OK! Monday is finito - well the hard part anyway! It was the strangest, coldest, odd weekend I've had in a while - I think there was a lunar eclipse or something and then there was also the Winter solstice at the end of the week - so taking those things into account, I think that pretty much explains it. I think!
I hope everyone both sides of the equator had a good weekend. I managed to draw a couple of drawings! Goodness only knows what would happen if I didn't at least manage one drawing on the weekend - I think I'd be in trouble! So, above is Yvonne. Uber goddess of the haute couture. What would you do if she entered a room you were in? I think it would be that classic "Gradually the room grew silent. One by one they turned to see the vision that had just entered - their power of speech was entirely taken away from them". (Hmmmm...don't give up your day job Sam!)
Below is something different - along the same theme that I started exploring last weekend - cat portraits. This is Felix and the drawing is called Out and About. This drawing is actually modelled on a cat I befriended in Double Bay - the next bay to where I live in Sydney. He was such a personable cutie - I have been thinking about drawing him for a while.
I have a real soft spot for tuxedo cats!...and finally: Evening Soiree. My go at pattern and design.More mermaids next week with any luck! It depends how my muse is feeling!
Have a super week all!
Oh Sam, lurrrve the origami inspired dress!
and the pinkish kitty ear is a darling as well.
Stay warm & cozy~ I'm off to have my din-din now~
xo as always*
Posted by: lenorenevermore | June 28, 2010 at 08:57 PM
lovely!!! you draw so much, and you do it so well. i have been telling myself that i should start drawing again, but it has been so long. so nervous, but i think i will try it again. maybe next weekend. must!
and LOVE the kitty pick. of course i am partial to all things kitty, and you have captured this one so well!
Posted by: drollgirl | June 29, 2010 at 04:33 AM
Felix is SUCH a cutie!!! And I of course am LOVING your kitty portraits. Kitties are really hard to draw and you are doing such an amazing job. I love your first lady, what a fab dress, i want!
Happy Week to you!!!
Posted by: Kathleen | June 29, 2010 at 08:05 AM
Hmmm...sounds like you had an interesting weekend. I hope it was ok.
Yvonne is simply gorgeous. She has now taken the #1 spot on my list of favorites of all of your beautiful ladies. And the dress on Evening Soiree - oh my! Do you do fashion design as well dear? Funny timing that your drawings coincide with the Couture Exhibit I just went to yesterday (and posted about today).
And I'm absolutely in love with Out and About. Everything about this kitty is perfect :)
Posted by: Marsi @ The Cottage Cheese | June 29, 2010 at 01:22 PM
Just a word : PERFECTION !
Posted by: Stéphanie | June 29, 2010 at 06:13 PM
The kitty is so adorable! He has so much personality! And I just love that first dress - so gorgeous!
Posted by: Emma Wallace | June 30, 2010 at 02:03 PM
I love Felix! Just look at his adorable little kitty nose! He very much reminds me of a cat I once had!
Hope your week has been going well Sam. It's the first day of July, so happy July! Only two more months until spring arrives. Yippeeee! Have a super Friday and the most wonderful weekend. Looking forward to seeing what drawings you come up with over this weekend. Stay warm! xo
Posted by: Tracy | July 01, 2010 at 06:21 PM
yvonne is great. i am watching a TV programme on art deco - how fitting.
Posted by: clare | July 02, 2010 at 05:48 AM
Yvonne did just blow me away. WOW such a sight and I think my jaw would drop as she entered the room and I would dream of someday making a similar entrance with that dress!! so pretty. i love the diversity in your work, cat portrait here, mermaid there and then a siren like this lady, bien fait!
Posted by: sealaura | July 02, 2010 at 07:11 AM
wow, Yvonne's dress is just spectacular! And that kitten, so gorgeous. I always love coming to your blog and seeing your new works :)
Posted by: esta sketch | July 02, 2010 at 09:31 AM
Aww, Sam!! That cat looks amazing. I love the dresses on both of these ladies too! Such exciting designs. :)
Posted by: Rebecca | July 02, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Always the most amazing work Sam! Yvonne is very much inspiring... her dress, the colors and her expression. You're a genius and I definitely see a bit of a lunar eclipse in her.
Posted by: Gabbi | July 05, 2010 at 03:02 AM