tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60508431755654923282024-03-05T19:09:36.324-08:00She's an artist, she don't look back<b>I decided to begin drawing again, following a list of challenges on a Yahoo group called "Everyday Matters". I wanted tight restrictions on myself, to stay focused I guess, so I decided to draw only things on that list that I could connect to a Bob Dylan lyric. So the only text that I'll include on my drawings will be lyrics. And I'll list the song the lyric is from. So here we go...</b>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-5769461106109541212011-09-01T11:20:00.000-07:002011-09-01T11:28:50.117-07:00EDM Challenge #52 ~ Draw a dog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueaBLBy-j-gK92dJ77tIsqFt4fYYNbg6YxjFkVHTzr7_mjFDyYvNV_-b6AhB6qP8c9DyYFaRCHORRd7D7HOxLbRomh-Z33s2piG6QCYpxXz4R88iAiIO-9DYgGRNMJLvAFFEbuKqIDFc/s1600/blackdog.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueaBLBy-j-gK92dJ77tIsqFt4fYYNbg6YxjFkVHTzr7_mjFDyYvNV_-b6AhB6qP8c9DyYFaRCHORRd7D7HOxLbRomh-Z33s2piG6QCYpxXz4R88iAiIO-9DYgGRNMJLvAFFEbuKqIDFc/s320/blackdog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647458648476897170" /></a>
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<br />The actual lyrics have a lot more meaning than they appear to, but for this drawing they are more simple and straightforward. I am not happy with the folds in the pants, but I decided to just move on.
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<br />The lyrics are from "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall".Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-19674480964607119692011-08-12T10:53:00.000-07:002011-08-12T11:01:44.145-07:00EDM Challenge #292 ~ Draw a night scene<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXINeK0YOc0GCavPp8Bp8zkx4VTq0I71TxrCfSXGX9AAz6AbpPwjgFdhfYk9hySZOdqj7AhXmglyfIzo2yuqTLXVjIwQx6ovNx6tQnx_5gCuPDa2-F4LnpkaMwvAjj7A4e9OHuXocvws/s1600/dance.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXINeK0YOc0GCavPp8Bp8zkx4VTq0I71TxrCfSXGX9AAz6AbpPwjgFdhfYk9hySZOdqj7AhXmglyfIzo2yuqTLXVjIwQx6ovNx6tQnx_5gCuPDa2-F4LnpkaMwvAjj7A4e9OHuXocvws/s320/dance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640029720041381170" /></a>
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<br />One of my favorite lines. I have had a picture stuck in my head about this one for decades. This one isn't as good as the one in my head but it's close!
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<br />The lyrics are from "Mr. Tambourine Man". If you're having a bit if trouble reading them they are "Just to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free."Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-34093025025030970752011-07-14T12:53:00.000-07:002011-07-14T12:59:50.595-07:00EDM Challenge #79 ~~ Draw an ear<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIo3brktzbt3W-I-WjKYMEfsepTzzbMOoC8hY2avSlelBU-nAcJdKVSFJVkTmRawr9crD-23jr571IYkfxj8lScJ1hi3NZyt7ityMDC6rqXFjWcw6VAUwIWpY-C7GvhDJUmQ2aO7Ske8/s1600/blowin.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIo3brktzbt3W-I-WjKYMEfsepTzzbMOoC8hY2avSlelBU-nAcJdKVSFJVkTmRawr9crD-23jr571IYkfxj8lScJ1hi3NZyt7ityMDC6rqXFjWcw6VAUwIWpY-C7GvhDJUmQ2aO7Ske8/s320/blowin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629299182956566594" /></a><br />.<br />A song I'll bet most folks know. And surely the first one I ever heard that was written by Bob Dylan. <br />.<br />The lyrics are from "Blowin' in the Wind"Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-78000679287636959362011-06-22T10:34:00.000-07:002011-06-22T10:44:22.652-07:00EDM Challenge #249 ~ Draw a coffee pot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Tmxug6o3uK6SixPvi2HR6FvHbBZCVgKKmk2LG6wibnPM2TVYQU3aDFWurFduG4hOP4fQ6IeLw89gpxlTHJbyQp1HmRm1Xu0k6aGf9uqqDnPxIdWiKKfbZqkwi-aYAJ96wq6Fcplvsg/s1600/grounds2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Tmxug6o3uK6SixPvi2HR6FvHbBZCVgKKmk2LG6wibnPM2TVYQU3aDFWurFduG4hOP4fQ6IeLw89gpxlTHJbyQp1HmRm1Xu0k6aGf9uqqDnPxIdWiKKfbZqkwi-aYAJ96wq6Fcplvsg/s320/grounds2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621100451372259378" /></a><br />.