2nd Place Ginkgo Jam #18 - Congratulations! Some objects I've collected =) Some are passed down from my elders. I'm really happy with the porcelain cup in this but the key is driving me crazy! Perspective can be your best friend and your worst enemy... Sorry I havn't been drawing/commenting lately, school has begun and my teachers wasted no time in drowning us in work =P

How completely beautiful! oh my. You have outdone yourself on this one. The cup is so well done AND the key as well!! What could be wrong with it, I do not know..my eye picks up nothing wrong. Everything good...Soft coloring, fabulous glow of light, wonderful luster of the pearls, gleam of jewel and sheen of wood. Well done and a beautiful story. Good Luck in the Jam. :)

I was going to say 'just absolutely beautiful' but I see Suntan used that. Aaaah what the heck, it IS beautiful work. I see why you are pleased with the porcelain cup, it is excellent on its own. My next favourite bit is the gold blocked edges to the book. Bookbinding was something I touched on within my job many years ago and I know that you have reproduced the lustre of that gold just right. I could go on and on but we would run out of space for anyone else to comment. Yep, it's just beautiful work.

This has such an Old Masters look to it, with the burnished golds and oranges and the lustrous pearls. The flames draw you in ... it's simply beautiful :)

This is stunning Horsefeather, I am so impressed with this, it's gorgeous. The details in the key are really good and I love the glow of the candles. The cup is beautiful. Wonderful work Horsefeather!

Beautiful! I love the glow going on here on all the items. The key is so fancy and beautiful. The candle and it's glow is done so well. What a nice collection of items and it makes a wonderful grouping. All these different textures are so pleasing to the eye on all the objects you've grouped.

"Wow"!! This is a really beautiful picture!!

this is really beautiful, such a wonderful collection of objects and your rendition of them is just perfect. Very well done!

stunning and superb!

It's exquisite horsefeather! You've done a superb job here with this one!

This is gorgeous and so appealing. I love it. The colors are so rich and each object has such a sense of reality and depth and character. The lighting is superb - wonderful HF!!!

So well done !!! all kaleidoscopic tones of lights and reflects :) and textures.. All in this is very well rendered ! :) i particulary like the porcelain cup :) BRAVO!

Fabulous painting!They used to use those keys in big front doors of houses..Perfect and the lighting is perfect too! Congrats on your win Joanna!

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Oh wow I really like the warmth of the colours you used. I think the pearls are really well done.. oh and the cup, and the candle.. well all of it actually. :)

This is so beautiful. Great composition and wonderful drama. The reflections of light are superb...love the different textures and that key. Can you come to my house and make me a pretty still life like this??????

This is outstanding! Amazingly beautiful. The colors and the shine of the glass not to mention the lighting. Just Amazing!

This is beautiful in everyway. You have a wonderful talent!

So beautiful Horsefeather. The apple candle is a favorite for me. Great glow.

WOW this is so well done it does not get any better then this. you have very nice stuff as well.. again WOW!

Well done HF. There is so much to like in this picture. My fave bits are the candles glow and the glaze on the cup. So well done. Congratulations.

^5!! wtg! look what you've done! Wow..a wonderful, warm work that says much about you! Congratulations, hf! =D

Congratulations to you....this is a really beautiful picture!! :)

Thank you everyone!

Congratulations, HF, for your extremely well-deserved award for this superb painting!

CONGRATULATIONS!! Amazing piece! There are sooooo many wonderful aspects of your drawing! Well deserved honor!!!! =)

Congradulations on your winning work. Such a delightful draw.

Congrats on a gorgeous draw!

Yes i think its a wonderful drawing ! :) very clair-obscur and very mysterious like steal lifes from 17th century :D
Congrats to you !

Aaaaah, so warm and beautiful. Another splendid award well deserved, congrats to you as well. There is so much interest here. This is very stunning and beautiful. I'm happy for you, congrats.

1st Place Ginkgo Jam #16 - Congratulations! Carlos Santana... the name evokes more than I can express... He's a legend and a genius. I was inspired by his music and his unrelenting love for human beings. His passion is unity among all people. An eternal optimist and one of my heroes. Viva Carlos!

