Illustration Friday - DISGUISE

My contribution for Illustration Friday -  5" x 7" oil painting that I did a while back.

     

Ed's Cottage

This is an 18"x 24" oil painting on gesso board of a beautiful little cottage owned by my friend Ed.

I thought I'd include some of the stages.

Illustration Friday - SEARCH

I was fortunate not to have a child that couldn't live without their pacifier, but my daughter put us through h@#$// a couple of times when we couldn't find her Cow-cow.  Cow-cow was a small stuffed nylon toy that I do believe looked like a cow at some point in its existence.  (It is now a gray rag stuffed into my drawer of sentimental things.)  She would not take a nap or go to bed without it.  I was nearly late for my first day at a new job because I forgot to pack Cow-cow for the babysitter and I did not want to put the babysitter through the horror of my screaming daughter at nap time. 

I think the frantic mother above will find the pacifier shortly.

Caricature practice

I spent some time, a couple of winters ago, trying to learn to do caricatures.  I have always found them fascinating and after a failing miserably in the past, decided to buckle down and give it a good honest attempt.  I did a few that turned out fairly well back then.

It's been a while since I've done one, so I wanted to spend some time practicing again.  Do you know this celebrity?  If so, I'm not doing too badly.  If not, I still have a way to go.

Here are a few from the sketchbook I kept in 2012.

David Duchovny

Cameron Diaz

L.L. Cool J and Rooney Mara

Paul Rudd

And if you didn't know the top guy, it's supposed to be Harry Connick Jr.

Illustration Friday - TIME

     In my misspent youth, I thought I had plenty of time.  I had time to kill and sometimes even too much time on my hands.  As I grew older and (I hope I can safely assume) wiser, I realized that my elders had been correct in warning me that time flies.  There's never enough of it.  

     It does great things like healing all wounds, being a great equalizer, and of course it's money but, it's forever running out.

     Funny how, in my opinion, quality time comes from disregarding time entirely and being present.  Be present.

- Don't count every hour of the day.  Make every hour count. - Author unknown