<br />Another one from the imagination. Trying to get a semi-tropical hotel feeling I guess. In any case, here he is! I have named him Henri...pronounced on-ree!<br />.<br />The lyrics are from "On a Night Like This"Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-27295090575868816422011-04-05T10:31:00.000-07:002011-04-05T10:38:30.135-07:00EDM Challenge #30 Draw a chair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNm-Vn2QrHX3tlLRvj9nGRQJ6wrOnzodlniJX3ItaM76buK7grnS0H5FaCda05GrVYrF2QQi8wu0j_QkWPPxMbE5jb3q30Dgl5voJBZP0stmbJ6whAYpKqM9OOVLERlGEo2mXnF80Y35c/s1600/chair.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNm-Vn2QrHX3tlLRvj9nGRQJ6wrOnzodlniJX3ItaM76buK7grnS0H5FaCda05GrVYrF2QQi8wu0j_QkWPPxMbE5jb3q30Dgl5voJBZP0stmbJ6whAYpKqM9OOVLERlGEo2mXnF80Y35c/s320/chair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592154149686996706" /></a><br />Just a plain old simple chair. I really did think about doing a fancy one...still might. But I went simple on this so what can I say? I always liked drawings that show that black showing around each item. So that's what I did. Now you may ask why that type of chair is sitting on sand. Good question. I have no idea! :o)<br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight".Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-6442052773005501432011-03-22T12:41:00.000-07:002011-03-22T13:04:55.612-07:00EDM Challenge #86 Draw a sign<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ6LG1RL1K3EF_D_TrcZC17fahH21vznBmlE-CcczjWP7hUBB9b_HWxEhLnXXAuy31TlRmAZYoPGHobAqQsNi_1uKU5-YVfG6tQGYxtAu1PvgREqQj6wNCVzOFdsrs0wz9RZsHiOqQJY/s1600/stop.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ6LG1RL1K3EF_D_TrcZC17fahH21vznBmlE-CcczjWP7hUBB9b_HWxEhLnXXAuy31TlRmAZYoPGHobAqQsNi_1uKU5-YVfG6tQGYxtAu1PvgREqQj6wNCVzOFdsrs0wz9RZsHiOqQJY/s320/stop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586995864715366370" /></a><br />I couldn't decide whether to do a sign or a bottle of water (challenge 297) so I did both. The line around the stop sign looks pink on here. I'll have to fix that in the book. <br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "Mozambique"Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-29818490112944444402011-03-16T10:01:00.000-07:002011-03-17T09:34:01.872-07:00EDM Challenge #299 Draw a table<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn6KGfthpH-W0azhGcUTZq3_DaaMY1s5hHJsJ-Vut3K1FXUBhyphenhyphenjHqw9s7GSewFnwjQywP1395CcPruW9qsqVYyRy4WVV4lCW3yHrBcnrJoh1NEdDguYrDV1uPIUmMEMFGYz4DHGebT8o/s1600/table.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn6KGfthpH-W0azhGcUTZq3_DaaMY1s5hHJsJ-Vut3K1FXUBhyphenhyphenjHqw9s7GSewFnwjQywP1395CcPruW9qsqVYyRy4WVV4lCW3yHrBcnrJoh1NEdDguYrDV1uPIUmMEMFGYz4DHGebT8o/s320/table.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584724894520050674" /></a><br />Again, this is from my imagination which is something I was working on avoiding. It's a bad habit I have so mostly I have not done it in this moleskine. Now I notice that I'm sliding back into that habit again. The next one will be from a reference. Honest.<br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "Cat's in the Well".Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-19972211150426514362011-03-08T13:21:00.000-08:002011-03-14T09:33:45.399-07:00EDM Challenge #22 Draw a piece of clothing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S5wVm1OFo3Sqguis2x0YoAqncD5J4iw55ogiyHIFsVL9MJqhspbG4o9r_choV326dOumDeIV3J3peT5jMVhiFSsuvSK0_249DaEuMVt60PPxp3S6pHSEwiC5b3wQaJLwS0P7qPa5cL4/s1600/scarf.