Grafight, this is incredible. The colors are so vivid and the style in which you did this is amazing. I am with you about Santana, I grew up listening to him and have loved him forever. Awesome draw Grafight!

Thanks, Kute! I chose not to correct the blue from the stage lights and instead I exaggerated it to express the colorfulness of his music. Glad it worked!

You aren't going to believe this probably but it is true. I am at work right now and so I thought I would check out your drawing. I am listening to the radio, and Black Magic Woman was playing right when I looked at this. Now is that a weird coincidence or what, almost freaky huh. Anyway, this drawing is awesome! I looked at the drawing while the song played through and it was pretty neat, like I was watching him do that song.

Worked? No it didn't work. Down to the hairs on his arm it chilled me to the bone. I love the serape over his shoulder and each exaggeration of color and shadow you put into this. I want a poster of this. :-)

So Wonderful, your work is so enjoyable! Love it Grafight, wow!!:D

Awesome! This has such a "HOT PEPPER" look to it! And what an Expert Jamster he is! These colors are truly fab!!!!! WTG!

Kathy, that's really cool! I'm thinking of pasting the animation in Youtube with that music playing in the background. Thanks for the comments. Kute, Thanks again, you're too kind. Thanks to you too, Suntan.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this drawing!!!!! I think you should send it to him! Definitly post the animation on Utube. That would be so cool. I can still remember the day in 1970 I bought Abraxis on a trip to The City. I bought that and Van Morrison's Moondance Album the same day. Took 'um home to Crescent City and played them real loud, over and over and over. All my friends went wild over Santana. Black Magic Woman is still the first song that comes to mind when I think of Santana...although...Noel and my favourite song to do the cha cha to is "Smooth". (Wouldn't this have been a great entry for our arbitrary colour jam, too?)

Thanks so much Elly and Grace!

Woah. Psychedelic to the max. I think the right hand and the guitar strap are super. The hat and hair, as well.

Great use of color. Nice piece.

fantastic drawing, man!

I'm often 'arguing' with a friend about who is the greatest guitarist of all time. He insists on Jimi Hendrix, my vote goes to Carlos. And what justice you've done him Grafight. I absolutely love the vibrant colours you chose and how you've managed to include the floral element in such harmony with the rest of the piece. Stunning job!

This is fantastic graf. You got his festive look very well in this and great likeness. I love the style a lot. He is such a great guitarist. Maybe it's the Canadian in me but I really enjoy his two collabs with Chad Kroeger.. especially the latest Into the night very good song.

Thanks Vere, Swan, Igiveup and Dante

This is incredible Grafight! I love how you've maintained a realistic portrait but added all those great colors. I especially like the blue across his body.. makes it look like hes in on stage or something. I've also always enjoyed Santana's music as my dad is a fan of him.

You nailed his likeness so well that I can't stop coming back to this picture. But I do have to admit the colors are my absolute favorite in this draw. I wish you the best of luck in this competition. Your short time here at Ginkgo has really brought out your awesome talent. Have you ever posted this on utube? If and when you do please let me know so I can go watch it. I spend a lot of my time there, and that is one of the reasons I chose this jam.....my love of music and art. I had to find a way to combine the two.

This looks exactly how Santana's music sounds! WOW!

Splendid colors and they really make this perfect for Carlos. Great music comes from that guitar, no doubt. Very cool drawing, love this alot! I really love the shading of colors used all throughout this.

Love these colors and unique style here. Fabulous. Awesome guitar. Great lighting.

Grats with well deserve win on this.

So vibrant and colorful. Congrats on taking 1st place...another great win.

Thanks for the votes everyone! This was an amazing Jam, so good it spawned its own studio, so I congratulate Kute for the excellent idea. There were so many incredible entries, it's hard to believe I got first place, and all entrants are winners in my view, Congrats to all!

I really have to hand it to you Grafight, when I seen this it blew me away and continues to do so whenever I look at it. Fantastic draw and a BIG CONGRATULATIONS! You are an amazing artist!

