crowdedpeas

crowdedpeas
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

I thought I'd play around in Painter this time for my Illustration Friday entry. I'm feeling a little better this week, but I think I need to do something to recharge my creative battery. Maybe take a class or two.

On a sad, sad note: Funeral services were held yesterday for Knitty and Pearl in the back yard. I could have taken them back to the pet store to get new fish, but I felt like they deserved to be honored as family members. Sad. Pearl passed first and I believe Knitty couldn't go on without her. I can't believe I couldn't keep them alive for over a week! I feel just terrible about it.

bloom astrid

bloomastrid
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

I'm not completely happy with how this turned out....but here is my submission forIllustration Friday. It is inspired by my friend Astrid's pink camo jammies and her daddie's comment that she could hide in a field of tulips. She is much cuter than I portrayed her. Wouldn't this make a great commemorative plate?

I've been in a creative funk and been feeling untalented lately. I feel like I'm lost and have no direction and I'm foolin' myself for thinking I can do this as a job. Then I read penelope illustration where she just recently felt similar feelings and I felt a bit better, but I still feel like I suck today and can't make anything look good. So I'm telling myself it's a phase and it'll pass like Penelope said.

Tomorrow I'm off to D.C. to visit Le Fruzsi. I miss that gal. We'll also take a little visit to MD to see Madame Jess and her magic grow belly. Should be a fun trip, but I sure do hate to fly. HATE IT.

KnittyNpearl

KnittyNpearl
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

we have new family members!! Meet Knitty and Pearl. Pearl is the white one of coarse and Knitty is the orange guy. I've been wanting fish for several weeks now and finally went to get them on Saturday. I have only had fish once before. In 1984,I won them at the NC state Fair throwing ping pong balls at them. I won 2 and carried them around in a bag all night I am really surprised that they lived at all let alone in a stinky unclean (I was 14 and lazy, ok!) bowl for 2 years. Sting and Matt may you rest in peace little buddies. So let's hope these guys make it! I'm already attatched. They are so cute. They hang out together and stare out at us side by side always together. Love may be in the water in there. Maybe we'll have even more. So I've been researching fancy goldfish to make sure I do everything right... Fish me luck! Ha!

fragile

fragile
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

Here is my Illustration Friday post. The theme is fragile. Nothing is more fragile to me than those naked little pink baby birds. I skipped last week...too lazy? Probably.

I'm so over the bleakness of Winter. I mean either snow or give me some green to look at. sheesh! I forget what the trees looked like with leaves.I've started some tomato seeds. I hope they grow big and strong!

jazz

jazz
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

The theme for this week's Illustration Friday is Jazz. In our house, we most often listen to Jazz when its cleaning time. Farmer is a giant Jazz fan and has a bunch of old Jazz records with those cool covers. I love those musty old Jazz covers.