Sketch prompt #42: Parade. I drew two Clydesdale horses because my grandpa used to drive two Clydesdales in parades in small Wisconsin towns (where my family comes from). They were huge and majestic. All of us cousins got to ride in the wagon they pulled. My parents moved from Wisconsin to Iowa (by way of WYOMING where I was born… did you know that about me?!), and I didn’t know my grandpa all that well but this is one of my favorite memories of him. I believe he loved pulling his grandkids with those horses. :)
Sketch prompt #43: Contagious. I drew my four-year-old son. Because I need practice on faces. And because his smile is bright and oh so very contagious. I know they say babies can’t really smile until they are older (citing gas, etc.), and I believe this was true of my other three babies. But I tell you: This little guy smiled his big bright smile straight into my eyes while I held him in my arms at the hospital. And it was not gas. I did not do it justice here. It is best experienced in real life.
I just finished watching MLK’s “I Have a Dream Speech” in the quiet of my dining room while the rest of the house sleeps. If everyone had just one ounce of his passion and willingness to obey a calling, our world would be a different place. Thank God for him.
