This sketch blends two meanings for the phrase “bleeding heart’, the literal and the metaphoric. A ‘bleeding heart’ can refer to the plant with drooping clusters of flowers shaped like hearts, or to a person regarded as overly sentimental.
Drawings
On The Inside
One day, it’s a happy post. The next day, a sorrowful one. What can I say? It’s my blog and I can cry if I want to. On the inside, I’m crying quite a bit. This drawing isn’t supposed to be pretty. I was only trying to show how it feels when I […]
Just Ahead
I Saw No Window…
Today’s post for the letter “I” is a line from Robert Frost’s poem “Good Hours”. I borrow lines from poems and illustrate them in my sketchbook. Often, my drawings have nothing to do with what the poem is really about. I just love the words. I love the feeling the words […]
Genetic Mutations
Genetic Mutations. Ugly sounding words, but they are very much on my mind these days as we await our son’t DNA test results. What are they? I’ve been reading a lot about genetics lately, as you can imagine. I don’t understand everything, but I’ve learned this much: A hereditary mutation, which […]
Fly on a Flower
Just a little colored pencil drawing from my sketch-book today. This was my intended post for the letter “F” in the “A to Z” Challenge. The host of the challenge encouraged me to go ahead and post what I have, which is really a very nice thing to do. I really […]
Rare Disorder II
Yep, still in the hospital with baby boy. I had to bow out of the “A to Z” challenge for obvious reasons. This is one of those times when art is the only way I can express what’s on my heart.
“Rare Disorder”
I’ve been in the hospital with my baby son for 5 days. He stopped eating and they suspect he has a very rare genetic disorder…. And I don’t know what else to say.
“Skating to a Valentine Party”
A little Valentine drawing for my daughter… Made some changes and added lots of hearts: on her coat, on her shoestrings, on her hat,and stuffed in her pockets for her friends at the party. She’s also got a big Valentine for her best friend…behind her back. 🙂 Drew over the lines with […]