A Child Pencil Portrait

child portrait EM — 18″w x 12″h pencil sketch on paper

Here is a pencil portrait that is drawn from pictures of a friend when their family came out to visit. Her picture was just so perfect I had to see if I could capture her with a sketch. I think I have pretty much got her personality here. I love her fabulous bone structure and she is so very very photogenic.

You don’t often get photographs that actually relay the lively personality of their model but this little girl’s photo is the epitome of that. She is a person who loves to play in snow smiling and laughing often.

Unethical

Sketching About Unethical

It’s only unethical if you get caught.

Serendipity or is it just part of the plan? Yesterday I completed a pencil sketch of these items noticed on my window sill by my desk in the studio. Three items just happened to be right in front of me and it was a little freaky because….they made me think. Which is a scary situation all in itself.

Usually, I get inspiration from dreams that need to be drawn immediately. This was different because it was a realization when I was fully awake, similar to having a lightbulb come on for me as I gazed at the items on the window sill. Wow, check that out. The items themselves are not phenomenal by themselves but their juxtaposition created quite a thought process to spin around in my mind. There is more than one rendition of this scene on the blog, check the pen & ink drawing.

Thoughts

First off, that saying really caught my eye because it’s a thought I have had a lot of lately. Next to this contradictable saying sets an old-fashioned “source of light” (God). Then, a light source that lights our way when the electricity is out at our home. You can see that both of these items rest on top of my bible lying on the desk.
Unethical is Unethical

Items Around My Desk

unethical message Made a discovery while noticing random items around my desk sitting on the window sill and the edge of my desk this morning. I was admiring the sky and little layer of snow and then Bingo! There it was.

Sitting on my window sill there is a little saying page-turner thing, that I love to turn to the next page each morning… most of the time it gives me quite a chuckle. This morning it said something that made me think about our world and all the corruption evident in politics.

“It’s only unethical if you get caught.”

That sure is relevant today.” My next thought was, “Why is it that politicians can get away with unethical acts, they seem to be exempt from the laws?” It is so screwed up, and then my thoughts began to spiral.

But, before things can get out of hand, I notice the beautiful light outside and start thinking about all the beauty that God places outside for us to see. In the next moment, I think “That kerosene lantern makes a wonderful warm light.” Then my eyes drift down and I see my bible laying right there. And a revelation ensues.

Someone already knows ALL of what we do!

If it is

“unethical”

then IT IS SIMPLY “UNETHICAL”

and

GOD ALREADY KNOWS.

God Works In Wonderful Ways, doesn’t He? Remembering this simple fact calms my worries about the government and politics all around me. I can let it all go and enjoy rendering the scene in my little artist bubble where birds sing and butterflies flutter around in a field of beautiful flowers. It is all in His hands. I am going to do this ink sketch again “in pencil” today, to just let this thoughtfully sink in. Besides, I love to draw in pencil anytime, and I could use the practice. Haha.