KUDOS, Grafight!! COngrats on a fantastic win! This is a beautiful piece and inspirational as well for this jam! wtg! :D

Hey Congratulations to you Grafight!! WTG, a really good winner! I look forward to reading your choice of topic and guidelines to go with it for the next Jam..sooo exciting! I also want to say congrats to you all too for making this jam one of the best we have ever had here! Its been amazing seeing all your ideas, your thoughts and inspiration have passed to all of us! Thanks :D

ConGratulaTions, GraFighT!!!!!! This SO TOTALLY deserves first place!!!!!! I have a print of this now in a frame the same shade as the blue behind his head. Looks awesome!!!! We're ready for your challenge now!! WoooHooo!

Congratulations - very well deserved! I'm with Dante on this one "I really enjoy his two collabs with Chad Kroeger.. especially the latest Into the night very good song." - and I'm not Canadian . . .

Congratulations, Grafight. I am still in love with this piece of work after looking at it about 100 times. It's so joyous and reflective of the music he makes. Think I'll put on "Smooth" now and cha cha cha around the house. Can't wait to see what you come up with for the next Jam!

Congrats! Great Painting and wonderful subject! : )

A very belated congrats!

1st Place Ginkgo Jam #14 - Congratulations! ..lol, this one's just a minute longer than the one I did below. I guess I know what my drawing limit is!

Stunning piece and now I changed my mind..I quit! lol.

You better not quit, Sunny...now get to work! =)

My head is just spinning at this beauty!! Reflection and brillant light! Now that's what I'm talkin' about! The foggy mist here is breathtakingly realistic with the rays from the sun and the trees along the top have a beautiful oil or acrylic look to them. I like the reed silhouettes and their reflections but if I may, I'd like to see just a tiny hint of water surface highlight where the water line meets the reeds. Very subtle and I think it would have a big impact. This is classic beauty! =)

mmm, Suntan... heh. I don't like it when people say that-- I don't want to make people feel uhhh .. unworthy? Of entering the jam. So saying that makes me not want to draw my best. I just want to see everybody try their best, and realize we're all at different levels-- it will take me years to get to Grace's position, and by then she'll be years ahead of me, and I can never catch up. I like to think that my draws *inspire* people, not discourage them.

Thanks for the suggestion elly! :D

ohh, well, gosh, you have to admit that these awesome entries are just popping in like crazy and at that moment i just threw up my hands and said, "I quit!" Haven't you ever had something happen to you and you get all crazy and do that and laugh at yourself shaking your head??!! Maybe not, but I have it happen a lot! ha! ...I really wasn't thinking so deeply. It was a spontaneous reflex or something! lol..i dunno, but Look how inspiring your work has been already! I haven't seen us this excited about a Jam in a while! I can't stop looking at the pieces of work! Pay no attention to me, and my weird humor! I have one started and I'll see how it goes! :)

There's so much I love about this that I don't know where to start. One of my favourite photos I've ever taken looks almost identical to the top portion of this picture. It's from a very special beach/forest where I used to camp a lot on the Olympic Peninsula. I LOVE what you've done where the light hits the water. But the part that makes me go "oooooooooh!" is where the reflection of the reeds in the water is broken by the gentle current. And, as always, I am so in awe of your use of colour. I love looking at light on water and this particular state where the water is highly reflective, luminous/opalescent and opaque is my absolute favourite. We were sitting around the dinner table last weekend when the entire area of Boundary Bay turned the most outlandish shade of raspberry. I WISH I'd taken a photo. I keep coming back to look at this. I have to disagree with Elly about the need for a defining line of light at the water's edge. I really like the mystery/disorientation created by the mist rising from the water and obscuring the line between water, mist, land. I also just adore the way you've drawn the trees and the dark colours you chose to lay into the forested area where you knew you would be pulling them out with the dodge tool. There's a lovely almost-rainbow effect with the light that is perfect for that prismatic thing that happens in early morning when bright sunlight hits wet foliage. (Edited on October 19, 2007, 9:45 am)

What an incredible drawing Swannie! The colors are amazing and the lighting on this is stunning. I adore this drawing.

