IF- Spirit

This crew is filled with the Christmas spirit!  

Happy Holidays to you all!

If-Refrain

Sasha could not refrain from trying on her party dress one more time!!

Illustration Friday-Lush

I cannot explain how good it feels to be back doing Illustration Friday!  It has been a long time!  This, I originally sketched for IF's word jungle, but didn't have time to paint it.  SO, when I saw this week's word, lush, I made sure I had time to paint it and get it on my blog!  

As for me, I am back teaching kindergarten part-time, still working on my book...interest in my the dummy...so keep your fingers crossed for me!  Hopefully I will get back to painting regularly now that summer is over and the kids are back at school!  Thanks for stopping by!

IF-Robot

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Miriam just loved Saturdays.  She'd get up just as the sun was rising and head out to the country straight to the farmer's market.    

Hi there!  I loved Illustration Friday's theme, robot, this week...can you tell?  I tried to be a little different this week, as I usually like to use some white space in my background... So, using color to fill the page was a bit tricky in spots!   I hope you like it, too!

Thanks for visiting!

Illustration Friday - Wild

Even in the wild there is sharing.

Here's my submission for this week's Illustration Friday prompt, wild! It's one of those sketches that have been sitting in my sketchbook for a while just waiting to be painted!  Finally I had a prompt that fit it...yay!  

Illustration Friday-Eye Glasses

Grammie's hat felt different today...it wasn't until she put on her eye glasses that she realized why!  Silly Grammie!  Happy snowday in the Northeast!!

IF - Wool

Here's my entry for Illustration Friday's word prompt wool. I have been back to using cold press watercolor paper and am really enjoying it! I was really happy with how it turned out!  Happy Monday everyone!

IF-Storm

Lucille in the storm.

This was us this weekend as we got 24 inches of snow in the blizzard that hit the northeast!  It really is A LOT of snow!!  But, poor Lucille, I hope she gets somewhere warm soon!

IF - (Cart) wheel!

Lucille did everything with flare.

I know this is a little late for IF's word wheel...but better late than never!  Little Lucille seems to be popping up a lot in my sketch book these days!  I must admit, I am in LOVE!

Happy Blizzard Day tomorrow to all in the northeast...stay safe!

IF - Myth

For this week's IF word myth, I decided to show one of my favorites...mermaids!

Illustration Friday - Ocean

Yay!  My second Illustration Friday in a row!  Aren't these two ocean friends cute?  I think they are about to embark on an adventure together!

Hope you are having a good week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Illustration Friday- Water

I really wanted to create something new for this...as ideas for water are endless....BUT...there is just no time this week!  Although, I don't think I ever posted this here...so it's new to you! :)!  Have a great rest of the week!

IF-Book

A good book can make you want to share your thoughts and talk about it to just about anyone who will listen...even your pet frog.

Illustration Friday - Identical

Here's my submission for IF's word identical.  I am not really sure why or even how I came up with this.  These adorable feathered friends popped into my sketchbook and I just had to paint them!  It's funny how an image like this can become so clear in your head with composition and color...even before you paint it!!  Are they identical? Probably not...but you have to look closely! 

Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Illustration Friday - Bounce

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"This is how you bounce a basketball, Little Owlet."

Wow!  It has been a while since I was able to participate in Illustration Friday!  We've been busy here  with vacations, camps, family and lots and lots of cousins! I can't believe it's August already!  This summer is flying by!  Thanks for stopping by! 

IF - Suspend/Vocal

She was such an enthusiastic cheerer that she'd spend the entire game with the "Go Team Go" sign suspended over her head!....Okay, okay, I know it's a stretch, but I have not had much time to paint these days with the kids home for the summer.  Busy, busy days, but lots of fun!  SO...this piece is actually from a sketch I had posted for IF's word Vocal back in April and I finally got to paint it!  Hope you like it!

Illustration Friday - Space

Bear's Space walk.  

Well, I am getting this in to Illustration Friday with not much time to spare...but I got it done after breakfast for the kids and before heading to the pool for swimming lessons with a few touch-ups after the pool.  Can you guess that my children are home for the summer?  I think that is how it's going to be for a bit...fitting drawing and painting in between pool and laundry, trips and meals, cleaning and trips for ice cream.   Actually that is not sounding so bad...think I'll go get myself an iced tea and enjoy this beautiful summer day!

Illustration Friday - Hurry!

Hurry Blue, you're late for your singing lesson!

Illustration Friday - Faded

For this week's IF word, faded, I kept coming back to laundry.  You know that favorite shirt you have that you think looks really good still and you just love the color?  Then one day you happen to realize by looking in the mirror or worse, seeing it in a photograph, how awful and faded it looks?  But you say to yourself, "It's just so comfortable...and you put it on anyway?  I have several items that fit this category!  Oh well...we need something to paint in don't we?

Have a great rest of the week!

Illustration Friday - Jump

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"We really shouldn't be letting him do this.  Remember what happened to Ronald the last time he tried?"