"New" Illustration Friday

New Snow!!

This is what it looks like around here. There is about a foot of new snow from two storms that came through this week. My oldest daughter and I pulled out the snowshoes and took a walk on the nearby rail trail this morning. There was no one else on the trail, and it was pristine except for one set of cross country ski tracks made by an earlier riser. It was wonderful to be outside and enjoying the best part of a winter day!

Glowing Holiday Wishes!

Merry Christmas wishes to all!!

Snow Angel

Illustration Friday "snow"

Remembering the childhood pleasure of throwing one's self down in fresh snow, moving arms and legs and making a perfect snow angel.

IF "Explore"

Illustration Friday "Explore"

The dreariness of our recent weather ---a lot of rainy, foggy days without much hope for a white Christmas inspired me to draw this week's topic with a more tropical theme.

Stretch

Working on this week's Illustration Friday post---"stretch"

Now I have to figure out a background for him, and add some watercolor.

Whiskers

Illustration Friday "whiskers" (colored pencil and watercolor)

I had a very nice Thanksgiving holiday with family, and I am especially thankful for the long weekend to get organized for the month ahead. On top of all the Christmas insanity, I'm getting my work together for several art shows that have deadlines in December. I've also been working on a couple of prints. I finished a new reduction print of a crow which I'm hoping to get on my Etsy shop today. Here's a sneak peak of it.

It's very similar to a smaller 4"x 4" print I had made several years ago of the same subject, but this one is 5"x 7" with 2 layers of ink over a red-orangy rainbow roll.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Yesterday was mild, but today the wind picked up and brought in some much cooler, wintery temperatures. Brrrr...

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ZOOM!!!