I've lost count of the times I have now sat and watched the animation on this. I am in awe watching you create the sunlight blinding its way through the trees and then you change the opacity on that layer to make it misty..so many times you do this, so you get it just right..its almost like a training video for me, thanks for that. Stunning image, and work..love this Swan :D

I'm so glad this piece won. I wish you could feel what I feel when I look at this. Looking at it can transport me so completely to a time and place in my life that is so unique and special to me; a place of powerful spirituality and beauty.

Congratulations Swan, I truly love to look at this. What beautiful light display intermingled with mist, its glorious! :D

Now, before you tell me his hands look rather odd... I know :)

Nicolò Paganini had a congenital disorder by the name of Ehlers-Danlos' syndrome, characterized by excessive flexibility of the joints. His wrists were so loose that he could move them in all directions and he was able to double the reach of his hand. It was this pathology that enabled Paganini to perform his famous double-stoppings and roulades; his trills of ease were trills of disease. He would typically compose pieces that only he could play, which made him slightly unpopular with his contemporaries.To add to his strange appearance he had a peculiar coloration of his skin as a result of the mercury that was prescribed to him for his syphilis.

As if his looks alone weren't weird enough, Paganini also had some strange habits. One of them was to go and play for his favourite audience, a silent one, at night with a cemetery as his stage. For these occassions he chalked his face.

Even nowadays, with advanced techniques, there are few violinists that can play Paganini's music well. Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin and Kristof Barati are exceptional.Nigel Kennedy should be able to play Paganini, but unfortunately hasn't so far. You may not want to take my word for it, but this is music from heaven. You can judge for yourself here http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf34Wzn-GUY&feature=related and here http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Dagrn_9V4jE

(Uploaded by Igiveup)

Oh my god! Watching Kristof Barati play that Concerto was unlike anything I've ever seen. His fingers must be twice the length of mine. The speed and dexterity are stupendous. I have to admit I love the sounds that Menuhin achieves more--so lyrical. I've had gooseflesh for five minutes looking at this drawing of yours. Wow, Tess. An incredible piece of artwork and a wonderful biographical sketch to go with it. I had a friend (my mother's age) who was a child prodigy and had a similar physical deformity that allowed her to play the bassoon in a way that almost no one else could. She played with the Portland Symphony for 35 years and was the first woman to hold First Chair in a major symphony orchestra 'west of the Mississipi'. She studied at Julliard during WW II, nearly starving and freezing in order to do so. She told me so many amazing stories about famous musicians, composers, and conductors she'd worked with during her long career. My favourite, though, was one she did not tell; her son told it. When she played the bassoon solo in Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite' while he was conducting the orchestra, he stepped to the side of his podium and bowed, deeply, to her.

Wow, that is some serious texture. Really great piece, Igiveup. I love the violin and those freaky hands. The sky is super.

Very good job!

I suppose if one suffers from a deformity, using it to this effect must make up for it. His music is sublime and your drawing encapsulates his eccentricity and his genius . . . Thank you for directing me to that clip - the violinist is amazing! I only saw him open his eyes four or five times throughout the whole piece. I thought his 'expressionless' face was detachment but as I continued watching I realised it was a kind of rapture.

This is a wonderful illustration! I like expressionist art and this is a great example. I love the textures and the mood of the whole piece. I also like how the composition elements seem to float and dance around to the music over the darkness. Great job!

Thank you all for your nice comments! Grace, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you here. Yehudi Menuhin plays the violin beautifully, his technique is absolutely wonderful, but in my opinion Kristof Barati does Paganini's music more justice. The way he renders the ingenious originality and complexity of it is beyond words.

