I.F. Late

Untitled - Gouache/ink

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather changes. I love fall in the air. Not only is it cooler but it's getting dark earlier and we need a jacket in the evenings here. We're trying not to turn on the heat yet. We'd like to get just a few days of running nothing if we could. That's hard in the midsouth where you jump from summer to winter in October.

This is a bit of a change for me in my work as well. I've been wanting to give hot press paper a go and....I think I'm liking it. And I determined to jump right to the paper w/ink..diggin' that, too. Hope everyone else is finding new inspirations.

Happy creating all.

I.F. Packed

Packrat

Colored Pencils

If these walls could talk.... I guess late is better than not at all. And it's so long since I was able to participate in IF. So I thought,"I'll post - even if it turns out to be on Thursday night!" Anyway, hidden treasures packed away was my theme for this.

Happy creating all,

I.F. Fierce

Please Lion - Goauche/colorpencil/ink

I've been disappointed not to be able to participate this month (love the prompts, for sure!) This was the first of some paintings I did about Aesop's Lion and the Mouse. Great to be back.

Happy creating, all.

I.F. Worry

Great Finish - Gouache/colorpencil

Maybe if the hare had worried a little sooner he wouldn't be worried now. I did this illustration for scbwi's Great Race contest. I didn't participate in this last one but can't wait for the next one.

Happy creating all.

I.F. Wide

Some day, Lion - Goauche/Colorpencil

Open wide! This picture is inspired from Aesop's fable of the Lion and the Mouse. Just a couple weeks of teaching left and I can draw and paint again. Not that I don't during the school year, but these last few weeks are always crowded w/ year-end activities.

Happy creating, all!

I.F. Electricity

I missed posting for "electricity." So busy at school, this time of year. Then I saw how the 4th graders masks were turning out and thought that they were glowing. Just thought I'd share.

I.F. Primitive

Overwhelm - Marker

I had decided not to participate this week. I didn't seem to have anything appropriate on hand and not enough time, really. I was cleaning off a shelf today and found this old sketch pad and thought that this might be primitive on at least one level. Hope everyone else has a productive and inspired week.

Happy creating.

I.F. Fail

Thank You, Mouse - Goauche/colorpencil

You see, the hunters failed to capture the lion because mouse freed him from the net. This is the finished painting from the drawing I submitted last week. Really enjoyed our regional SCBWI conference. Lots o good stuff.

Happy creating, all.

Save II

Lion and Mouse Graphite

This is a drawing for a painting I'm working on and I realized that I like it for the theme better than the picture below. I'm busy getting it and 2 other paintings ready for a portfolio critique this coming week. I've really been enjoying everyone's ideas these last few weeks.

Happy creating

I.F. Save

Nice Save! Watercolor

Well, at least, we hope it's a nice save. I believe it will be. Have a great weekend and new week, everybody!