First up, the biblical account of Jonah and the Whale, a detail from the illustration by Everett Henry titled, "The Voyage of the Pequod," for the story, "Moby Dick," also known as just, "The Whale," by Herman Melville, the tail end of a whale and an image of a breaching whale.
Did you see the story of the whale they call "Granny" in the news this week?
Life can be funny that way, don't you think?
Ah, whale tales all! You can call me Ishmael.
Moving right along....
Next I tackled the TwobyTwo. The first two drawings are kind of self-explanatory.
This one requires a bit of back-story. I was in Sedona one day a while back and stopped by Garlands, a gallery for exceptional Native American jewelry, ceramics and weavings. I saw a beautiful Tree of Life (Bird Pictorial) wall hanging depicting hummingbirds and metallic yarns were used to make those lovely birds shimmer. I knew then that it would haunt me forever that I didn't buy the unusual piece (Navajo like to use only wool from the sheep they raise themselves. Metallic threads are unheard of), but the tag had more zeroes than I had.
Sigh.
So here I've attempted to draw a hummingbird that doesn't look like the Twitter thing:
I dream of hummingbirds, which I guess is a good thing.
Before I let you go, I'll share the Diva challenge piece for the week.
That's it for now. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a brilliant day!
So much eye candy here! I love it all and the hummer is beautiful and I bet it was a beautiful wall hanging
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Freebird. While I don't have that one piece, it still offers inspiration to me, as it did this week. c
DeleteLots to read and learn and then a really clever Diva Challenge tile. It's always a pleasure to visit your blog.
ReplyDeleteDear Magrat, so glad you stop by and appreciate what i have to offer. The Diva piece was quite a bugger, really. It quickly became confusing and thankfully just as quickly, done. c
DeleteAnd so we learn more, thanks to you, of more each visit! I always enjoy new information & take pleasure in reading encyclopaedia- this way of getting info brings me pleasure too!
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Thanks, Sally. I am the harbinger of all knowledge, with particular emphasis on the truly useless. As the old joke goes, which my ex was particularly fond of repeating: he didn't need an encyclopedia while he had me around! I'm thrilled you get something out of your visits with me. c
DeleteI like all your whale images. Hummingbirds are a favorite of mine as well. Years ago we had a next outside of our front door in a cactus. Each day I would watch for the eggs to hatch. When they did, mom was off fetching food, so I chatted each day with the babies. When they grew, they knew me and would greet me each morning with a flutter in front of my face. Truly magical! Your drawing of one is beautifully done! Your duotangle is very nicely done, but it looks a bit complicated to me. I don't quite have the patience for that LOL!
ReplyDeleteAll so very beautiful, You have been busy :-)
ReplyDeleteWell done on the inchie collection and all of the other art is terrific
ReplyDeleteLove Chrissie xx
Fabulous inches and art work. Love all the information as well.
ReplyDeleteAll so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI particularly love how you've done the diva challenge as a close up view of part of an auraknot, such a creative idea and beautiful result.
Wonderful work & beautiful DC tile! Love it!
ReplyDeleteLove all of it. Thank you so much for sharing!
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