IF - suspense

In suspense!

IF - forward

This is the last page in my sketchbook project 2012,
an illustration for the proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I thought that it was appropriate for this week's word - forward.

I've just uploaded the other pages of the sketchbook - click here to view them.

sketchbook project 2012

Yesterday I posted my sketchbook project 2012 - just in time.

I chose the topic 'Along the line' - I removed the original pages and made a zig-zag book so that it can be pulled out into a continuous line.

My original idea was to take quotations including the word 'line' and to have a go at illustrating them. But as I got into it, I realised that many of the quotes were by artists - so I adapted and used only those by artists and included anything that was about art.

I looked at the ideas and styles for each artist and then had a go myself. It was good fun and I learnt so much.

IF - vanity

I googled 'vanity' quotes and found this one from the 1700s -
I think it's absolutely relevant today!

IF - gesture

The art of bowing in Japan.

IF - stay

How to stay dry!

In the UK we're quite used to doing this!

IF - remedy

The remedy for a broken heart - a tiny black kitten.

Tiger was a beautiful ginger tabby cat - a stray who chose to live with us -
and we all loved her.

One bitterly cold evening she didn't arrive home -
she had been hit by a car and didn't recover.

Our two other cats were broken-hearted - until the arrival of Ebony -
a beautiful tiny black kitten.