Just Remember

Just Remember I Love You....and It'll Be Alright!

dedicated to Lisa Hopp's family

in memory of her love for her family

This was something I sketched today stemming from a prompt from the Creative Mom Podcast I listen to. We were to create something in honor of someone you have lost. My neighbor's sister passed away this past October to Cancer. Just around the time she passed, I had a dream about this scene. It was Lisa and her two nephews sitting on the beach, watching the sunset. I got the real sense that she wanted to say that "It'll be Alright". As I was sketching this, the song "Just Remember I Love You, and It'll Be Alright" by the Firefall http://www.google.com/musics?lid=8f_86bMNo6C&aid=AC8117xVcVH&sid=uNItUBeucd

was playing in my mind.

On the side I'm still adding to my sketchbook journal. You can double click in the Flickr box on the right hand side to see other sketches and knitting projects and stuff that I'm up to.

I'm Still Working...

Okay I've been busy working on this assignment. After day 2 I didn't like the size of the couch in the picture. So my teacher suggested I use tracing paper and play around with some ideas on what to do. Here is a shot of the tracing paper...and I'm waiting for ideas as I take this picture.

Next I took some photos of me in a mock position for the picture. It helped some, but still needs more tweeking on the shape of the now "chair" instead of couch. I've started the background. I decided to use some of Mary Cassatts background, combined with my flowers, colors and trees.





Here I've fixed the chair shape and vase shape and then I started in on the faces. It didn't seem too bad until I stepped back and realized that Anthony looks like he was asleep and I'm the only one reading the book. :(

My quick start to a pastel. I see the same thing happening with Anthony's position. The funny thing is when I took it to class for the evaluation, one other student helped me out by taking my original photo (which measures 2" x 3") home with her. The next day she brought back for me an enlarged copy of the photo. DUHHHH....I couldn't see Anthony's eyes in such a small photo. You can see in the enlarged photo that his eyes are OPEN...just slightly though. I'm going to keep working on both the pastel and acrylic and see if I can't fix it to where I like it at least a little better.

This One's For You!

Gotta Have Speed!

For all my none garden, pink, heart family members....:)