Day 164: My Parents

I had a few photos of my parents and I thought they'd be good subjects for my drawings for today and yesterday. If you can't tell who is who then I will really rethink my whole life up until this point heh heh. The drawing of my father is from my wedding a few years ago. The one of my mother is from May of 1979, when I wasn't even a year old yet. I couldn't find a good photo of my mother from this decade. The way it was the photo I was working from was pretty fuzzy. 

Day 162: A Strawberry Without a Field

I had a little more time today then I usually do for drawing so I decided to put it to good use and make a pretty strawberry. One of my illustrations in the near future will have a strawberry bush, so I need all the practice I can get. Looking at this one makes me hungry. Note to self: stop drawing food late at night.

Day 161: A Girl

I spent most of my day cleaning. Laundry is done now, and I have a start on this week long cleaning project. It's always a chore to pack up your life and move it somewhere else. I didn't get as far on this drawing as I would have liked. I was going to do a full-body drawing, but I only got so far on it before I was too tired to draw anymore. Hopefully tomorrow's drawing will be more finished.

Day 160: I Think I Lost Count

I finally broke down and bought a scanner today. I spent way too much on it, and I'm not happy about that, but it's better then having a scanner that doesn't work with my computer. I could have always hooked the scanner to the other computer, scanned the images, emailed or burn the images onto a disk and then retrieve the data on this computer.  I think I'd rather not deal with a scanner at all in that case.

Yesterday I had completely forgotten to post. I guess it's better that I waited for the scanner. It was hot, icky, and I was very tired.

I don't know why I thought up this little guy. I often see babies wearing ducky outfits. I thought it would be cute if a ducky wore a baby outfit (though it's not as cute as the former).

Day 158: A Rose

Today I did a stylistic drawing of a rose. I was going to go pick up my scanner today, but it was too hot and I took a nap instead. Someday I shall have a scanner!

Day 157: Oh, So Very Tired

I spent a little too much time goofing off, and not enough time drawing today. Went to the mall, saw "The Last Air Bender". I liked it, but I can see how people wouldn't like it. It was nice and cool at the mall. (Summer has finally come to Vancouver and it's not a pretty thing.) I got the fan put together and now it's time for me to sleep with a little help from the Sandman. 

Day 156: My Bunny and Me

Today I went with my Mother-in-Law to buy some Maternity clothing. I didn't get much, just a few tops, a pair of jeans (they had no shorts that fit) and a band to make my old clothes fit. It was really nice, but seeing the prices for some of those baby things is scary. I'm going to be doing cloth diapers after the first month, and those are over $23.00 (can.) a pop (and that's not including the outer waterproof part which in some cases is sold separately. The down or bamboo baby wrap they recommend are well over $135 a pop (of course they recommend at least 2). I'm not too worried though. My Mother-in-Law is a fantastic quilter, and it just so happens she can make a lot of those things for a fraction of the price. My Mother in Ohio is also a fantastic sewer and will be making me all kinds of cute baby clothing. Yay for Moms! At least now I'll be able to spend my money on other baby things.

I was pretty out of it all day yesterday (or the 6th if you will) so I made sure to do two drawings for the price of one! The first is a toy that I had when I was a baby (or at least the picture tells me it was mine). and the second is me as a baby. Both are a little off from my original sketches. The grain of the paper makes it harder to get a smooth drawing. I'm hoping tomorrow is the big day for a new scanner. Cross your fingers for me!