Showing posts with label Illustration Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illustration Friday. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

illustration friday: CONTAINED


Mixed media collage. Colouring pencils and Oil Pastels on Paper with Newspaper papercut on a background of very old wall paper.

This topic reminded me of a drawing I did when I was a little girl after a trip to the zoo. My mother wasn't very impressed when I added the finishing touches to my picture - the bars of a cage! I now understand what she was getting at hence the layered approach to this illustration.

I feel a bit like a parrot stuck in a cage in my current lodgings...

Friday, January 9, 2009

illustration friday: RESOLVE


Happy New Year! I resolve to participate in Illustration Friday...