Sunday, February 17, 2013

Sketchy Sunday: "Music" and "In the Kitchen"

Joining the Artsy Ants again for Sketchy Sunday

We missed last week, so here's a couple of sketches from "In the Kitchen".

I've always avoided technical drawing, so this was a good challenge for me. I picked the mixer, because I thought the beaters would be the most challenging thing to sketch.




My 9-year-old drew the refrigerator, the oven and a cupboard, but put them in a made-up constellation. He's never drawn these things before to my knowledge, so it was a good challenge for him as well.



This week's theme was music, so I drew a fantasy pictured inspired by an illustration of children dancing. I then looked up images of people playing the flute to get the arm position right. And I added metallic gel pen ink to spruce it up a bit.


Thanks, Simona and Sylvia, for coming up with unusual themes!


4 comments:

  1. Great sketches, Sheila! The dancers are really cute. And your son's kitchen sketch is well done, so is your mixer. Looking forward to your "phone" sketches :)

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  2. awesome sketches! i especially like the mixer and the little dancers of course! they remind me of me and my sister :)

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  3. hi sheila,

    I didn't find an email or what have you listed, but I did want to let you know that Gracie said to me this afternoon --"I'm glad that you're the kind of mom who asks how I'm liking the church we go to."

    And I instantly thought about you and all of your words of wisdom about taking children's spirituality seriously. I used this as an opportunity to say explicitly to her that all people have a relationship with God, not just grown ups. So, thanks for all of your thoughtfulness on this topic (:

    Mama, youknowwhatmama

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    1. You're welcome! And thanks for all of your feedback and observations as well.

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