"My middle name, Tree, comes from your basic tree, a thing of such beauty to my mother that she made it part of my name."

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

[Portraits of People Who Aren't Real #3] 

p.s. This week's illustration Friday topic is "imperfect."  I'd feel comfortable linking pretty much any illustration for that topic, as perfection is pretty much impossible to achieve--particularly when the illustrator is as rusty and off her game as I am!

New (Nu) Pastels

I bought a Groupon a few months ago for Plaza Artist Materials.  It was due to expire last weekend, so on Friday I trekked to Foggy Bottom to pick out some new materials-- namely, NuPastels, in nu colors. 

It's not my usual process for finished illustration work, but I still have tons of fun mindlessly sketching with these flat, square sticks of color.  Here, four of my new/nu pastels get a workout.