An owl I'm working on...

Unfold...

Whoopee, I thought to myself as I realized my Illustration Friday word had been chosen. I saw a week of rest and relaxation unfolding before my eyes as I imagined that the hard work of coming up with the brilliant idea to illustrate this week's word was already finished. Hmmm... hmmm... + hmmm... I must have had a briliant idea in mind when I submitted this word. But, a few weeks of conquering life's daily adventures later, my brilliant idea to illustrate 'unfold' seems to have vanished... if it was ever there in the first place. I simply can't remember. So for me, it turned out to be the same procedure as every week... and instead of getting to sit around and be lazy all weekend, my treat turned out to be that lots and lots of new people visited my blog just because I suggested the word 'unfold'. How great! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and thanks to the people from IF for choosing my word :-)

Every Friday, I find myself

craving...

for a simple 3 letter word. CAT, for example!

My slant on

Adapt...

Shocked after having seen so many cracked eggs last week, mother hen retreated to the highest place she could find to escape and ponder life. Much to her own astonishment, while trying to keep her balance way up high in the sky, she accidentally stumbled upon the noble art of turning with the wind.

Cracked...

Since the topic of the week isn't 'scary hug' but rather...

Contagious...

I found this quote from Susan Rabin to be fitting.

"Enthusiam is contagious. Be a carrier."

I realize her ears are a bit strangely attached but I like her anyway.

She is radiating energy and has empty hands to be filled.

Wouldn't this be a great campaign for a moving company?

Mrs. Bluehair

Parade...

My editorial illustration is finished. I did some other watercolor backgrounds but ended up liking my first attempt the best. The magazine article was about a mother-to-be... of a dog. It starts out something like this... 'Every woman's first pregnancy is indescribably exciting. I was pregnant for the first time two times in my life. Once with my son and once with our dog'...

Hierarchy...

Way up high in the pecking order...

Hairdo Hierarchy...

1. beehive 2. braids with bangs 3. kinky 4. cut-it-yourself 5. 3 hairs