IF - rescue

IF-brave

Well, it's been a very long time since I have participated in IF. I have been busy with these guys...



especially the little one this year. But now I have nights back to myself, so no more excuses! I may not get a finished illustration done, but a sketch is better than nothing isn't it??

So here's my very rough sketch for this week. We've been swimming a lot lately, and my oldest convinced me to jump off the diving board - the experience reminded me of how much courage it takes to jump off the high diving board...at least for me.

IF - brave

My 6 year old has become a keen sketcher and has decided to try to participate in Illustration Friday's. When he thought of the word 'brave' he thought there was nothing more brave than going into a dark cave.

IF - Celebrate

We have had occasion to celebrate lately too with a new addition to our family. It's left me with little time to draw over the last two weeks, but here' s a little sketch I managed to complete for IF.

IF- Climb

"Okay boys, no climbing in the grocery store please!!"

This will probably be my last post for a bit as new baby is arriving in just a few days. I wish I had had more time this week to work on this sketch. I like the idea, but it's obviously not finished, and I'm a little embarassed by the quality so will not be officially posting it on the IF website this week. It was a good learning experience though. This week I decided to try inking in Illustrator and once again relied on Dani for some guidance.

IF - Pale

"Dancing in the pale moonlight"

Inspired this week by the beautiful colored pencil illustrations of Kathy Hare and suggestions at danidraws to try drawing something new I thought I'd try drawing a ghoul in colored pencil for this week's illo.

IF - Contained

"Whatever this amazing vessel contained, they sensed they had hit the jackpot."

(Here's one of my first attempts coloring with Photoshop, and using my Intuos3 for the first time...I have a long way to go I know, but I couldn't be more happy with the Wacom!)

IF - Resolve

X's resolve to keep his 'sou-sou' is unwaivering.