A jellyfish from the Aquarium of the Smokies - one of my boys and my favorite places to visit. I love the jellyfish tanks - they look so ethereal - like underwater sea fairies...except they might wrap their nettles around you and make you wish your nerve endings didn't connect to your pain receptors.
And a page of memories from our trip to Dollywood. I didn't realize that they have a large eagle sanctuary there, and could have stood in front of the majestic birds all day. Just fantastic. I also enjoyed watching the boys take it all in for the first time. Not surprisingly, D was slow to warm up to the more adventurous rides, loved the mid-range ones with less-steep drops, while J LOVED the gigantic drop of Daredevil Falls and wanted to go over and over, and in the FRONT SEAT! We all got wet that day, but he was SOAKED.
Can someone explain to me why I can draw an eagle, but not my own children? Strange. J looks like he will when he's 16, and D's eyes and mouth are wonky, but...that's okay. Right?
Yeah, it's okay. Maybe it is because in your minds eye (closely connected to your hands eye) you can see all of million different expressions that your child makes and they end up mushed up together when you draw them...
ReplyDeleteI love the jelly fish, my son was stung by one in Florida and I would say your description was pretty accurite!
Sure it's ok.... you see all of their expressions in one as tami said. Love the sketches anyway and I love your jelly fish
ReplyDeleteLove the sketches. The jelly fish is magnificent and the ones of your children are very sweet and expressive.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this -- the boys are perfect, and the eagle rocks. Is this with the new pencil? Your shadows are fabulous!
ReplyDelete... and is the jelly with the new gouache? Perfect little stingers ... :-D
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