Self portrait

31-03-2012
'Self Portrait'
Last day of March, last prompt. Drawing number 91. I look sleepy, with dishevelled hair. Whatever works.
I've fallen behind with posting these to Deviant Art... But I've also read the first two of the Hunger Games book in the last three days. I'm sure that has nothing to do with it.

Birthday

Today's prompt was 'Black and White', so my drawing is indeed in black and white (like most of them), but that was a little beside the point today.
It's my birthday, so as a present to myself, I've drawn one of my favourite paintings ever, Marc Chagall's 'The Birthday'.
I love it. And I quite like how this turned out. I think I'll keep this one, and frame it.


Detail.


So this is how I started my birthday:

Pancakes with bacon, blueberries, banana, mascapone, and maple syrup, courtesy of my lovely husband.
We've had afternoon tea with his Mum, brother, Nanna, and cousin this afternoon on the deck. Chicken Paella tonight (soooo yummy!).
And if I don't blog tomorrow, it's because I've fallen into some sweet heavenly coma after gorging myself on the Devil's Own Cupcakes...

28 Salted Caramel Mocha Cupcakes (recipe from the delectable blog Bakingdom. sorry if this doesn't lead you into temptation, more like pushes you headlong... lol).
Oh well, Happy Birthday to me!

Ālīs volat propriīs

Today's prompt: 'Something small'
So we have a little bird (one of my little darling's favourite songs at the moment is 'Little Bird' by ELizabeth Mitchell).
I drew a bird becaue at some point my sister and I will get our matching tattoos finished and we'd like to incorporate a bird (so I keep drawing birds, as does she, and we'll find one we love eventually). I think we'll drop the latin now, as it would kind of clash with the Greek we already have... :)


Normally the second photo is a detail shot... Today you get a scale shot instead.

Pear shaped

Today's prompt 'Fruit'.
Had I looked ahead I might not have drawn that fruit basket earlier this month... lol
I like it better this way anyway.
This one was a very relaxing half hour or so. I very much enjoyed it.

The return of red.

Today's prompt: 'Something red'- So I present My awesome toaster (in a really crappy drawing along with some mugs and my scales...)!
Only a few days of prompts left, then I'll go back to aimless scribbling for a while. :)


Detail


And because my dodgey drawing tody did my awesome toaster no justice:

Kindness...

26-03-2012
Today's prompt: 'Your view'.
I interpreted this one fairly loosely...

The quote is one of many I like on the subject. And there are many. The one my daughter hears most often (because she loves it) is from The Help

You are kind
You are smart
You are important

So far it's true, my hope is it stays that way.


This is actually my second drawing of the day, the first I finished colouring and posted off to a stranger as a gift. Kind of inspired today's post I think.

Getting around.

Today's prompt: Transportation.
So I present... My feet (they are used far more frequentlky than the car or my bike).
If this were a more accurate depiction of their usual state, they'd be bare, but I allow myself artistic licence, so gladiators won out. :)