Saturday, June 13, 2009

Portrait of Mr. Heron

I tried my hand at a little sketching today. I have not sketched in 25 years. I have doodled mind you(note my other blog) but sitting down to attempt to draw Mr. Heron is another thing. I was intrigued by Mr. Heron's neck, the way he curves it and tucks it just so as a resting place for his proud plumed head. I wanted to colour him in but with out the proper supplies I scanned my sketch into a paint program and coloured him on my computer adding the moon and title as well.
I recently found the quote below. It speaks about adventure in a gentler way then most quotes on the subject. No need to risk life and limb it seems as adventure is all around us. We just need to go looking for it once and a while. It may even be as close as that pencil and paper sitting unused in your drawer.
"A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new veiw points"- Wilfred Peterson

3 comments:

Sara Montgomery said...

Very nice, EJ!

Good quote too.

Eliza Ralph-Murphy said...

You are too kind. You never did say if you draw or paint? I know you have a little acrylic paint(not pixel paint)running in your veins.

Sara Montgomery said...

I have painted a bit, without really knowing what I'm doing. It's very relaxing to swirl the thick colours around.

Paint running through my veins might explain a lot of my difficult runs. :)