{ joy }

Here are some of the things I have done recently. Ish. I don't really love any of them much. But sometimes it's good to share anyway.

I spent ages getting this ready and drawing it, and I was planning to paint it in watercolour, but then the paper I had stretched was not at all watercolour friendly...

Ukulele-playing-man

There are about eighty-trillion things wrong with this but I drew it last night after a very long day and it was nice to do a different kind of looking and understanding...


And I don't know if I will ever get this the way I want it. But I have not given up yet.

Yesterday I was reminded, in a week that is busy and stressful and I am kind of just trying to get to the end... "This is the day which the Lord has made... rejoice and be glad in it!"

So I am trying to read in a joyful manner. Trying to see the days as a gift, no matter what I have to do in them. I hope I can learn, in amongst everything else this year, how to be joyful without trying.

leaf, bird, flower, word.

(not crayons)

I inherited these pastels (and lots of other amazing art supplies) from my husband's great aunt who passed away a year or so ago. I only met her once or twice but she was by all accounts a gracious and amazing lady. I hadn't drawn with pastels since I was about twelve; this is not anything amazing but it was a lot of fun! In keeping with the awesome old ladies theme, my grandma is in the picture.



(The canada goose is my favourite part)

girl + (boy) + beast

homebirdies

You are likely aware that I quite enjoy a bird or two. I've been away on a lovely holiday and I haven't even drawn a picture for some weeks (which makes me feel kind of icky...) But I've been pottering and tidying today, and wandered around admiring some of the lovely bird-ish things in our home... so I thought I would share them with you, in lieu of actual things I have made! (and also some flowers, 'cause I like those too).





I'm off to continue the sneeze-fest of tidying my painting and miscellaneous things-I-might-want shelves...

P.S. Acknowledgments must go to my darling sissy who has gifted at least half of this bird-related miscellany!

birthday-birds

This was one of those things that just didn't quite appear in reality as my head imagined it... tried my best to salvage it though!!

festivities from my fingers...

It's easy to think that having a birthday in the holiday season can be sort of sucky... and sometimes it is hard... but on the other hand everyone is in the mood to have some fun and to party a bit more, plus it's SUMMER, which is just grand...

{happy birthday ladies}




I'll be back with more birthday bits tomorrow!!