Sunday Sketch--Destined to be Dinner

When working on projects, I keep various journals nearby to be the recipients of left over paint, papers, glue--waste not want not and all that....eventually, something is drawn to those random backgrounds and art is born.  Such was the case on the final day of my weekend art retreat...


You may have encountered recently, folks being "given" a letter, which they must then list something they like, dislike, love and something bad (or some such variation)...I first saw this interpreted in sketch and of course thought it was great! A few days later, a friend on FB gifted me with the letter "V."  The girls at the retreat and I had a fantastic time coming up with all sorts of things that begin with "v" and I started on my sketches.  A few of the items, such as Venus flytrap (who doesn't like a good Venus flytrap??) required a google search to find some images I could sketch from.


Upon finding a photo from (I kid you not) flytrap.com, I felt the fabulous flora was worthy of its very own page. I set that thought aside while working on some other pages and ideas (I usually work on multiple projects at once). while leafing through a small journal (that I came very close to tossing because I wasn't so keen on the content...and more on that in a moment), a page covered in dry-brushed blotches of red, yellow and green screamed ME! ME! PICK ME! to be the home of the reddish/pinkish/greenish wonderful Venus Flytrap.


As if i could say no to a screaming journal.

After the sketch was complete and inked, I used watercolor pencils to fill in the traps. And if you are wondering, yes, the fly was in the original photo. Gross.

Needless to say, both the journal and I are very glad I did not toss it. It was a complete "DUH" moment and I can't believe I entertained it.  I mean, who gets rid of a journal just because the content isn't current and meaningful? Yes, it was so three years ago, but with my memory as bad as it is, without those pages I would likely forget that time of my life. Seriously. What was I thinking?


Mind like a steel flytrap...


But I digress. 


So there you have it. Sometimes you are the trap....and sometimes you are the fly....don't forget to click on the Sunday Sketches button in my right sidebar to view other great sketches this week!


Say....what's for dinner??