Illustration Friday ~ Entangled

chartlottes_web72Charlotte worked the entire night on her masterpiece…and in the morning,

entangled in what would have been her ordinary web, were the words,

“SOME PIG.”

Illustration Friday ~ Flying

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Lady Grizelda gets a makeover!

The smaller version is one of the first pictures I did when I first started working digitally, two years ago… It’s perfect for the prompt but I just couldn’t put her up in that condition… so here is the new Griselda… along with the original poem that went with her.

Lady Griselda looked at the date
“Good heavens!” she said
“I’m running quite late!”

“The Coveny Sisters have already started!”
So she packed up her tools
and quickly departed.

And just for good measure she mixed up some dust
Then she sprinkled her broom
Chanting “Salem or bust!”

Illustration Friday ~ Germs

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Be kind to the swine. Don’t give them the blame.
Treat all pigs with kindness. Shake a hoof, ask their name!

As a gesture of kindness, consider biscuits and tea.
I’ve heard roast beef and pound cake makes a pig squeal with glee!
Or…
You could take a piggy to market and buy some new shoes…
add some bloomers, some stockings and a handbag or two!

Yes be kind to the pig. Turn his gray skies to blue.
But first wash your hands. Please don’t give him Swine Flu!

Achoo!

_R.Baird

Illustration Friday ~ Pattern

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I’m told if you leave a mouse sized morsel next to a pile of socks that need darning, pants that need patches or a shirt with missing buttons, in the morning you’ll find the cheese gone and your clothes carefully mended.

I’ve also heard he’s partial to Gouda!

Please keep voting for Sorry Doesn’t Clean it Up in the ABC’s Children’s Picture Book Competition. Vote daily until Oct. 4, 2009

http://www.abcbookcompetition.org/5th_comp/SorryDoesntCleanItUp.html

Illustration Friday ~ Strong


Just what makes that little ol’ ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant

But he’s got high hopes… he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie in the sky hopes
So any time you’re getting low
‘Stead of letting go,
Just remember that ant.
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant.

Illustration Friday ~ Magnify

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Of all the useless items that floated down from above, Sheldon knew he’d hit the jackpot when this one landed!   And with his biggest voice he said:
I’m gonna give you to the count of 10, to get your lying, yellow, no-good ectothermic carcass off my property, before I pump your scales full of lead!
1… 2… 10!
Keep the change ya filth chum bucket!

For all of the Home Alone fans and fish enthusiasts!