summer heat

 

Did everyone have a happy summer solstice? We welcomed the first day of summer with quite a heat wave. In the evening we watched Act I of a 1962 classic ~ Lawrence of Arabia. Those poor guys running around the dry and unforgiving desert, fighting each other, getting sucked up by quicksand and dessicated by the sand ... it made our summer's day look positively mild. 

Anyway, I thought it might be a good time to share my boy on camel with you. It's not a very recent pastel of mine, but I'm still fond of it.

if: asleep

 

Even though this sketch was done with student pastels that didn't blend properly, I still liked the idea of wondering about the two figures: who was the dreamer and who was the dream?

Usually a dream with a kiss is a good dream, I think...

#superbOwl

whoooo won?

 Just kidding! I know the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl. Although I didn't watch the game (or commercials), I at least know that much. Most of the people that I know who like American football were cheering for the Packers so ~ yay!

It was this cute tweet with the twitter hashtag #SuperbOwl that inspired me to draw some "superb owls" ~ my own way of celebrating. I used a gold pen in a black sketchbook, then colored them in with soft pastels.

I like the way she's facing away
with her head turned all the way around.
I'm so impressed when owls do that!