I.F. Subtract

Break In / Pastels

This is one way to subtract from the budget funds.

Happy creating, all!

I.F. Legendary

Pot O'Gold - Marker/C.Pencil/Gel Pens

Is this merely a legend? I'm still hoping to find mine. Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody.

Happy creating, all.

PS. Wow. What a difference the scanner makes. The original upload was this lower, more yellow image. I seem to be having issues w/color quality on it. So, I carried my illo to school to use my old scanner. (Top Image) Much truer. The kicker? The newer one has nearly 3X the resolution capabilities.

I.F. Intricate

Pliars + Pliars II - Prismacolor Pencils

I was in a wonderful gathering of art teachers from our region yesterday. I was reminded of these during a conversation with them. I worked on these as AP Studio students were working on their concentrations. It was a time when I began to realize that I needed to be creating more than just rich lessons for my students. I began to work on an illustration portfolio as a result. Here's hoping that we all feel inspired this week.

Happy creating, all

I.F. Breezy

Breezy - Colored Pencil

This is out of my last sketchbook. The greens in the yellow leaf and the blues on the swirls are washed out. Having trouble w/settings on this scanner. (same w/last week's)

I have a couple of ideas for this topic but time is so short these days. We'll see if I can work it out and post again.

Meanwhile - Happy creating, all

I.F. Instinct

Play? Ink/Goauche

Is it play or instinct? Glad I scanned and saved the drawing. Think I might practice a bit w/photoshop when I get a chance. I have just LOADS of time:)

Happy creating, all

I.F. Flawed/Climb

Climb - Prismacolor Pencils

I guess it was flawed thinking that I would get this done in time for last week when I started it so late. Lately, I've let school and other commitments crowd out my draw time. The truth is that if I take time to scratch this itch, I perform better at those other tasks. So, here we are again. Never give up. Besides, what would I do with all my art stuff?

Happy creating, all!

I.F. Similar

Chameleons/Goauche + Prismacolor

I did this piece a couple of years ago with markers. Then last year sometime I reworked it with paint. Not only are the chameleons similar to each other, but the piece is similar to the original as well. Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. Hope everyone here is experiencing peace and joy in SPITE of the economy and other challenges we face. Be like the chameleon and keep an eye out:)

Happy creating all....

I.F. Repair

Color correction, I attempted w/the scanner. Much better than below, I think.

Cemetery - Prismacolor Pencils

I was working on this already when I saw this week's topic. It appears that a few things are in general disrepair here including fences and tombstones. This was done on BLACK construction paper but the scan seems to have changed that. Looks brown to me on my monitor. Not sure what can be done for that. Feel free to opine. Have a great weekend.

Happy creating, all.

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,