IF-match(2)

IF-match concept, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

About matching and mismatching
About being right and about having more options...

An other idea for this challenge is posted here:

http://if-kunya.blogspot.com/2006/08/if-match.html

IF-match

IF-match, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

A sketchy tribute to the famous Belgian tennis players

EDM #80 - Draw something you love

EDM 80 - Draw something you like, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

Lots of things to draw...for this challenge I choose these colorful ducks. The small one, the keyring, was a gift from my DD. The bigger one, who is actually one-eyed and and somehow formless, I've got by mail from a participant in one of my workshops (Thanks Linda!)
Th duckstory started some years ago, in my rebelious teenage years. When I saw a lot of people in my environment collecting things, I shouted: I will collect ducks! Since then I got wooden decoration ducks a a present. And last year someone bought me a small 'talking' duck, which made noises when you pushed a button. I used it in a workshop to give a sign there was too much talking (or the participants could use it if the leaders were talking too much :-)) The last day the duck got lost (stolen?) and some days after I received this surprise in my mailbox.... And now it's watching all my creative efforts...

IF-Play

I can not remember ever learing to play chess. And I do not think I will ever learn it, I'm too impatient for this game. While I was a kid I used the pieces for setting up whole imaginary scenes...I remember playing for hours on rainy days...

First I wanted to make this drawing for the 'capture'-theme. But I started something else, which is not finished yet. The idea fits nicely into this week's challenge. I wanted to make a quick drawing, didn't realise how much time it would take. When I came to the black one, I was tired...and you can see it ;-).

More EDM 79 - Ears

"I believe we can change the world if we start listening to one another again. Simple, honest, human conversation. Not mediation, negotiation, problem solving, debate, or public meetings. Simple, truthful conversation where we each feel heard, and we each listen well. This is how great changes begin, when people begin talking to each other about their experiences, hopes, and fears.
Margaret J. Wheatley - Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future

I wasn't quite happy with the result of the challenge...so, I tried again keepingin mind the suggestions I've got from someone in the EDM Yahoo-group (Thanks!!!) .I'm not totaly satisfied...but, by working on it I thougt about the quote and a very interesting poem (Dutch) about listening. I added the texts in the journal, so they will come more alive...

EDM 79 - EAR

EDM 79 - EAR, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

Would someone recognise this if the challenge hadn't a title?
Looks like a map from undiscovered territory.
And maybe it is...
how much more can we learn if we listen better!

EDM Challenge 78 - Souvenir

Last year I was invited to a conference in Iran. I have a lot of memories from this 'out of ordinary' trip. At the end I received a nice gift: this presse-papier is still on my desk. It's based on Archimedes' quote:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

This is a very inspiring quote. I was not quite happy with the drawing, so I did another quick sketch to get the perspective more likely. (The money is just added in my Moleskine as a part of the memory, I didn't draw this) Now I consider it done and I will work on the new challenges...it's already wednesday and I have to finish my IF-challenge, which is more time consuming than planned, but I'm having fun!

Don't think pink

Don't think pink, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

Sometimes it's hard not to think of...

I had the same ideas coming back again and again. It made me think of prompt ' do not think of pink elephants' ...and there they were ;-)

journal entry in Moleskine with Derwent Graphitint & waterbrush

IF-Clean

Sometimes I dream of my mister Magic...
When will he appear in my home?
And when he's here, how should I call him? MrClean? MrProper?
I'm sure I will say 'thank you' ;-)

Watercolor with iridescent medium, so it looks realy sparkling.
I enjoyed working with the masking fluid and the medium.

Icebear & ice cream

More ice cream...
and wish I could be on the Northpole

Lyrics from a German song
"Ich möchte ein eisbär sein im kalten polar..."

inspiration for a refreshing page in my Moleskine.

Button box

While reading some blogs I saw 'not being the brightest of the button box'. I didn't know this expression. It inspired me to make this journal entry.

EDM #77 Draw something cold

Nice challenge.
I think I'm going to draw some more...if the weather stays as hot as it is now.

IF- Opposites

It's a thin line between love and hate


Just playing with cheap watercolors and cheap paper...

Old lady

I'm reading 'In the name of friendship', the newest book from Marylin French. The writer pictures the friendship of four women and chapter by chapter she reveals the history of these women. Somehow the theme 'sacrifice' is popping up again. And I made another attempt picturing the old lady.

Sacrifice

She sacrificed a lot...

Skyline

It's early evening. The cloudless sky is transmuting from royal blue to a deep violet, with some fire-orange. Memories from a stunning skyline in the Bekaa-valley near Beirut.

Sticky

Sticky
The well known sticky notes came immediatly to my mind...
I was thinking about other sticky things, feelings. The coloured noteblocks, the brainstorming tool, stayed top of mind.
And it's now the subject of this quick sketch in my Moleskine.
I used some new tools: watercolouting cayons Aquash from Pentel.
It's quite fun to work this way.

Rain

Reflections & raindrops on asphalt
Strange feeling to work on 'rain' when it's hot and the sun is shining.

Jungle

My first IF- challenge.

Jungle as an explosion of colors