Illustration Friday - Voice

"I was born like this

I had no choice

I was born with the gift of a golden voice"

from "The Tower of Song" by the wonderful Leonard Cohen

Illustration Friday - Surveillance

Markers in sketchbook

Illustration Friday - Sweet

An assortment of sweet fruit, pastel on black paper

Illustration Friday - Wild

There have recently been a few things in the paper about pet monkeys, first the lady who lost hers at an Ikea store and then Justin Bieber trying to bring his monkey into Germany. Apparently monkeys are terrible pets and become quite traumatized by being treated as pets, dogs and cats have been domestic pets for centuries, leave monkeys alone, they're wild animals

Illustration Friday - Urban

Toronto Highrises

Illustration Friday - Swim

I love to swim in the ocean but there are a lot of things you need to look out for

Illustration Friday - Eye Glasses

also Jörg Krühne for JKPP. markers in sketchbook
For Julia Kay's Portrait Party found here:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
you can find his art and photos here:
www.flickr.com/photos/jkruehne/

Illustration Friday - Yesterday

Ever since I saw this week's topic I've had Paul McCartney's lovely little song stuck in my head, so here he is, the "cute" Beatle

Illustration Friday - Talent

John Hammond is probably best known for signing Bob Dylan to Columbia records but he had a remarkable ability to recognize musical talent. This is his Wikipedia intro:

John Henry Hammond II (December 15, 1910 – July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, Civil Rights activist and music critic from the 1930s to the early 1980s. In his service as a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music.


Hammond was instrumental in sparking or furthering numerous musical careers, including those of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Pete Seeger, Babatunde Olatunji, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Freddie Green, Leonard Cohen, Arthur Russell, Asha Puthli and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is also largely responsible for the revival of delta blues artist Robert Johnson's music.

Illustration Friday - Whisper

I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

The apocalyptic visions of a very young Bob Dylan

http://www.popscreen.com/v/67IdO/Bob-DylanA-Hard-Rains-AGonna-Fall-1964

Illustration Friday - Explore

I've been wanting to explore using acrylics on paper as an alternative to watercolour and gouache so it was great that Liquitex did a demo at the Guelph School Of Art on Sunday, at the end we received a  free brush, gloss medium and 2 tubes of paint, a Gold Green and a Magenta which accounts for the colours used here

Jimi Hendrix certainly explored many new possibilities for the electric guitar during his sadly short career

Illustration Friday - Stretch

markers and coloured pencils in Moleskine sketchbook

Illustration Friday - Whiskers

This is a portrait of Emma, one of my daughter's beautiful cats

Illustration Friday - Tree

Markers in sketchbook

Illustration Friday - Shy

Nothing shy about the young ladies who posed for Playboy magazine such as this lovely Miss April from 1959. Another tip of the bowler hat to Rene Magritte, Part of my Centrefold Variations Set on Flickr - CAUTION: other pictures in the set are more explicit nudes

Illustration Friday - Haunt

Based on an older photo of the great American writer Joyce Carol Oates, many of her stories and characters will haunt you for a very long time

Illustration Friday - Water

I have hit a lot of golf balls into the water on this hole. This is the 6th hole at Victoria Park East golf course in Guelph, Ontario

Illustration Friday Mirror

An idea stolen from one of my favourite painters, Rene Magritte

Illustration Friday - Book

The book I'm currently reading is "The Story of the Night" by the wonderful Irish writer Colm Toibin

Illustration Friday - Swamp

Not sure of the difference between a swamp and a marsh, this is loosely based on a photo of Rattray Marsh in Mississauga, Ontario