A Handful of Drawings/Paintings/A Hippopotamus

As well as being an amateur writer/sort-of-poet, I (occasionally) pick up my pencil and (on even fewer occasions) my paintbrush and become, for a blissful and messy while, an amateur artist. I think it's fun. I don't pretend to be fantastic, but that's OK, it's a bit of a creative outlet for me. (As are many other things).
So here are some of my artworks (for want of a better word). Please do excuse the terrible photography. I may be many things, but a photographer is not one of them. Psssht. My camera cost about as much yoghurt that's nearly reached its use-by-date. (OK, maybe a little more than that. But not much). (Also, excuse my use of lots of brackets. Bad habit of mine). Anywho, here goes! ^.^

I personally love this drawing. Simply because it's simple - nothing ridiculously complicated, no intense shading or anything of the sort. It was fun to draw, and it's about music. Music music music music music. 

This is an apprentice study of M.C. Escher's Drawing Hands. You should really check out the original. It's spectacular, and a lino-print, unless I'm mistaken (which I could well be). Do correct me if you know otherwise.

My old piano tuner used to tell my little sister and I, when I was about six years old, that there was a hippopotamus in the piano. OK, I know it's backwards, and this time there's a piano in the hippopotamus, but close enough. I think it's very cute.

I'm despairing. It's a mushroom cloud, but it's sideways. And I simply cannot make it turn around. So, enjoy this sideways mushroom cloud.

My grade 10 drawing teacher's favourite drawing that I ever attempted. I even forayed adventurously into coloured pencil.

I'm despairing again. Batman is sideways.

There! ^.^ Maybe I'll put some more up later. And hopefully they won't be sideways. I do not understand why that is happening. What a strange occurrence. 

On a completely unrelated topic, I have a challenge for anyone who happens to be reading. 

Say 'bubbles' and make it sound ANGRY.

I understand that this is an exceptionally strange sort of challenge, but I'm curious, to say the least, as to whether it is actually possible. I have tried, failed, and sounded incredibly bizarre while doing so.

Enough from me. 

May your day be filled with all sorts of strange and wonderful things. ^.^