Spectacular!! I absolutely love this, Tess!! I had no idea who he was and I'm so glad to know now. All I can say is more WOWs. This is so good on so many levels! WTG! :D

This is eerily incredible. It reminds me of some of the dreams (nightmares) I have had. Your textures are so well placed and the colors are perfectly used in this piece. Unfortunately I really don't like his music, but I have never been one for violin music or instrumentals. I guess I am just not classy enough to understand or "get into" it. Same as for Opera. Just not my cup of tea. But this picture is ingenious and so well done and so very interesting to look at. Bravo!!

You couldn't make this stuff up! He sounds like something out of a Tim Burton movie! Fantastic.

Look at those long fingers. I love the violin and can almost hear the music playing. Very cool background too.

Last one, I promise.

Tegan and Sara have become a mild obsession of mine. They serve as something I can relate to: they're artists, feminists, lesbians. I look to them as a source of power when I feel so powerless to help those closest to my heart. They inspire the need to capture something in my drawings of people-their faces and jaws are strange and I often struggle while I draw them, but this ultimately helps me become a better artist.

They struck a chord in me when I heard them the first time, and they continue to do so.

Vere, these keep getting better and better. I like the way she is looking and the other is biting her lip. Looks like some tension going on. The flowers are really nice, what a contrast.

I've been studying this for about 20 minutes. I'm in awe. The way you can draw the complex shape of the mouth area, the entire thing, upper lip, lips, chin...it's so beautiful. The way you've mastered the use of the paintbrush tool is so, so wonderful. For my taste you have achieved the perfect balance of detail and suggestion. The expressions are so strong. This is just brilliant. Bravo!

Wow, another excellent one Vere! I love the style you got going on these (I think the second is still my favourite though).

WOW, I love reading what Grace had to say about this, vere. It made me look and look. I already know what your attention to the facial structure is of these two faves of yours, but I never thought of it in the way she stated it. Puts me more in awe. Beautiful work. :)

The colors and expressions are intense .... fabulous!

Really nice skin tones here. And the lips are done so nicely. They look so good against the flowers. Those eyes looking upward say a lot.

Don't ask Lancôme. They forgot me when I turned 40. She has an identical twin sister who is a professor. Her bio is very interesting; it's hard to believe one person could do so many things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Rossellini

Gorgeous, Grace So well done! - Isabella Rossellini -

Woo Hoo! We snagged another player! Well done, Ptrice! Your turn.

yes, very very beautiful.

I'm like Vere with Sara and Tegan when it comes to Isabella R. I never get tired of drawing her face.

oh, well, that's great for everyone then, because seeing more like this would be an exceptional treat to my eyes. Everything about this is perfection.

Stunning, Grace .... gorgeous! Isabella has a great face ... not only pretty but it sparkles with intelligence and good humor. A masterful job, m'dear!

Wowzer! She is fantastic, right down to her golden earring. I don't know if her highlights in her hair are my favorite thing or the lighting of the whole piece. But needless to say I am enamored with this draw.

This is so beautiful. The colours are exceptional. I love the touch of freckles on her skin. Just saw her in a movie the other day, she is so gorgeous and talented, as her mother was. Grace, you achive the most beutiful skin colors. I have tried and never come up with this ivory delight! Those red lips are superb and your blending as usual is perfect. Bravo!

I have no idea who she is, even though she has been guessed. Her face seems familiar but not one I could name. A famous mum too? That would make her one of the 1960's starlets. Again I have no idea. Lovely pic tho'. Those eyes are amazing.

good god, that hair....absolutely stunning! You never fail to impress me :) I just love all the highlights in everything!

Her mum was the "Notorious" Ingred Bergman!

WOW bravo ! a very good portrait !! :D because the model is pretty ! ;) lol not like the one just above :P

She has gorgeous skin. I love all those details like the freckles on her shoulder, chest, and face. Beautiful job on her hazel eyes too. She would be proud if she saw this, I am sure! Fantastic Grace, as always!

Amazing Grace. I love the fire orange highlights throughout her hair with those curls in the back. Look at her bone structure wow. And then those freckles on the skin, what detail you put in your drawings. Her eyes are beautiful and those lips are so well done. She is beautiful, love her features, but that hair is gorgeous.

I love her nose. It's so well formed.

