This drawing project has been a long time coming. The original idea for the window graphic came from a photo that I took while down in Seaside, Florida, with my sister, Jessica. We walked around the quaint town by the ocean, admiring peoples porches and windows and gardens...taking photographs and enjoying the mild temperatures. It was April and the confederate jasmine was in full bloom (an entire month earlier than our confederate jasmine blush here in zone 8). This window box caught my eye, with its gorgeous deep reddish orange geraniums...and a whimsical iron sculpture of a funny little man in the garden beneath the window (not pictured or drawn here). The photo wasn't all that good. But the window and the idea of using it for a drawing subject someday has stayed with me. Flash forward 8 years; took me awhile to sit down and begin the drawing....but I did...and I like it. The original is non-Christmasy without a cutout for the photo...to be used for note card art.
Showing posts with label December. Show all posts
Showing posts with label December. Show all posts
Friday, December 25, 2009
December 25
This drawing project has been a long time coming. The original idea for the window graphic came from a photo that I took while down in Seaside, Florida, with my sister, Jessica. We walked around the quaint town by the ocean, admiring peoples porches and windows and gardens...taking photographs and enjoying the mild temperatures. It was April and the confederate jasmine was in full bloom (an entire month earlier than our confederate jasmine blush here in zone 8). This window box caught my eye, with its gorgeous deep reddish orange geraniums...and a whimsical iron sculpture of a funny little man in the garden beneath the window (not pictured or drawn here). The photo wasn't all that good. But the window and the idea of using it for a drawing subject someday has stayed with me. Flash forward 8 years; took me awhile to sit down and begin the drawing....but I did...and I like it. The original is non-Christmasy without a cutout for the photo...to be used for note card art.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Free Meal
With gratitude to Wikipedia: "The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands."When Mom was here, 'Great Blue' visited frequently but never for periods long enough to grab our camera and get a good photograph. Most of our windows have screens on them....and if you open the door to step outside and get the better vantage, GB will fly off, playing shy guy.
After Thanksgiving, Jeff did some serious fishing, hoping to catch enough to fix us all a tasty dinner. The fish were elusive and the few that Jeff caught were left alive to swim endless circles in the lake barrel.
Fast forward a week....Mom has returned to Idaho, Jeff & Abram are out hiking the Conecuh Nat'l Forest and Kim is home alone. I was able to capture these photos from inside the house, through the one window downstairs without a screen. GB was aware of my presence but nothing would deter him from capturing this free meal.
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