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S5wVm1OFo3Sqguis2x0YoAqncD5J4iw55ogiyHIFsVL9MJqhspbG4o9r_choV326dOumDeIV3J3peT5jMVhiFSsuvSK0_249DaEuMVt60PPxp3S6pHSEwiC5b3wQaJLwS0P7qPa5cL4/s320/scarf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581824975649283474" /></a><br /><br />Well, not much to say. Completely from the imagination, but inspired by a magazine picture I saw of some children. The poses were similar but they were entirely differemt from these.<br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "One of us Must Know (Sooner or Later)".Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-91187548199339140562011-03-02T12:35:00.000-08:002011-03-02T12:40:44.917-08:00EDM Challenge 28 Draw an appliance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKxaapd8zajH_1_v6Kct2nEy8odgdBm_h4BbGG3iCZ0DEQU9L5GNoDDQUVAG3kHCk_858HptRuv8rZsGYD5oWFbBwHTEHR_w_Dml1XDcNKafNhwl7XUhpDMY2n6v5zeZWnGt9gmY8J6s/s1600/machine.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKxaapd8zajH_1_v6Kct2nEy8odgdBm_h4BbGG3iCZ0DEQU9L5GNoDDQUVAG3kHCk_858HptRuv8rZsGYD5oWFbBwHTEHR_w_Dml1XDcNKafNhwl7XUhpDMY2n6v5zeZWnGt9gmY8J6s/s320/machine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579584719054518642" /></a><br />For those of you who are too young, this is a wringer washing machine. Probably from the 30s or so. <br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "I Shall Be Free No.10"Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-76021177538451550642011-02-22T13:38:00.000-08:002011-02-22T14:54:27.670-08:00EDM Challenge 185 ~~ Draw a cat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MEeff3Hj4-tYKe5G0nGMEPJIiG4KEuQw_c7YTEtlOs7aL5aEriKFVqDHOBisxfEv8oZc5JJnUF5vNjetmn1qKnSUq6lpC6oW5VT05zaPIFx5pI_Z3Hi3aK-qp12VthoDlX2tfBduyow/s1600/beankitpg.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MEeff3Hj4-tYKe5G0nGMEPJIiG4KEuQw_c7YTEtlOs7aL5aEriKFVqDHOBisxfEv8oZc5JJnUF5vNjetmn1qKnSUq6lpC6oW5VT05zaPIFx5pI_Z3Hi3aK-qp12VthoDlX2tfBduyow/s320/beankitpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576632251405442930" /></a><br />.<br />I hope you can see this. Sometimes it's hard to see animals<br />when they're seen from an odd viewpoint. These are two of<br />my late cats. Kittyboy is the white and black one on the left. <br />Beany is the black one on the right. I took this picture one day, <br />laughing because Kittyboy hated Beany and wanted no part of him.<br />This never stopped Beany from trying to be Kittyboy's friend. <br />The day I took the picture, they were both sleeping. I came in, <br />Beany woke up, but clearly didn't want to move because (in my <br />opinion) he knew if he did Kittyboy would wake up and punch him. <br />So all he moved was his eyeball, to look at me. Kittyboy died <br />eleven years ago (13 yrs. old). Beany died three years ago <br />(18 yrs. old). But this picture has made me laugh for all those years. <br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "Love is Just a Four Letter Word". <br />They're a little hard to read here, so here they are:<br /><br />"Outside a rambling storefront window cats meowed till the break of day."Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-72871156457952279452011-02-14T09:39:00.000-08:002011-02-14T09:49:32.842-08:00EDM Challenge 286 Draw a Shirt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbt61cPt1Ne6RedbqXNdCTdvWiJet3B1VlJJAYZLoVGluEytF-WfJzOQxAoLmnb7Ne0ToPb7y3V45vrYkBvTAvrVJ-1DbC7cl7djWRUH-gO5um-l16bO7mBQvPRIS73Rkz9DeuiJggvE/s1600/shipbuilder2.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573601881740102658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbt61cPt1Ne6RedbqXNdCTdvWiJet3B1VlJJAYZLoVGluEytF-WfJzOQxAoLmnb7Ne0ToPb7y3V45vrYkBvTAvrVJ-1DbC7cl7djWRUH-gO5um-l16bO7mBQvPRIS73Rkz9DeuiJggvE/s320/shipbuilder2.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This scanned a teeny bit crooked I think. </div><div>It looks straight in the book. Hmmm...</div><div>That's one of those old boats called a Sampan </div><div>that he's building just in case you were wondering.</div><div>.