Instantly recogniseable - I can almost hear that beautiful accent. Now this is what I aspire to - such a perfect rendition of her features.

Gorgeous strong nose and cheekbones! I also really love her red and bronze highlights..simple lovely work. Her Salt Cellars are gorgeous grace. :D

Amazing drawing yet again. The hair is fantastic, lovely eyes and earring as well, it's just perfect.

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Aww you had the rain like we did. Some parts over here were badly affected too. Good job I live on a big hill. If I evr get flooded, everyone else better be buying snorkels.

Great details in this Emi, as usual. I like the lamplight effect too.

Emi, I could look at your work all day :)

Great drawing Emi! this is superb! You always do great cityscapes and this is no exception! The monochromatic color scheme is great too, love it!

I wish I could look at the world through your eyes for a day. I love the unusual perspectives you use in your compositions so much. The colours and lighting in this, the movement...wonderful!

I taught her all she knows.

Hehe. Thats an old joke with Emi and I.

This is such an awesome painting....I love it. This looks like what a painting should look like....I only wish that I could learn to paint like this. You did a fantastic job with this "Emigre". :)

Remarkable work emi. This is really awesome.

thank you :) very much :) all :)

This is just outstanding! :D

you absolutely amaze me dear lady. I agree with everything Grace said and more!

Nice loose style, nice color combinations. Stay dry.

Wonerful Picture! the roads get like that here alot and I was driving that car one day! The engine almost died it was scary!

Another fantastic draw Emi! :D I have to admit, I like seeing your draws for your superb talent, as much as I like to read other people's comments on your draws. I've walked in "your world" and seen what you've seen, but I don't think I could ever translate it to "paper" as well as you can Emi! You are certainly one of a kind, and I'll continue to enjoy your unique perspective on the world in all of your drawings! :) Bravo! :D

Beautiful drawing, Emi. Always an interesting drawing from you. That is a big ole splash. The car is engolfed in water, wow. Love the drawing.

Very good work emi. Thans Guy for teaching emi all she knows. We benifit greatly from both of your efforts.:P

Emi, you are a wonder - didn't see this 'til now but it's an instant favorite....!

Please Don't Sink....

Wonderful drawing. I hope they don't sink.

Now I'm going to have a little cry, I think. Lovely and so fitting, Laura.

Nice work Gillie but I fear too late.

Well, seeing as we won't be voting on this times jam here are my three in order and why.

Meno, my dear comedy buddy, you get my first place because of the sentiment you put into the drawing. The story never reached here but we have enough crazy b's of our own. The look in that sweet childs eyes is so beautiful. I am with Rogier on my sentiment to her murderers.

Secondly I chose the Pearl Harbour (sorry, habitual U in there) because we should always remember the brave and unselfish souls that gave us our freedom today. The fight goes on with new heroes giving democracy and salvation to others less fortunate than us.

Thirdly, and this is purely personal, is Suntans WTC picture. I was fortunate to be able to visit and get onto the top of the WTC in 1983. Looking at my photographs still sends a shiver down my spine. A sad day for the world.

Thats me done. Well done winners. Take a bow.

This is very pretty. My favorite pick for the number one jam winner is the floods on Marseille, France....by Emigre. I've liked that picture from the first time I saw it. I think all of the pictures entered here are great....but I was just drawn to that particular picture....the way that "Emi" painted that picture....I just love it. :)

Thank you, Guy :) If I had to choose only three (very difficult!) it would be Emi's Mumbai cafe; jpjp's Pearl Harbor Survivor, and Gillie's FG. But all of the draws were filled with emotion and meaning.

Oh, this is so sad.

Noel and Grace have given their blessing to transfer the site....YAY, if everyone is ok with it, I will start the process tomorrow!!

Nice one Gillie. Go for it and all the best of luck.

Thanks, Gillie :)

Thanks gillie... YES TO THE TRANSFER. WHOOO HOOOO

Thanks so much QT. Best of luck as the new owner.

Sorry about my rushed enthusiasm, evidently things are not settled yet, but they will not shut down until everthing is sorted out.

