October 19, 2011

    This is a drawing of a bookshelf with toys and books.You might recognize some of the toys from earlier blog posts.

May 19, 2011

    I've been gone a few days visiting my parents' house. As in the past, I ended up drawing my daily sketch late at night after everyone turned in for the night. This time, the bedroom still held the aftermath of a tea party from my great nephew's last visit. It looked like it had been a rough party - celebrants still keeled over where they sat, crockery strewn about the place... The view is from above, hanging off the foot of the bed.

April 19, 2011

     Once again, while staying at my parents' house, I ended up working a sketch in after I headed off to sleep. I rather liked the casual way this little lady doll was holding the bear on her lap. I was almost finished when I noticed that the object next to them was an unplugged alarm clock - and since I liked the juxtaposition of old childhood toys and an unplugged clock I added it to the mix.

April 8, 2011

     This line of dolls and stuffed animals is sitting along the top of some bookcases in a bedroom in my parents' house. The dolls and some of the stuffed animals date back to when my sister and I were children and played with them, and some date "only" back to my own, now grown, children. For instance, the tall dog "Patches" was loved by several of my parents' grandchildren... my own kids and my siblings' kids. The Raggedy Anne and the little blonde doll on the end were my sister's. There they all still sit, lending the room a feel like a patchwork of generations of bedtime stories and tea parties.