Illustration Friday - Grow

Here is this week’s offering for Illustration Friday’s theme of grow.

My eldest son, when he was younger, used to pick up acorns, apple seeds, anything he could find and plant it in the backyard so he could grow a tree. He spent many afternoons sending “GROW!” thoughts to fresh piles of dirt.

Illustration Friday - Extremes

The topic this week on Illustration Friday is "extremes." This was one of the first ideas in my head. Long ago I heard someone tell a story about taking a walk with a very tall gentleman and the person was puzzled by how short his strides were. Then, when the narrator met the wife of the gentleman, who was barely five feet tall, he understood everything. The point of the story was to show how good marriages work.

Illustration Friday - Open

Drawing opens up new worlds

I've been toying with the idea of joining Illustration Friday for a while now. My pal Belinda sent me a "do it, do it" email, and so here I am. Another pal, Kasie, also joined up this week.

The thing is, I would consider my illustrative skills to be almost non-existent. And composing ideas for that sort of thing? My brain never works that way. :-) So, I've been a little afraid of trying it. But, I decided thar I didn't have to make being a great illustrator my goal.

So what are my goals:

• practice the art of capturing an idea in images
• try out a little humor in artwork
• have some fun with art - no research (that will be hard for me), no expectations, just having a little fun making marks.

This week's theme is "open."It took me one day to come up with a good idea that I couldn't execute. It took another day to come up with the above corny idea...I decided to just go with it...that way, I should see improvement quickly!