IF: Wrapped

'Wrapped around ears'....

This is an ACEO (original) I sold recently on Ebay as part of a set of 4 'Bubblegum Bunnies'

Watercolour wash base and Prismacolor pencil.

IF: Impossibility

'Mouse explains the impossible events to bunny who listens closely'

Bit of a stretch I know and not a great scan, but I can't miss another week of IF!

IF: Sugary

This is one I did a little while ago as part of a series of bunnies, it seems to fit the theme this week.... a 'sugary sweet' bunny with cake!

IF: Island

What a great word! Wish I had time to do something new this week, but I will have to settle for posting an older one.

IF: Worry

This fairy has every right to look worried....

IF: Homage to Pooh

A double homage, to the wonderful characters of A.A.Milne and inspiring illustrations of E.H. Shepard from Winnie-the-Pooh.

I wanted to interpret the characters and stories into my own style, but have found myself needing to study them a bit first, so for now I've included essentially a copy of one of Shepard's illustrations (above) and a couple of sketch studies (left). The wonderful thing about Shepard's simple, effective drawings is that you just can't capture the Pooh character making it even more special.
This weeks IF has inspired me to revisit these lovely stories and images, not least because they are loaded with lots of philosophical and zen thoughts too! (see 'Pooh and the Philosophers' by John Tyerman Williams and 'The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet' by Benjamin Hoff).

IF: Pet Peeves

I imagine a pet peeve of many children may be to have their favourite toy hung out to dry and worse still, when all their favourites get strung up at once!

As for my own pet peeves (and pet related ones at that...)

Why don't our cats realise from our reaction to mouse body parts in the house that we don't view these as 'presents'?

And will Claude please use the proper cat door instead of expecting us to let him in (and why do we keep letting him in!?)

IF: Heavy (or...'is kittys luck in?')

Thought it might be nice to continue the 'kitty & bird' theme from my entry for IFs 'Leap' topic and to have a go at applying a bit of watercolour in this sketch... small steps, I hope to get more confident in this medium.

IF: Blanket

The importance of a small blanket...

The end of the festivities

IF: 100% Sorry

Windmill