Dancing Don Quixote

Posted on Sunday 18 March 2007

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Michelle @ 7:01 PM
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Wired

Posted on Thursday 15 March 2007

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“Kookaburra sits on the electric wire,
Jumping up and down with his pants on fire,
Ouch, Kookaburra, ouch, kookaburra,
Hot your tail must be”
The best I could do for wired – It gave me a chance to re-visit some favorite characters.
Michelle @ 9:54 AM
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Hide

Posted on Thursday 8 March 2007

This is when you hide but you can’t help peeking.

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…a little closer.

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Michelle @ 9:11 AM
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Values poster

Posted on Wednesday 28 February 2007

Some more of the artwork for a poster for my school. Still working on it!

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I am happy with the character diversity.
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Remember how I was changing the look of the girls by changing their clothes this is what I ended up with.
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Michelle @ 3:29 PM
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Clothes make a difference

Posted on Wednesday 21 February 2007

Still working on the values poster but have got a little distracted and dressed some of the characters out of uniform.

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Also I’ve been playing around with a new banner – some crops from a few favorite illustrations. Not being a computer tech I will have to wait for Peter to have some spare time to put it up. Looking at it now I don’t think the piggy matches so that will probably need to go.
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Michelle @ 3:05 PM
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New Poster

Posted on Thursday 15 February 2007

Some school children characters for a values poster. They are all holding values signs. Will post the full version when finished.
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This is what I settled on for Noah’s Ark.

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I am so enjoying the beautiful artwork and interesting posts at Geninne’s Art blog.

Michelle @ 6:45 PM
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Noah’s Ark

Posted on Sunday 11 February 2007

I’ve had a few attempts at Noah’s Ark over the past few years. Even though I am still playing with the background and need to add the dove into the left corner I’m quite happy with this one.

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The animals a little closer.
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Michelle @ 4:31 PM
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Tagged

Posted on Saturday 10 February 2007

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1. I leave the water in the sink after washing dishes and when I sweep the floor I make a pile in the corner where it stays for quite a while.
2. I can only sleep with my pillow. I take on every holiday and on any overnight destinations.
3.I love to mow the lawn, it is my favorite domestic duty.
4.When I first moved into this house I would spend one hour everyday pulling out weeds from the front lawn and nature strip.
5.I have pet rabbits. At one time we had 8 of them in the yard. It’s true what they say “breeding like rabbits”.
6. I am addicted to my blog ( sometimes I think that is weird). I check the stats far too often.
I tag anyone who wants to write six weird things about themselves.
Michelle @ 6:49 PM
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Posted on Thursday 8 February 2007

I am taking Danny Gregory’s advice and finding a quick ten minutes to do a drawing every day. I love his style of drawing because imperfection can be celebrated.
Last night before I went to sleep.

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Today at the hairdressers (even brushes make interesting drawings).

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Today I am going out to buy a journal so I can join in on the ever increasing number of those who are creating visual diaries.
Michelle @ 11:12 AM
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Grandpa’s gardening tips

Posted on Sunday 4 February 2007

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Just a fun little sketch I’m working on. It fits pretty well for sprout. Note in reference to step 4 the only watering I can do now is on Sunday and Wednesday evenings as level 3 water restrictions have hit Melbourne. We need rain and lots of it!
Hand drawn and coloured in illustrator.
Have a great week.
Michelle @ 8:35 PM
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