Sunday 20 July 2014

Every Inchie Monday: Odd

This week's word at Every Inchie Monday is odd,  I really wanted to use my mum's old expression Odds and Sods, to mean a conglomeration of various things, but couldn't figure out exactly how to portray it.  (And sod is not a nice word in England where she came from.)

 So I went for two more ordinary ideas:  odd numbers - they are sparkly letter stickers,  and odd balls  -- those red, blue and white balls are the ones we treasured as children (medium Inktense pencils).




Now for my weekly catch up!  I left off with engrave, so the next one is

Forest:  I thought of drawing the box of chocolates from Forest Gump, but thought that was too much like chocolate so I got kind of ordinary here and just drew a little forest of trees (can you hear one fall?)  I tried to get a little bunny in there but it was just too small.  Medium:  Prismacolour  coloured pencils. 





Figure:  I spent many years figure skating as a child.  True iconic Canadian, I grew up with an ice pond in my backyard and a front yard that froze over every year.  I learned to skate as I learned to walk..  I belonged to two clubs at the same time but when it came time for private lessons, to my regret it simply wasn't in the budget. Medium: Prismacolour coloued pencils and silver gelly pen.






Game:  I always wanted to own Boardwalk when playing Monopoly as a child, mostly because I liked to colour of the tile I think.  It didn't often end up with me winning, that's for sure.  Medium: coloured cardstock, Inktense pencils.



 
 
 
Gold:  I seem to like doing the colours when they come up.  Here is used a gold button and some sparkly scrapbook paper.  The hardest part, as usual, was taking a picture of it so the shine came through. 
 
 


Head:  I got very ordinary here again and tried to draw a head in a one inch square,   My vanity wants to assure you I  can draw heads more or less properly, if given enough room!   Then I decided to use another idea from the 4H club, which stands for Head. Heart, Hands and Health.  It's a sort of country-wide agricultural club.  I joined because  I wanted to have a horse, even though we couldn't afford it. 


 
 
 
 
 
 
Hot:  I love hot air balloons, although I don't think you'd ever get me up in one!  They are so beautiful as they float across the sky.  Medium:  gelly pens, brown pigma micron, Prismacolors.



 
 
That's enough for this week.  More to come.


 






10 comments:

  1. You are, indeed, a good artist. And an amazing catcher-upperer too. How cutely tiny are those numbers in the odd inchie! Love your idea for figure. They are all good, keep 'em coming.

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  2. I love the Odd inchie, great minds think alike!! I also love the back inchies, you are catching up. great job throughout!!!

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  3. I loved all your artwork! Fantastic!

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  4. Well done with all your inchies. It's not easy catching up.

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  5. Very nice to revisit some of the past Inchie words as you catch up. They are all so well done. I love your drawing too.

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  6. You have been busy with your catch-up work. Love the drawing of the head as well

    Love Chrissie x

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  7. Awesome job on them all!!! You amaze me that you are catching up so quickly!! I love the portrait sketch you did also. Is it you? :0) Share Humanity

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    1. Is it me? I wish! No, it's a sketch from a magazine ad.

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  8. These are all fabulous. Think my favourite might be the trees but then I love the skate too...and the gold...:)

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