</div><div>The lyrics are from the song "Union Sundown"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-29781906749304086522011-02-10T10:01:00.000-08:002011-02-14T09:25:50.437-08:00EDM Challenge #239 Draw something that scares you<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RIjiEZgjzPkzztC538g0H0OpHIzTSUAGlh_kcXAyMn3PLzDpLH9ITtJMhfHiPR9qVr5XPVMoXPPaVvkQmT566Mi7ndDdp0UvJeAiRUrP2jA4yzFRQiD0518NoghlbX5UdR56lG1AtyY/s1600/scalefinal.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572123183827942802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RIjiEZgjzPkzztC538g0H0OpHIzTSUAGlh_kcXAyMn3PLzDpLH9ITtJMhfHiPR9qVr5XPVMoXPPaVvkQmT566Mi7ndDdp0UvJeAiRUrP2jA4yzFRQiD0518NoghlbX5UdR56lG1AtyY/s320/scalefinal.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I never do this. NEVER. But there I was in the doctor's office. </div><div>And there IT was. All I had was my paint marker. And a pencil.</div><div>So I did it. I colored it in later. </div><div>And yes, it was a weird scale...not symmetrical. But then neither am I. :o)</div><div>.</div><div>The lyrics are from the song "Jet Pilot"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-73655674014617612532011-01-31T13:56:00.000-08:002011-01-31T14:08:23.790-08:00EDM Challenge #136 Draw a living thing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhYz_ZHhEXY0_12pqTF7TfV9dJTipSTDRuul9j9nf2gZ5aPYwNpy2Ze51FRHwWQOLZA2oHTqyHWtKY-pmcYOKDZSoPr8EMrN-F_nARiK6vfw5SQuKi6ECh-uwUTO8QbDFyd1WRbHlmtM/s1600/mongolian.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 252px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568474682965642002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhYz_ZHhEXY0_12pqTF7TfV9dJTipSTDRuul9j9nf2gZ5aPYwNpy2Ze51FRHwWQOLZA2oHTqyHWtKY-pmcYOKDZSoPr8EMrN-F_nARiK6vfw5SQuKi6ECh-uwUTO8QbDFyd1WRbHlmtM/s320/mongolian.jpg" /></a><br />This is a Mongolian horse. They have short legs and are kind<br />of stocky. They sometimes have fancy embroidered saddles.<br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "Isis".Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-27395611247548423402011-01-18T09:21:00.000-08:002011-01-18T11:02:30.723-08:00EDM Challenge # 176 Draw Something Summer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphqnqKsSL6CfQ0GAlvOBu8HpCsQopV3YXHU5VqqnW3XLO4Y6I88DhhNNunWgp8QRcj5PvjE7XPaF1IvM-VOhxYEfMMgqaXeiI2Sfxg5mSqMSi9c6jdn-muwoLHHBnlPILlOTivK7Bhy4/s1600/pails.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphqnqKsSL6CfQ0GAlvOBu8HpCsQopV3YXHU5VqqnW3XLO4Y6I88DhhNNunWgp8QRcj5PvjE7XPaF1IvM-VOhxYEfMMgqaXeiI2Sfxg5mSqMSi9c6jdn-muwoLHHBnlPILlOTivK7Bhy4/s320/pails.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563579700780160498" /></a><br /><br />Ten months. TEN months since I've been here. But I'm working on a couple of things. I am a bit rusty. But here is my first go after all this time. <br />.<br />The lyrics are from the song "Sara". They're a little hard to read. <br />They are: <br />.<br />I can still see them playing with their pails in the sand.<br />They run to the water, their buckets to fill.<br />I can still see the shells falling out of their hands,<br />As they follow each other in back of the hill.Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-74027578577191485762010-03-29T09:53:00.000-07:002010-03-30T10:01:02.813-07:00EDM Challenge #76 Draw some flowers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGfxsolBs33_nrK0hzZkraCznv07yrYV17qWZHjkznThFFBCZ7MJybn5ojZHA7ihJGf26Dw0BpcDvSTk0JoEdugRGn8Fk_qUm8V9nx7M6O3yljebXnjZeOiTuh7W_E8YrNcBy1jNveFc/s1600/FLOWERSA.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454100264962345106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGfxsolBs33_nrK0hzZkraCznv07yrYV17qWZHjkznThFFBCZ7MJybn5ojZHA7ihJGf26Dw0BpcDvSTk0JoEdugRGn8Fk_qUm8V9nx7M6O3yljebXnjZeOiTuh7W_E8YrNcBy1jNveFc/s320/FLOWERSA.