Cartoon Pirates for the kids!

The theme at the Summer Child Care (Kindergarten & 1st Grade) program this week is 'Pirates!' The last two mornings I have enjoyed the assignment of drawing, on location, a male and a female Pirate, where the face area will be cut out and the kids will stand with their faces in the open area and have their pictures taken!
These images are both approximately four foot high, drawn (on the floor, on hands and knees) with Sharpies and illustrated with joy! Such a fun and rewarding kind of assignment! I'd love to do these kinds of things all day long :-)

4th of July Orchestra...Doggy Style!!!

A cartoon of mine...Breaking out the orchestra and barking out a song in celebration of the 4th of July!

Beautiful day to walk the dog and fly the cat :-)

An evening of sketching naked Santa and jungle fun...not related :-)

I didn't spend part of this June evening sketching out naked Santas' just because I wanted to. They're for a job related purpose, I just can't say what at this time. Anyhow, they were kind of fun to play around with...and that growth on his stomach, that's his bellybutton...before you go and interpret it as something else :-) The other rough sketch is a kid related project. Just another step in working through the creative process :-)

Drawing with, and for, children is great for the spirit!

Other than the daily interactions of working with and being around preschoolers...a very favorite part of  my job is when our classroom schedule allows me the opportunity to sit down and draw with, and for, the children. They are so appreciative and excited...as am I! :-)

Another look inside the ol' sketchbook!

Continuing along the subject of 'one's sketchbook'...here's another page. This page was revisited several times over the course of a month or so. Again, hardly anything pertains to anything else on the page but each little image is it's own story. __For me, this is part of the fun I look forward to, when I go back in the future and try and recall what I was thinking or working on when doodling and sketching these things out :-)

Working it out in the sketchbook!

My sketchbooks might be an example of what ADHD may look like. Totally unrelated sketches crammed onto the same page with no apparent train of thought but random images floating all over. Some more finished than others, some not finished at all and a lot of doodles. But the reality is, all the images actually are leading to something. It's all part of the process :-)