"Laughing Dogs"

A quick pastel and marker sketch for IF topic "Celebration"

I hope I remember how to post on IF it's been a long time. Mostly because of a 3 legged cat we rescued who turned our lives upside down for 6 months. Thereby hangs a tail--for next time!

Wrinkles for IF

Life is seldom flat and smooth. Instead we go from hill to valley and back again. Sometimes mountain peak, sometimes river gorge. Always moving on. Wrinkles are just the map of where we've been. Signs of blessing, hard work, lot's of laughter and not a few tears. Without them we'd be flat as pudding! Celebrate them!

Glories

It's almost spring!!!!!!! The longer light, warmer sun with still-cool nights, I can't wait. There's something about the smell of the earth in spring, new life, such potential. I always think, not this year, I don't have time, the deer might eat my flowers again. (They chomped down every pansy within 24 hours!) But every year, the garden lures me back--who can resist it's siren call?

P.S. Thank you all for your generous comments, that rich blue is my favorite and I love to push the color envelope.

Leap Minus 5..4..3.......!

You've heard of "Look before you leap..." but you never know what's looking (and leaping) at you!

Spot Enough For You?

The leopard’s eyes,
They mesmerize
He reaches out to paralyze
His prey that hides
Behind the slides
And doors of tempered zoo-glass.

A study for "Leopard's Eyes" a work in progress.

Donna's Theories

Zoie and Jack--"Played Out"

Musings for the Illustration Friday topic "Theory":

Gravity--Gravity gets stronger as the day gets longer.

Matter--Kid’s stuff and cat toys multiply when you’re not looking.

Time--Time accelerates in direct proportion to the amount of work you have to accomplish. Conversely, if you only have a little to do, it expands to fill the time available, so you still don’t get done early!

(Note: The tired kittens demonstrating this week's topic are grown now, but still full of trouble! The above is a commissioned portrait in acrylic of their "babies" for two great little girls of a friend and colleague of mine.)

Saturday Morning

Here's my entry for Illustration Friday--"Blanket": Like any self-respecting cat, Mr. Puff has comfort down to a science and cozy raised to an artform. Here he is in one of his favorite "purr places".