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Okay, yes, I'm addicted to dark backgrounds. Next drawing I'm going</div><div>to try to not use one. This one is actually dark brown, not black. And </div><div>the flowers are small. The text is scanning kind of bad, kind of hard to </div><div>read. It says, "Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there,</div><div>with silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair."</div><div>.</div><div>It's from the song "Shelter from the Storm"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-28515201161659638662010-03-16T11:20:00.000-07:002010-03-16T11:27:56.472-07:00EDM Challenge #260 Draw a filled suitcase<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4mmacxqzWTt_Ekkx9I6kk6Iqr_P2D0cjL9v9q1g30AcfyJF_TImFel6p_QeuwzaHZXNck_s_Ac3E5XQVsqHB98ZjgkFyuDDDiv06175pr4LaYBYGJEUyXOhWBGbQfT88CdW9dC-TtrY/s1600-h/suitcasepost.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 245px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449299318863757026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4mmacxqzWTt_Ekkx9I6kk6Iqr_P2D0cjL9v9q1g30AcfyJF_TImFel6p_QeuwzaHZXNck_s_Ac3E5XQVsqHB98ZjgkFyuDDDiv06175pr4LaYBYGJEUyXOhWBGbQfT88CdW9dC-TtrY/s320/suitcasepost.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I had wanted to do a vintage suitcase for a long time and </div><div>just hoped someone would put it on the list of challenges. </div><div>I wanted to put a dog on top of the suitcase. But since it said a </div><div>"filled suitcase" I just put him inside of it. </div><div>.</div><div>The lyrics are from "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-22443910702903282922010-02-22T10:43:00.000-08:002010-02-22T10:47:32.818-08:00EDM Challenge #7 Draw a bottle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L3dvbagRBOxlpwNcWQwLAURkgfINSYwFx_HcE2YtMiFeKvd_AsdORq-pzh3O_5YBbLz2kJkQTyaSf6Y2sxT45ZwZVVa4AcfmWs_cLPpAVso10yisO0g6JffW6uLYow8Os982dWwUwyw/s1600-h/bottles.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 245px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441140708949142466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L3dvbagRBOxlpwNcWQwLAURkgfINSYwFx_HcE2YtMiFeKvd_AsdORq-pzh3O_5YBbLz2kJkQTyaSf6Y2sxT45ZwZVVa4AcfmWs_cLPpAVso10yisO0g6JffW6uLYow8Os982dWwUwyw/s320/bottles.jpg" /></a><br />Okay well, kind of simple. Not a lot to say, just a few simple bottles. Oh and the moleskine started to split. That's why the big black line is in the center. I'll fix it.<br />.<br />The lyrics are from "Restless Farewell"Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-23838256722681379622010-01-24T21:17:00.000-08:002010-01-24T21:40:06.561-08:00EDM Challenge #8~~ Draw jewelry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvCSQi7jFcWH7xZ6Meb20FGHgOgLdUEoi-TriLfM5dQT7Y03zHytW2CS-5VggITM9xFbKzjqad6JKuO3_j729gcBOk8qv-yhCZsqPslUTigNJ_Twh2h85wJpjZCQnGzJLDi7sARPnV0k/s1600-h/necklace.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430543475595842450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvCSQi7jFcWH7xZ6Meb20FGHgOgLdUEoi-TriLfM5dQT7Y03zHytW2CS-5VggITM9xFbKzjqad6JKuO3_j729gcBOk8qv-yhCZsqPslUTigNJ_Twh2h85wJpjZCQnGzJLDi7sARPnV0k/s320/necklace.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Painting silver might be easier. I've never tried<br />it before. This was colored pencils and some paint.<br />.<br />The lyrics are from "Isis". I had hoped to get these<br />lines in, but it was too much: "I was thinking about<br />turquoise, I was thinking about gold. I was thinking<br />about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace."<br />.<br />I will probably work on the lettering later. Maybe.Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-59646469258525622352010-01-18T09:46:00.000-08:002010-01-20T10:37:11.141-08:00EDM Challenge #43 Draw something china or ceramic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxosHBio49ceEwhUo8ukUhA4P1vBBTMABQKoQ0nqNpdk4LDpGsSlS4AmeWGq45AXs-ihawoAwvApYbXjz4s8k7qVN1LOj3n9br06i-9xc8sgPYBVlYG_uea14TLBh1zWJlnwHbWiI-Dk/s1600-h/hattie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 250px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428138661013905794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxosHBio49ceEwhUo8ukUhA4P1vBBTMABQKoQ0nqNpdk4LDpGsSlS4AmeWGq45AXs-ihawoAwvApYbXjz4s8k7qVN1LOj3n9br06i-9xc8sgPYBVlYG_uea14TLBh1zWJlnwHbWiI-Dk/s320/hattie.