Illustration Friday (Sea)
This is the second painting I've done in thirty years. Illustration Friday is a friendly group project - Penelope sends a theme (this week, obviously, "Sea") and anybody who wants to participate sends a link.Some of the participants are professionals, some are rank amateurs like me. One is a ten-year-old girl, her stuff is good!
At Penelope's site you can visit all of the week's links and you can get on the list too, if you like.
At first I thought I'd start a new, covert blog to post this picture on, because I was embarrassed. Then I thought about all the years I taught "Songs for Non-Singers" and how much I admired my students for being willing to take a chance on something that had frightened them all their lives, and I thought, "if they could all come and sing in front of me, then I can post this picture on my blog."
The older we get, the more we become accustomed to only doing things we are already good at. I think it's good to fight that kind of comfort, don't you?
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by melinama @ 7:32 PM
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This reminds me of the Tintin Reporter books ... (^_^)
You are SO not a rank amateur if this is any example of your work. And I agree with Natalialove, it does look a bit like Tintin. You could do illustration for a living, hon!
Michele sent me.
I'm looking forward to #s 3, 4, and more. What a gift you have!
great painting -- nicely done.
thanks for visiting and giving me the info on the Illustration Friday project
i AM impressed! Apparently your creativity extends to all area of life, not just music. You really should paint more often!
Fantastic! I am in awe of anyone who can draw, especially that well. In my next life I'd like to be a watercolor artist and a piano player. "Can't" do either in this life.
Is there a story behind this painting? Who is that guy?
I'm impressed (but I don't draw anything more complicated than stick figures). It does remind me of Tintin.
I agree about trying things you don't feel good at - that's part of why I started a blog. I'm not a writer, and I've always hated writing, but I had all these ideas swirling around in my head.
Hi,
No, no story really behind the guy - I found him on Google - but I do have pictures just like this of my own dad and brothers so it just seemed right!
Thanks everybody for your encouraging words! I'll try another one next week...
well, you can be proud to post this conspicuously - it's quite good! keep 'em coming.
Good for you! I've been thinking about participating in Illustration Friday, but I have to get past my block about drawing something other than what I do for work.
I particularly like the knees. I think you got the knees just right.
(I have a thing about knees. Knees are funny.)
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