Tag: Illustrations

  • The Oscar Party

    The Oscar Party

    I was caught off guard (totally unprepared!) when Ned plucked me out of bed one morning and forced me to go on a ‘surprise’ vacation.   We flew to the west coast and spent the first few days lounging in the sand… staring at the Ocean. We shucked Oysters while we were there, saw an Octopus,…

  • Bare Boldness

    Bare Boldness

    Be as Bold as your Hair. I chose to use the word BOLD for a couple of reasons. For one thing, this woman must be bold because one wrong move from her could result in another Janet Jackson controversy. Haha! Poor Janet. I’m sorry I even brought that old mishap up, but it was the…

  • Fifty Shades of Pink

    Fifty Shades of Pink

    I was going to call this one Pink Sunset, but I went looking for quotes and saw that someone had written “Fifty Shades of Pink” somewhere. I love that! I went a little wild tonight because… as they say… girls just want to have fun. I took an old illustration and worked on the outlines,…

  • Lady Godiva?

    Lady Godiva?

    Part Five is here and things are getting exciting! This is an ongoing story that is continued each day (more or less) using the Daily Spur’s word prompt. Todays word is: Host. The previously written parts run below the new addition so that, in the end, it will be a completed short story. Backwards. Part…

  • Revision, Revision, Revision!

    Revision, Revision, Revision!

    After publishing my post, Be Gentle, I played around with my illustration a little more and came to like this sketched version better than the original. Maybe it’s a more accurate depiction of “gentleness” because of the softening of the colors.  I hesitated to share it because you’ve already seen the original, so it seemed…

  • Idioms: Part II

    Idioms: Part II

    The Conclusion A SHORT STORYIn case you missed it, here is Part I Once in a blue moon things happen that surprise me. I figured there was a snowball’s chance in hell that he’d call. I mean, the kid was gorgeous and I was sure he had bigger fish to fry. So, imagine my surprise…