Continuing with the Sketchbook Project 2011 theme, Nighttime Stories we travel under the sea…. not exactly The Little Mermaid but charming just the same. Don’t you think.
a mouse in the house
The Sketchbook Project ~ Nighttime Stories
And so it goes…… and so it goes!
Illustration Friday ~ Star Gazing
When Oliver invited Ophelia to go star gazing, this wasn’t exactly what he had in mind.
However, when he looked into those eyes of glistening gold and moved forward to nuzzle her sharp, dark beak… he fell off the limb and bounced not once but twice on his feathered owl noggin. Ophelia thought nothing of it. To her Olly, as she liked to call him, held the key to her fine feathered heart!
Olly and Ophelia sitting in a tree.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love,
Then comes marriage.
Then comes an owlet in a golden carriage!
Here’s a quickie…. I can’t seem to put down my sketchbook for sketchbook project 2011.
Sketchbook Project 2011~ Cover
So this is my cover and end papers for my sketchbook. I glued the front in but not the back, as I’m not sure how thick this sketchbook is going to end up. I’m really having fun with this project!
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The Sketchbook Project 2011
My sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project 2011 arrived today and I’m so excited to begin!
I signed up for the theme Nighttime Stories so if you’re into things that go bump in the night, be sure to follow along. I’ll be posting my book as it progresses. I’ve been thinking about ideas for the cover already!
Also, if you’re interested in participating I’ve include the link below.
Illustration Friday ~ Caged
According to Chinese fables, crickets are revered for their intelligence and good fortune. In fact, if a person were to harm a cricket, it was believed that they would have great misfortune. Even today, in parts of eastern Asian, the male crickets are caged so people can enjoy the song they make.
Chinese farmers were known to listen to the “Jing-Zhe,” meaning “waking of the insects” sounds of the crickets to determine when it was time to plough their fields.
Illustration Friday ~ Artificial
The goldfish (Carassius auratus roboticus) is an any kind of water fish in the family Cyprinidae roboticus of the order Cypriniformes roboticus. It is one of the latest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish because of it’s hardiness.
Don’t believe me? Look it up!