Illustration Friday Pick of the Week

I'm so excited!  My birdies in the nest are 'Pick of the Week' over at Illustration Friday!!

Illustration Friday - return and vocal

'Return' ©Caroline Soer

I've decided to keep this illustration up for another week as it fits both this and last week's Illustration Friday words 'return' and 'vocal' so well!  Here the baby birds are being quite definitely vocal  awaiting the return of their parents to the nest!

Okiagari-koboshi, japanese good luck charm.

 

'Never Give Up ' Japanese Good luck charm.

I was very happy and honoured to receive this wonderful little folk art doll recently.  These papier mache dolls were crafted to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the devasting earthquake in Japan.  You can read all about this superb little piece of Japanese crafstmanship below

 

If any one is able to decipher this Japanese calligraphy I'd be very grateful!

Bird and cats at Hillview

 I managed to get my camera out just in time to snap this Kingfisher through the car window this week!  Not a terrific shot,  but good enough to see those beautiful blue feathers and extra long beak!

It's been while since I took photos of  my cats.  So without further ado ....

Tia likes to sit beside me on the printer.   Here she is objecting to my choice of music this afternoon - Phil Collins 

 

 Boooorrrring!

before long though she was fast asleep...

and a little later I asked her if I could use the printer  ........  I didn't ask again!  I know when to leave well alone!

Bob, on the other hand, shares his possessions!  He enjoys a game of football with us.  This is his  favourite frog (it's a dog toy, but don't tell him!).

One-eyed Bob is very relaxed and enjoys Phil Collins ..

and chillin on the kitchen floor right beside my feet!

Have a lovely relaxing weekend!

Illustration Friday

 ©Caroline Soer 2012

For Illustration Friday - 'Shades'.  Some pebbles in shades of my often used water colours,
Paynes Grey and Ultramarine.  Lifted from my sketchbook and combined with a little digital colour swatch  today.

Visitors

I've had a couple of visitors this week.  We often have monkeys popping into the garden.  On Saturday afternoon this Macaque was peering in the window and I managed to get some very close shots of him.  I'm  glad the window was between us, as though not obvious here, he has pretty big teeth!

After a while he tired of staring at us and settled down under the eaves to shelter from the heavy rain.

I found this little fellow in the kitchen today and hurried to get my camera before it flew off.  As it turned out the poor thing wasn't alive so I could take my time!  Aren't the patterns and colours on his back gorgeous? 

Illustration Friday

 ©Caroline Soer 2012

This week's Illustration Friday word is 'yield'.  Did you know that a poppy head can yield up to 30,000 seeds?  (No, me neither!)  This illustration is watercolour, gesso and pen ink.