my Eclectic Endeavours

Here's another little ode to Starbucks. This week's topic was: Layers and what a better way to show layers than to illustrate their Caramel Macchiato. :D

There's something about Illustrations made for children that give me the warm fuzzies. They're carefree, fun and full of color! When I became a mom, I became more and more interested in illustrating children's books (amongst other things in the art world). Better yet, I've dreamed of writing and illustrating my own series. It's still an aspiration of mine, so why not start practicing? ;) While my Mini Me was watching "World World" on PBS, I decided to take the liberty to tweak Dog, which got me thinking about my dog, Brina.

I rarely get to see Brina (my Mini Me's dog) or Pixel (my Mini Me's cat) since they live with their dad. However, I got to hang out with Brina the other day and I snapped a pic of her peering up at me requesting to be let out. Using that pic, this was my attempt at illustrating both Brina and Pixel.

Makes me wonder if Brina and Pixel's adventures could come to life? Hmm... 

I have decided that my sketching/drawing needs practice, as all skills do. So, at minimum, I'll be illustrating on Fridays! Oh, and I grabbed the idea from Here.

Last week's topic: Sweater

The text reads: "This sweater was given to me to replace another sweater that I've owned for 17 years."

These are the supplies I used. :)

Next Friday's topic will be: Layer

Looks like I need to get into my portfolio and re-photograph these babies. It's been over 15 years since they've been infront of a lens. Woops!