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Illustration Friday: CAKE

Here’s this weeks IF illustration, done in my sketchbook with ink and watercolor and then scanned in. When I think of cake I think of cinamon crumb cake donuts, and all of my other favorite donuts. I love donuts. They are my medicine and my poison. I’ve also painted my favorite donut shop which can be seen here.

Donuts

I’m so happy to be well again! And I have four whole days to paint and play and hang out in the studio and mess around.

I’ve been listening to an amazing CD that Robin gave me…the soundtrack to the movie Everything is Illuminated which was also a wonderful book that I listened to while painting for about a month. Now I’m listenening to the music while painting. It’s sort of Klezmer with a jazz, hip hop punk twist with songs by lots of different Eastern European groups. I love it!

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Illustration Friday: SORRY (sight, still sick)

I did this little sketch for Illustration Friday's topic of the week: SORRY. I've been sick in bed for days and the sorriest thing I could think of was the sight of me still in bed.

Sorry

I'm hoping that the antibiotics will finally kick in and I'll quit coughing and having headaches and will again have a life. I'll remember to be grateful for every minute I feel good!

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Lemurs from WDE: A little sketching after days in bed sick

To amuse myself while I've been sick I took my laptop to bed with me and looked at other people's art for inspiration. I found a Weekend Drawing Event on Wet Canvas where a moderator posts a dozen pictures–this weekend of her trip to the zoo in the Netherlands–and members spend 2 hours on a piece and then upload their artwork in any media in response. I was delighted to find a couple of ringtailed lemurs in the photos and did a couple of quick ink and watercolor sketches (below).

Lemurs from the Wet Canvas WDE

It felt so good to do a teeny bit of art again instead of just sleeping, coughing and feeling like crap.

Lemur4-web.jpg

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Feeling Icky

While I've been sick in bed I've been amusing myself by looking at other people's sketchbook blogs and wishing I had the energy to write and draw too.Other sketchbook artists whose work I enjoyed visiting were Karen Winters and Russel Stulter.