wagonized

Monsieur.

Just a little dude while binge-watching Dexter.

Paper app for the iPad.

 

Nora's little balance bike

Damn ellipses, I hate them. Paper app for the iPad.

 

Drawing side by side

Drawing with my daughter might be my absolute favorite thing to do.  I sit down next to her as she is starting a drawing.  As she begins to tell the story of what she is drawing, I notice it might last for a few minutes.  So I grab a piece of blank paper too and draw what's on the table.  We've done this a couple of times already and her capacity to make a narrative up as she goes has cracked me up.  Meanwhile, as I listen and ask questions, I am doing a little drawing of my own, and if I am lucky, she will come over to my chair and add a little personal touch to it.  In this case, a star to the left.  Tonight, we sat at her table for a solid 45 minutes, and I used her colored pencils to draw her little toy trumpet. 

Time to send packages

I am now sending all the little mixes, DVDs and other little packages that I don't have the time to concoct during the school year.  Yesterday, I sent a couple of movies to my former student Antoine (who had given Nora a bear whom we named Antoine!), and added a bullterrier on the bubble mailer.  Sharpie ultra fine point.  

Seven years later

I started this blog seven years ago to the day.  Since then, I bought a house, got married and have become a mom, I have met and sketched with some of the most talented artists I dreamt of meeting, I continued learning to draw, and now I am putting it all in a book which is due to be published...  well stay tuned for the actual date because I would be lying if I told you I had any inkling.  I don't know what comes after a book.  More drawings, and hopefully more opportunities to draw alongside the people I admire.  Thank you for your visits and your e-mails.  

I am still very much enamored with the design of the Volvo 240 wagons.  In other words, still wagonized.  I made that 7 look like a 2 on that door, didn't I.

Liz on package

I recently sent a package to my friends.  I drew Liz, Christina's dog, on the bubble envelope with a Pigma Micron 05.  I asked Christina if she was ok with me developing an obsession with Liz.  I haven't gotten a clear response yet :-)

The toned-down hues of McDonald's

I've been itching to draw the inside of this McDonald because it is so un-McDonaldesque.  If it weren't for the music, it would almost be a restful visit to go there and have a smoothie.  

Pigma Micron 05 and watercolors in sketchbook.