Seems like I made the right decision to leave this place. Better to go before you get thrown out. I did think right from the start that the problem here was with the Fu-ers. How anyone can say that nobodies art has grown is total BS!
I admire the skill of people that can reacreate a photographic art piece but to me art encompasses every skill and style. Anyhting else is just blindness and an attitude I no longer wish to be associated with.
Have fun people. I thought the only shits in this world were at 2draw.

Interesting that if you don't get what you want I suddenly become a 'shit'. What on Earth? And who EVER said anything about no one from the SketchFu crowd improving? Certainly not me.

A worker shovels snow as the storm hits Chicago Illinois early friday.December 19, 2008.

This is a really great draw!!! I like how you did this!! I think my area will soon be getting a snowfall like this one....I hope not....but I think it's "coming"!!! "LOL"!! :)

My sympathies! Have never shoveled anything but dirt and sand (snow being in short supply in Florida), but I've heard horror stories from my Yankee husband. This is a terrific draw and it LOOKS cold!

MY KIDS WOULD BE JUMPING FOR JOY IF WE COULD HAVE A SNOW LIKE THIS. VERY NICELY DONE.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! SNOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

If only we had some here. Mind you, we are really crappy at handling snow. A half inch brings England to a halt. It's quite pathetic.

This is cute, Miss Q - so alive!!!

Yeah rough winter with loads of snow so far.Drive carefully everyone!

Love the street scene and boy it reminds me of MI where we were dumped with tons of snow in a short time. It is really beautiful to look at such as this drawing. Not fun to drive in...love all the people walking and the prints in the snow of it. Very nice!

jpjp1052 @ Sunday, December 7th 2008, 7:33 PM [Edit]
A 91 year old Pearl Harbor survivor.
President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a day that will live in infamy."
It was on this day 67 years ago that Japanese war planes bombed the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
It's the attack that forced the U.S. to declare war on Japan and enter World War Two.
More than 2,300 American servicemen and 48 civilians were killed.
BabsBlueEyes @ Sunday, December 7th 2008, 7:44 PM [Edit] [Delete]
Great job jpjp. Are there many left living? Do you know?
jpjp1052 @ Sunday, December 7th 2008, 7:53 PM [Edit] [Delete]
I don't know the exact number, but they are dwindling. The youngest survivors are in their mid-eighties.
ptrice @ Sunday, December 7th 2008, 8:57 PM [Edit] [Delete]
Gosh - didn't even realize it was Pearl Harbor Day! This is beautiful - skin you can almost touch, great eyes - and the composition with its clashing diagonals and colors is simple but brilliant, everything counterbalanced perfectly and all helps us to intuit all his emotion -
StGeorgeOfEngland @ Monday, December 8th 2008, 5:02 AM [Edit] [Delete]
Another day to remember the lost souls, he casualties of war. It is at times like this that the free world can look.back and see its mistakes. I am so glad that we learned from them. Our foes are now our allies and we can live in peace with them.
Great drawing. His stare is quite moving, his face full of emotion. You recreated this so well.
Fuzzy @ Monday, December 8th 2008, 8:40 AM [Edit] [Delete]
Beautiful image, what a superb tribute.
sparky7 @ Monday, December 8th 2008, 5:02 PM [Edit] [Delete]
"Wow"!! What a beautiful picture. They were very brave soldiers, and deserve to be remembered. Great job!! :)
qtgillie @ Tuesday, December 9th 2008, 8:31 AM [Edit] [Delete]
My goodness this is well done. You could/should have put this in the jam.

Beautiful and very moving

Saw the photo the other day, and really brilliant how you transformed it...fantastic!

awwwwww what a great subject :)
Love that he is watching away like every patriot when he listens the anthelm :)
Great one !

This is a wonderful drawing. Below is a link to a story about my husband's uncle, who recently died and was in the Navy during Pearl Harbor.

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/100908/loc_1009080003.shtml

And his experience is written in the link below:

http://www.thecabin.net/stories/120704/loc_1207040009.shtml

Nice work on your painting!