For this week’s Illustration Friday challenge of “wedding”, here is a pencil drawing of my hubby, on our wedding day. Not a very good representation (trust me, the ‘original’ is much better, heheh!), but I find it always difficult to capture the ones I love the most.

The Portrait

- Kelsey Gauder

For this week’s Illustration Friday topic, I thought I’d choose a little spring-time visitor. Always a sure sign of spring.

(watercolour)

5.25″x8.25″
watercolor in moleskine notebook

1. I’m not shy. I’m an introvert. (Yes, there’s a difference!)

2. I cannot bear to watch animal movies. They always upset me, even if the endings are happy.

3. My first doctor’s visit was at the ripe age o’ 27 (besides being delivered by one, heh).

4. I have an odd aversion to porous things (ie. like this). Looking at it gives me a weird nauseated feeling. I loathe seeing the ground when it is frosty, and you see all the small sink holes in areas due to the frost. Ugh! That’s the stuff of nightmares! (I get somewhat nauseated just thinking about it).

5. I refuse to walk barefoot on floors, even ours here at home, although they are sparkling clean – I just hate the idea of getting anything on my feet.

6. I could handle watching a corpse being dissected, but just the mere idea of a needle going into skin, makes me cringe.

7. I have a big scar on my abdomen from spilling a hot cup of camomile tea on myself.

8. I just *love* the aroma of grapefruit. It’s got to be one of my favourite smells.

~ Joyce Kilmer

A brief little watercolour in my moleskine. Cooped up inside, thinking of the beach today…wishing I were there. (Alas, I had to work.) Such are the sacrifices of growing up.

A quick little sketch and watercolor of the antique croquet set in our hallway. I love its faded colors and well-loved rustic looks. I often wonder how much it was enjoyed in days gone by.

However, I’ve decided that – instead of participating in Illustration Friday – I would rather attempt to keep my drawing ideas “free form”. I will attempt to draw daily (or at least various times throughout the week).

The subject of my art will be just about anything, although my focus will mainly be on “everyday things” that I see around the house, or on my travels. Of course, if my artwork happens to coincide with an Illustration Friday topic, I will submit it for the challenge.

Anyhow, I will be doing my daily/weekly drawings in my two moleskines (3.5″x5.5″ and 5.25″x8.25″). I love the small sizes of the moleskines because they facilitate quick sketches and paintings – lending a more loose style.

Here are a few of the drawings from today…

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Pookey and Libby snoozing on the sofa

this is what summer tastes like

drawn while thirsty

beautiful ebony boxes made by a friend

The lonely mood of the piece seems to go along well with the week’s topic of “rejection”.

rejection
12″x14″
acrylic on paper

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