Old-fashioned

This vase - inherited from my Mother-in-law, is one of my favourite possessions - it looks so old-fashioned. Is it the colour, pattern or shape that makes it seem from another era?
© nicky linzey 2010 for illustration friday

Acrobat

Inspired by one of my favourite artists ever.
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Proverb

How true!
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Harvest

It makes him all itchy but I can't stop him. In fact it looks like a nice thing to do - I may give it a try. I'm still neglecting my blog at the moment - sorry - lots of work and the invalid is still needing help, although I'm glad to say he can get his socks on by himself now and he is improving!
I find it very hard to be creative for myself when I have a lot of work on, in the evenings I just crash out with a large glass of wine.
PS. The presentation went well - it just has to be passed by one more person now - so fingers crossed.

Thanks

At the beginning of the Summer I participated in Kelly Light's great idea to raise money to help creatures affected by the Gulf oil spill. Kelly has now raised over $10,000 with the help of hundreds of artists. These are the wonderful artworks that I received in the post over the past few weeks. If you haven't done so already, please visit their websites: jackie, harsha and howard.
Also the Ripple website is still going strong! 

Deluge

It never rains but it pours doesn't it. Apologies for neglecting my blog but I have been busy getting together a presentation for an exciting work project over the past few weeks. The deadline is this Friday and as Gra has slipped a disc in his back he's finding it hard to sit at the computer for too long. So I'm trying to get the work done and generally fetch and carry for the invalid!
Plus of course My Jack Russell needs walking twice a day (now I couldn't neglect him now could I? Well he certainly wouldn't let me!)
Summer seems to have come to an end here too and I must admit that today I feel like these two little birds sitting on my fence in the rain!

Artificial

I love watermelon and probably buy it for how it looks, more than for the taste. The colours are so bright they actually look artificial.
© 2010 nicky linzey for illustration friday