Samarra, Sketch 2

For this sketch I was trying not to use the smudge function in Procreate (the iPad drawing app).  This one used only the brushes.  Gray "paper", so the black and white lines contrasted each other.  I used a photograph as the base, a picture I took yesterday morning while she was chasing a lizard on the window in the dinning room.

  I consider the photograph base to be cheating a little, but I really like the results.  The photo lets me get all the proportions correct, then I can fill in the details, to get it to look right.

  Since I've never tried the gray background before this was also a learning exercise.  I'll probably be trying more of these.  And it give me a chance to take a so-so picture and make it something more.

Samarra

I "cheated" on this one a little.  I used a picture of Mara in the background of this one to get the proportions right.  I still like the way it came out nice.

Whirling Dervish

  The girls get feathers on Christmas morning... Nyala's favorite was the pheasant feather.  It's always amusing then they can entertain themselves...  (Sorry that it's dark and grainy.)

Knead Binky

  A few years back Mara adopted a shawl I was crocheting.  It was made from a fuzzy purple yarn that must of reminded Mara of her mother.  She would grab a mouthful of the shawl and start kneading it.  So I made her her own "Binky" so she would ruin my newly made shawl.

  The Binky is about 12x8 inches and bright blue.  Mara carries it around in her mouth.  We can hear her crying all the way across the house, sometimes after we've gone to bed.

  I finally caught her doing it the other day.  This carried on for 5 minutes or more.  It must give her comfort.  In the end, that's all that counts...

Nyala Sleeping

  A friend recommended a drawing program for the iPad.  So while sitting on the bed this afternoon I sketched this.

  I've got to try this more often....