AEDM - Day 3 - Crabby

Hi everyone, 

I didn't start out crabby when I started this piece because I thought it was going to be a fairly simple sketch. My plan was to do a plain black and white crab but, as I worked on it, I decided to add colour and more detail. What I thought was going to be a quick and easy sketch turned into a more complex one,   thanks to my obsession with detail. So that made me a little crabby with myself.

 

I wasn't at home most of the day either because we popped over to visit my Mum. Then, when we dropped my sister home, we stayed for a cuppa before heading home. My other son visited late afternoon and, when he left, it was time to sort dinner.  It's been a pretty full-on day and not much time to sketch. 

So this crab sketch is a work-in-progress. 

I will finish him tomorrow and post pics.

For now, this is as far as I got 

I will journal the days events into the blank area when completed

To check out the work of other AEDM participants, click HERE.

That's all, folks. 

Love, Light and Peace to All.

Decorating with turtles and fish...

If you have been following my blog for some time, 

you will already know that I am very big into animal rights and welfare.
I've sponsored bears in the past and I have donated to animal causes worldwide
ever since I was a working teen.
This year, I'm going to adopt a baby orangutan.
No, no....it won't come to live with me in Australia. hehe
The baby orangutan will stay in it's own habitat
 but my annual adoption fee will go towards it's care and support.
More details on that in a later post.

Lately, I've been wondering about ways I can use my art to help
or bring awareness to animal causes 

OR whether it would be better to keep the two separate. 

Well, I think I received my answer the other day.

I was in the studio painting a sea turtle canvas for my kitchen 

when a knock came at the door. 

It turned out to be a guy from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 

and he was collecting donations for their latest rescue cause...

Green Sea Turtles in Northern Queensland!

How uncanny is that?!

I've NEVER had anyone from WWF knock at my door before
and, there I was, painting a sea turtle....the very thing he was promoting! 

I'm thinking there is definitely a message in there for me 

considering the timing.

Here is the turtle canvas I was working on.

I changed the colour scheme in my kitchen from reds to blues, greens, and purples
which is my favourite colour combo.

 I already had some metal fish tea-light ornaments from Bali
so decided to go with a fishy/sea theme too. 

The blue in the pic below is more true to the actual colour.

And I did not stop there....

Aaron liked my fish art so much he asked if I could do one for his room.
Lucky for him, he caught me while I was on a roll.

So the one below was done very quickly to keep him happy.
It looks great in his bedroom where he also has an aquarium.

IT ARRIVED!!!

My artistic license validating my completion of the 75 day sketch challenge.
I still can't believe I did it.

75 pencil-free sketches using only pen or ink in 75 consecutive days!

Brenda Swenson, the host of the 75 day challenge,
sent me one of her art cards too. Lovely!

I was going to post pics of my kitchen with it's new decor colours
but I'll leave that for another day as this post has become over-long.

I hope you all had a wonderful start to the week.

~ Love, light and peace ~