Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Welcome 2010

Welcome 2010 and goodbye to 2009. I hope you all had a great holiday and are rested and ready for a new year. I had a lovely holiday, ate too much, did a lot of visiting and completely enjoyed the whole season.

Now it's time to get back to work and face the bare canvas, which I did and of course hit a blank wall. So I started sketching anything and every thing to get back into the groove. It really doesn’t matter what I draw, but just basically sit down and draw anything in the room to get it down on paper. The first couple come out a little rough, but it gets your eye and hand working together again. And while I was sketching I also did this little illustration. I enjoy doing these and they get put aside for future Christmas cards. Once again I'd like to wish Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope the coming year is full of joy for you and those you love.

6 comments:

Jennifer MacNeill said...

Happy New Year to you too. Love the drawing:)

magicmyst said...

Happy New year to you too. This is gorgeous! So much expression. You are a wonderful illustrator. I agree, keep drawing, it doesn't matter what or how it turns out. its all practice and you are actually connecting with the paper. Kay

Leslie Hawes said...

Pure expression of joy on that snowman! Darling!

Holly Zemak said...

Hi Jennifer - Thanks for stopping by, our gardens may be resting now but just think in 3 months we will be planting again.

Holly Zemak said...

Happy New Year Kay - These little illustrations get me going again. I even managed to clean around my drawing table.

Cathy said...

A very Happy New Year to you too Holly. It always takes a little time to get back into the swing after a break but your snowman illustration is really lovely. It would make a beautiful Christmas card. If I am searching for inspiration I look back through my sketchbooks and look at old things with new eyes and often find that something that didn't work then, works now with a little tweaking.