starter of projects, but often set them aside before they are done. Hopefully, we will get our quilt done one of these days!

Illustration Friday: 100%

Illustration Friday: 100%

Pen and Colored Pencil

This week's Illustration Friday theme was 100%. I decided to draw a picture of our refrigerator upon which hangs some of the papers we are very proud of. My son has two math quizzes that received 100% (these were a very big deal for him) and my daughter hung up an art picture in which she earned a top grade for.