EDM #83 Body of water

Memories from summer.

EDM #82 Workspace / artspace

EDM #82, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

This is mine...I try to declutter regulary. My desk is empty when I'm not busy with a project. Bookshelves, and there are a lot ( I should also draw the other side of the room), are more messy...books, magazines, materials,...
Hope you like it...
for me, this could also be an entry for the 'safe'-challenge.

IF-Safe

IF-Safe, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

Are you feeling safe enough to...

La Bocca della Verità (English, The Mouth of Truth) is a famous sculpted image of a human face in Rome, Italy. The sculpture is thought to be part of an ancient Roman fountain or perhaps a "manhole" cover, portraying a river god.
The most famous characteristic of the Mouth, however, is its capability of act as lie detector. Starting from the Middle Ages, it was believed that if one told a lie with his hand in the mouth of the sculpture then it would be bitten off.
(from Wikipedia)

You can also have a look at the real one. And yes, I did put my hand in it's mouth !

IF-Run

IF-Run, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

Run from paper
Run away
Run away from shadow
Running out of time...

EDM #81 Streetlights

EDM #81, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

This was a rather fascinating challenge. First I saw only boring, plain grey lights in a row. Not very inviting to draw, later on I saw each town as a different style of lights, a kind of identty...I like the one on the left.

Learning curve 2

Hof ter Duinen kleur, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

I wanted to add some color to the drawing (see previous post) - experimenting with watercolor pencils. Messed it up. I will have to wait for another chance to draw her sleeping.
Meanwhile I got some experience on how this WC pencils behave...

Learning curve

Hof ter Duinen, originally uploaded by Sparks2005.

Quck sketch in almost dark hotelroom. DD sleeping.

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...