Illustration Friday: Eyeglasses



"As he glanced through the side of his eyeglasses he knew that it was over." My submission for IF. I did some other illustrations but I chose this one.

Creative Everyday: Black & White

Another entry for Creative Everyday Black & White. I drew this hoping to add color later. Black is a color.

Literary Friday

I  am currently reading Fearless by Tim Lott. It is aimed at the young adult. It's a futuristic book were the young who are labelled troublemakers are taken from their parents and made to work under the pretense that it is a Christian School for girls. One girl named "Fearless" refuses to play by the rules.
I finished The Sandcastle Girls it was a huge disappointment. I kept waiting for something to happen but it never did. I did however learned about the Armenian genocide of 1915 other than that it was a huge bore. Since I was not enjoying it I doubled-book myself and picked up an easy read called "Give up the Ghost". It was a teen novel about a young girl who can talk to ghost. They know all of the inside gossip on her classmates, which she uses to get revenge. There is also another plot in story but I won't tell. You will have to read it for yourself.

Illustration Friday: Yesterday

When I was growing up converse sneakers were the top of the line sneakers. Everyone wanted to have a pair. It's amazing how yesterday's fad is still current today.

Creative Everday: Black and White

The Glance

New post for Creative Eveyday the challenge word is Black and White. I love to practice painting portraits in Black and White.

 

IF: Talent

My submission for Illustration Friday. The challenge word is talent. "whoever can carry the most, has the most talent".

Literary Friday

I am currently reading The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian. He is an excellent fiction storyteller. Hopefully I will enjoy this story too.

     

I just finished reading Shift by Charolette Agell about a fifteen year-old Adrian Havoc's world. . The end of the world as we know it, or is there some plot by the Homestate a.k.a. government to manipulate us. Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion, and religious education is enforced in daily "rapture" doses. A rumor is being spread about a Shift in the universe. Can it really be the end of the world.

I enjoyed the story for this young adult book. What I did not enjoy was the use of profanity. I did not expect such language to be appropiate in a book directed at the young. My children said that I would be shocked if I worked at a high school.
The plot was good. This was a easy read if you are looking for light. A book that draws you in as you read and makes you want to know what happens next.

CED - Light

Blinded by the light.

This is my second installment for Creative Every Day. My original drawing had the woman with her eyes open.

The Face - New Illustrations

A few new faces for my "The Face Moleskine"



Base on photo from Burnt Umber on Flickr- Blue Head

IF: Whisper

Let me whisper a secret in your ear. Remember the innocent days of secrets between friends. Whispers of like and dreams, who did what, what she said. This is my submission for Illustration Friday-Whisper.

CED - Light

Creative Everyday

Come into the light.
It's been such a long time since I've been able to post anything in Creative Everyday. It saddens me that I've been unable to create. The school district I work for gave us Friday off which did allow me to have some free time to create this. I couldn't capture the light and darkness the way I planned but at least I was able to do something.

I love the photos from lecoil.com. This painting is based on a model I seen on website. 

 

Literary Friday

I am currently reading another book by Alexander Smith McCall. It's the 5th book in his series of the 44 Scotland Street Novels. It's a tale of some of Scotland's most quirky and beloved characters, all set in the beautiful city of Edinburgh. I don't know what drew me to these books but I love to read them.

So far I am on track to reading 70 books for 2013. I just finished another Philippa Gregory book "The White Queen" part of her the Cousins Wars Series. I love reading series books. I guess because when its a good book you just don't want it to end. My daughter thinks I'm crazy because I read all 20 of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin Series. If you are not familiar with him he wrote Master and Commander. After I saw the movie with Russell Crowe I found out it was a book first and thus started my love.