I told jb that I was going to do a painting today. I may still do a painting, but for now here's a sketch. It is the The Blue Rhino and it is based on Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy.
Obviously my rhino is a bit more rotund. Even though I like to try to capture some part of the look or feel of the person in the painting, I want it to look like a rhino. I don't want to anthropomorphize too much. No fingers, no head hair, etc... And it would have been wrong to make my rhino as skinny as the boy. I think I captured at least something of the attitude, at least.
Yes, I am home sick again today. I hadn't totally decided whether I was going to stay home or not last night. I thought I'd wait to see how I felt in the morning. When I woke up coughing and gagging on my throat full of mucous at 4:30 and then had to stay up for awhile because lying down just made the coughing worse, I then decided that I would stay home. I finally went back to bed after having some cough medicine and writing some e-mails and forgot to set my alarm. The funny thing is that I woke up at 8:30 on the dot, so I called work right on time.
2 comments:
i heart the rhino and am happy to see art--painted or drawn--art by anne is a gift in any form! Sorry you are still not feeling good but glad you mustered some art. now that i see that you have been doing art in spite of being sick i feel obligated to put my healthy butt in chair and do some writing for an hour! And so that is what I shall do. yes. as soon as i make a cup of tea and maybe do some dishes and maybe a bit of laundry and i wonder what "The Doctors" are up to today and maybe I should read the internet or maybe i better just get some groceries....or maybe, just maybe I could write a list of excuses for an hour : )
Hope you are feeling better. I heart the Blue Rhino and I heart your rhinos inspired by the Masters. I think that should be a book!
I love your Blue Rhino sketch. Such pretty shoes too. Quite a neat idea.
I hope you are feeling better today...that cough can hang on forever. Take care.
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