Shepherd's gaze

"...And there was the baby, lying in the manger.
After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child."

-Luke 2:16b-17

Wonder of Christmas

Temoporary hiatus

Unfortunately, in the confusion of cleaning up after the mu-mu celebrating my brother's 21st birthday, the camera got misplaced.

So posting will be slowed until it is found.

broken string

Illustration of me staring in dismay as the arrow shoots foward minus the majority of the thread attached to it. Red pen.

A wild and crazy week.

An attempt at a wide-eyed, over-busy look, self-potrait without looking in the mirror except to double check ears at the end. I tend to use myself often to check something when drawing people that I thought it was worth a try.
Not quite good.

Many apologies once again.
I'd hoped to at least post something for Thanksgiving. Maybe next week.

This week has been full. There was treasure hunt planning to do (some art involved, but it was taken to its location upon its completion yesterday), the writing of lines for nine-characters so that my students could audition for parts before they wrote their play, cpr and first aid training at scouts, housecleaning - home and elsewhere, errands, a car running out of gas, finishing my brother's present, which I'd hoped to share here, but is currently wrapped up, the auditions, the figuring out how to work with ancient thread and a bow and arrow to rig a balloon up between two trees, and baking.

Thanksgiving day was a wonderful break.

Tuareg (Tamajeq) Man

I had a lot of trouble with the camel's head on this one. It pays to have a reference photo rather than relying on memory.

One of my friends when I was little was of the Tamajeq. Hence they have a special place in my heart.

The turban is indigo, and stains the skin for quite some time after dyeing. I think that's why the Tamajeq are sometimes known as the blue men of the desert.

Three Days to See - concept art for a potential cover

In an earlier post, I spoke of getting to play Helen Keller in a movie production. This is my attempt to come up with a worthwhile cover for the dvd, which currently has only a print label.

I chose eyes, in part to reflect what she sees, and in part because she speaks of "looking long" into the faces of her loved ones, and the eye is an important part of that.

I wanted "see" in color as I chose to have the seeing days represented in color.

As I write this post, I reminded again to give thanks for sight; to not take it for granted, but to look and see, especially the eyes of friends.