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Hummingbird

Pencil drawing by Kimberly M Voss

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I have no idea where I am going with this sketch, but it was kinda cool the way it photographed so I thought I might share it with you. 

Pencil Sketch

by Kimberly M Voss

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Quack Happy!

Colored Pencil Drawing by Kimberly M Voss

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Bunny

Colored Pencil Drawing By Kimberly M Voss

Time to Rest

Colored Pencil Drawing by Kimberly M Voss

For the love to color

Characters and plot are thought up in the strangest places. I can be driving, showering or lying in bed for some shut-eye, when *BAM.....an image of a character or story line pops into my head. Sometimes I jump towards a piece of paper and pen to get the thoughts down. Sometimes well.....if I don't have a free hand (showering for instance) the idea just vanishes from my mind as quickly as it appeared. That really frustrates me.

When you have a mind set on illustration and writing, it consumes your thoughts most of the time. Where do you start? Do you sit down and get an image on paper of a character you've dreamt up, then stare at it giving it life. A story can be built around an image just as an image can be created from a story. 

As I sit putting a character on paper I hear the love of my life saying "boys, leave mommy alone, she's coloring." I had a big chuckle with that one. A thought came to mind while "coloring," that there are some people out there who don't understand the desire some of us have to dream up characters and build them into life-like beings that have a story to tell. It's like creating a family and sometimes turning your real family into caricatures is a hoot as well!

DREAM BIG, LOVE and "COLOR"

Illustration

Color Pencil Illustration

by Kimberly M Voss

I remember back years ago when my baby girl wanted to hang a swing from a tree outside our home. We tried everything. Mom wasn't the most successful person to ever hang a swing from a tree using a rope. Eventually Dad came to the rescue and she had a tire swing. This memory came to me and I wanted to put it on paper. This is an illustration of that mental snapshot of my baby girl.

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Free Birds

Charcoal drawing by Kimberly M Voss

Site to see

So I fell onto a blog that takes a similar name. His name is Jonathan Voss and he is an artist, a visual storyteller. He does wonderful, creative work with a special way of telling his story with one illustration. Illustration is something he seems to enjoy, but like many of us it isn't his full time job. If you have a moment check out his blog. Seems as though he is a new blogger, but the images he has posted are wonderful. Not to mention he has a sense of humor!

http://johnvoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-mouse-for-now.html

Doodle-day

Pencil drawing of my little Darby.

By Kimberly Voss

Site to see

This woman, Kathy Hare is an absolutely beautiful artist and illustrator. I am currently studying cartooning and illustrations. Check out her web site. She is a very gifted artist. Let me know what you think.

Kathy Hare "Moongazing Hare Illustration"

www.moongazinghareillustration.blogspot.com


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