33. draw your sister.

See #36 (coming Wednesday).

32. draw your brother.

This turned out as something of a cross between my brother David
and my cousin Jay. I find people's heads/faces very intimidating to draw.
One little proportion off and the whole thing looks like someone else!

what it is

I just got the book What It Is, by Lynda Barry. It looks to be loads of fun -- it's written as something of a full color graphic collage novel meditation on the creative process. I'm looking forward to soaking it in.

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31. draw your father.

As you can see, this is a little bit skewed. But it captures a couple of things

I love about my dad: his smirky, affectionate smile

and the gentle expression in his eyes.

30. draw your mother.

This doesn't actually look anything like my mom, but it was the best of 5 attempts.

I guess I'll just have to be glad I managed to pull off a humanoid female and leave it at that.

We've been house sitting the past few days and are enjoying the quiet bit of vacation

that brings and the air conditioning as well. What are you all up to?

29. draw your lover(s).

Just one. There he is!

28. draw your pet.

This is Daisy when she was a tiny puppy.

She was so cute!! She's a shih tsu/beagle mix.

Really friendly but barks like a maniac.

I wouldn't recommend it.

27. eat it anyway (and draw the empty plate).

26. draw your pudding (that you're not eating).

Elliott and I made chocolate pudding this morning and had

a great time about it! Also, it turned out to be a very popular

item with the children and housemates. Who knew?

25. draw instead of eating pudding once a week (good for your waistline, too).

Uh, I never eat pudding; however, in

honor of Michael Nobbs I might whip some

up in the next couple of days.

Here's the kitchen-in-progress of our new building,

drawn while I was definitely not eating pudding.

It's amazing to me how much James & others have pulled off

in terms of undoing the old kitchen -- it looks like an

entirely new space, complete with vaulted ceilings

(a huge improvement over the dropped tiles & fluorescent

lights); all the old appliances, cabinets and walls gone;

and new framing in place. It's so fun to watch it happen!