Thursday Challenge: Favorite -

"Leighlund & Paige"
photograph by Mick Mather

This week, favorite is the theme at Thursday Challenge. I suppose it's somewhat annoying to go on and on about my grandchildren but, with a knowing bias, this pair must be two of the most beautiful that any grandfather could hope for. Only granddaughter number three, Keisha (at seventeen already a beautiful young woman), is missing from the picture but not from my heart. Anyway, here's a view of two-thirds of my favorites posing next to the creek sculpture that Paige suggested, originally discussed and seen here. Can you feel the proud grin I'm wearing from where you are? Okay, I'll stop now. :)

Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"The Baby Picture"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

It's been a wonderful weekend - much of it spent photographing, drawing and painting with my granddaughter, Leighlund. Tonight's piece is from a collage with drawing that she originally made for me at Father's Day. Towards the bottom, quite faint, is a circle with two dots for the eyes and a line for the mouth as well as one very long, single hair on top of the head. I took that drawn element, biggered it, tucked it into my usual 400 X 270 pixel working frame and started running it through the filter array here at the secret visual laboratory. Since the paintings that we did today (also including one by my other granddaughter, Keisha) aren't dry, I haven't had an opportunity to scan them for posting ... I will one day soon. Same deal with the photographs taken by my daughter Lisa while the three artistes were hard at work. I did get a lovely little photo of Leighlund that can be seen here. :)