Wind for Illustration Friday

"Alright, who did it this time?!"
















You could say we were a rather windy family.
Pencil, ink and markers.
Original pencil drawing below.

Lotus Face Glow, more sunflower art

This is a photoshopped digital image of the seedface of a sunflower. The patterns I saw there reminded me of a lotus, a Buddhist symbol for peace, harmony, beauty.

Sunflower art

I finally got round to picking the seeds out of my giant sunflowers this week, and had some fun in the process.

Ghost for Illustration Friday

"Keeper of Souls..."
She walked with the ghosts of a thousand crows...

This was the idea that instantly popped into my head as soon as I saw the word "ghost". Not sure why exactly. I know that crows can have negative connotations for a lot of people, but I actually like them.












I'm not sure which version I prefer, the pen & ink or the colour.
What do you think?















Thank you everyone for your generous comments. I think that for this topic, I preferred the pen and ink too which is probably why I posted so many versions of it here. However, I do like the grey and red contrasts of the colour version, but not so much for this topic.

my quiet companion

When it's just him and me at home, Caesar often follows me from room to room. I often look up or turn round from what I'm doing and find him quietly breathing beside me.

Smitten for Illustration Friday

We were all smitten with my friends' new kitten.
Initial stages in pencil, then ink, below.

fall

Pen & ink

Trouble for Illustration Friday

The trouble always began at night...
(Pen & ink)

Wary cat

Caesar doesn't like having his picture taken.
Pen & ink.

"quiet as a cup..."

A line from one of my favourite films...and also for illustration friday.
Pastels on paper.

quiet for illustration friday

Pen and ink.

Starey cat

Doesn't quite capture Caesar's intense stare, but there you go.
Pen and ink

self-portrait

(not Nana Mouskourri)
Pen and ink

hole in the sky

Acrylics on canvas paper

Scoptophobia - fear of being seen or stared at

Silver gel pen on black card

blossoms

Pencil, watercolour and acrylics.

phobia for illustration friday

Newton is forever finding things to scare himself about. His latest phobia? Swallowing a fly by accident.

Pen, ink & watercolour.

more change for illustration friday

As Caesar walks towards me one sunny afternoon, the light plays its changes on his fur, his step, his shadow.

Pen, ink & watercolour.

change for illustration friday

Change to fall, acrylics on canvas paper.
For my favourite season.

waiting

Acrylics on canvas paper. This painting was inspired by this photo taken in nova scotia over at bingo and betty's blog.