Hi everyone! So I've not been blogging for a while because I am lame. And I'm going to be even lamer and recycle a blog post I did for the 13ers. But as I'm fairly sure no one saw it there, I feel justified as there was a lot of hard work involved, as you can see.
So this blog post is based off of a dare by my buddy Elsie Chapman. It's great if you are a fantastic artist, like all 3 of my kids.
But not so great if you have problems drawing a straight line or a
circle. Which would clearly be me. Knowing my inability to draw, Elsie
dared me to draw my MC, Kira from Prophecy. And I foolishly took the
challenge!
Here's my first attempt. It was important for me to make sure I was
accurate by including the yellow eyes and a bow and arrow. The boots
were just a special extra I did. But my youngest came by and berated me
for drawing her naked.
So
I gave her some clothes and a sword. But then apparently my middle
daughter came by and asked me if I was drawing a sailor. Damn it, she is
not a sailor! So my youngest said, put her on a horse!
My
oldest shows up because of the shrieks of laughter emanating from my
room and she takes a look and says "why is she riding a platypus?" At
this point, I decided to call it a night and loaded up my self-portrait.
They have now taken to calling me Mama Smurf.
And BTW - here's how real artists do it:
Kira by our very own and extraordinarily talented Natalie Whipple.
Another Kira by the amazing Joni who blogs at
Lace and Fog Authoress.
From now on, I shall leave the art to the artists!!
