Drawing is a simple pleasure.

It is a fun thing to discover you like to do something and are reasonably good at it. Not perfect or excellent but better than ok. In my fifties I started drawing the odd thing. Mostly cartoon characters that my children and grandchildren would like.
That lasted a while then I stopped. My recent idea of drawing greeting cards had lead me to this next post. A couple friend of ours lost their mothers within one week of each other. I found a photo of a momma lion and her cub to draw. Here it is.

Smitten for the Mitten

The weather in Nova Scotia has been so unusual this month. we have had snow, rain and ice pellets all in the same day. Nah actually this is typical in a way, except for the flash freezing.
We have about 4-6 inches of ice in the driveway. Many of the side streets are in the same mess. Subsequently besides going to church, work and the grocery store there is little getting out.
I try to find something to do and it is during this time I clean, fold laundry, sketch a little something or make mittens. I try to make them a with a bit of designer flair. I use second hand sweaters that look like they were over worn. or shrunk in the wash.
 The pink mitts are so warm. The wool felted so well. The mauve pair are cashmere inside and out.

They are so cozy and soft inside.

 

This pair is cool because the zipper that was on the neck of the sweater is now a pocket on the mitt and can be used to carry small change, a cell phone or even a plastic doggy poop bag. These are also warm and cozy. If you are interested in owning a pair let me know.

One great way to use grandma's or grandpa's old sweater is to turn it into a lovely warm pair of mittens. My email contact is flipkathy@gmail.com

Stay warm and cozy all!

The Mourning Dove Greeting Card.

First blog ever. I am a learn as you go person. Here goes! I would love to share my new greeting cards. I drew a pencil drawing of a mourning dove and sent it to a friend as a birthday card. He actually took a photo of the dove. I drew it, scanned the drawing, sent him the original and proceeded to turn the drawing into a card.
I went to an online photo editing site to clean up all the graphite mess on the outside of the drawing as well worked on the edges of the dove. http://www.picmonkey.com/
It was a fun process. Here is the mourning dove. I have to say the cards look even better. I ordered them from Vistaprint. If anyone starts following this blog and knows of another print option I would love to know what the options could be.

 

 



If you are interested in ordering some greeting cards, these are black and white, blank inside. As I create more sketches I will blog them. Hopefully I can have another created real soon.