Third Time's a Charm

These are the barnyard friends that I happened upon one day while sketching. What is it with me and cats lately? So, I think to myself that it might be fun to finish it.

My five-year-old was happy to color it, too! SO CUTE!!!

So, I inked it and painted it and hated it. Nothing looked right from the get-go. I was going to try something new and paint with brown, orange, and blue. Yuk. Someone else would have done this brilliantly. You can kind of tell that I gave up on it early and didn't care how it was looking and wrote all over it. Back to the drawing board...

This was attempt number two. I decided to make this a b&w illustration, but didn't realize I had messed up my linework (by the cat's tail) until after I painted it. In the spirit of recycling, I repurposed the paper (A & B) to make some art for Ripple (have you been there yet? It is way awesome!). I used C and c and * to make chicken, cat, and random paint stickers with the awesome sticker maker my wonderful friend, Karen, gave me!

The third time was a charm! So, here is the final result! It inspired me to write the following poem:

Book Club

The finest book they'd ever seen.

They all agreed.

Too bad they couldn't read.

Glad

Here are some gladiolus for a nice spring morning. As my kids are on Spring Break for the next week, there might not be much art time for Mom. But we will fill our days with fun together time, and playdates, and cookie baking! Hope to get my new postcards in the mail during my quiet time when the kids have their quiet time! I'll leave you with my Mom's favorite springtime poem:

Spring has sprung,

the grass is ris.

I wonder where

the birdies is?