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Okay, here's the story. This was the first song I ever heard </div><div>that made me realize that songs could actually be about </div><div>real things. Even tragic things. This is in some ways my </div><div>favorite song for that reason. My best friend in high school</div><div>had been given several Bob Dylan albums because she was </div><div>such a fan of "Like a Rolling Stone". She didn't like any of </div><div>the albums because they weren't the rock style he was playing then... </div><div>they were older albums. She gave them to me. I can still remember</div><div>sitting on my bed listening to this song and being dumbfounded</div><div>by the story it told. The innocence of youth.</div><div>.</div><div>The song is "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" which is the </div><div>true story of a Haitian woman's murder. If you'd like to read the</div><div>lyrics they are here: <a href="http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Lonesome-Death-of-Hattie-Carroll-lyrics-Bob-Dylan/DA27DBAD96636E8B482569690027CDA8">http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Lonesome-Death-of-Hattie-Carroll-lyrics-Bob-Dylan/DA27DBAD96636E8B482569690027CDA8</a></div><div>.</div><div>And speaking of Haitians, you can donate easily to the Haitians now </div><div>by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">texting</span> the word HAITI to 20222 and $10.00 will be billed to </div><div>your phone bill and sent to the relief fund. This is the Clinton </div><div>Foundation. He is special envoy to Haiti. Please excuse me if you </div><div>already knew this.</div><div>.</div><div>As to the drawing...can't get it to scan right but I'm posting it anyway. </div><div>It's showing things that aren't there.</div><div><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">C'est</span> la vie!</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-67618675540913617812010-01-06T12:11:00.000-08:002010-01-06T12:38:51.785-08:00EDM Challenge #140 Draw an envelope<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5Tr9cn0ZAjMVViNVZKGQv1zBxoO0_PsOK0YenqiTdEI7HsDLV4PVlviifQGCvNFl6ZLRgVsaq8p1yvImcsEskOX4HbAm27QCyplBeGRNq-Fm1oduraeVSNltgDbLlHQ9oIYnnHFRP4s/s1600-h/letter2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 252px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722680195194690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5Tr9cn0ZAjMVViNVZKGQv1zBxoO0_PsOK0YenqiTdEI7HsDLV4PVlviifQGCvNFl6ZLRgVsaq8p1yvImcsEskOX4HbAm27QCyplBeGRNq-Fm1oduraeVSNltgDbLlHQ9oIYnnHFRP4s/s320/letter2.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div>I'm in an artistic funk. This one has been hanging around </div><div>for a while. I decided something is better than nothing, </div><div>even if I'm not totally happy with it. So here it is.</div><div>.</div><div>The lyrics are from "Boots of Spanish Leather".</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-86183054723088305082009-12-08T10:25:00.000-08:002009-12-09T11:45:09.108-08:00EDM Challenge #163 Draw a deck of cards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5yFV-HoCSogib-c5IXzKaQOYVnKkGmSk2m9JyM4BYnDm8AGqrdspoCbPt3-Jzqp2eOrmUGLZaxlCiOFb2Bq__YZFb3_xgMJhhTttNGj0XgacoNYIVxyqjT-Z-b_Brn6q-CJtzkGsgdo/s1600-h/JACK2.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucvnDpVhZXbPZnDMONtw4lmnQ_HeiyKxQgjBfSot-y89MnWpBVnT7AuVsOSUVLVpHgdQlJYqm3e0qni5_Im7k38AJMfqwYViAHDf1c8vrdYeexVs_4BfI3GdHkkkxlQUrFUe1bVJ6AvU/s1600-h/jack.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 248px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412934157352776290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucvnDpVhZXbPZnDMONtw4lmnQ_HeiyKxQgjBfSot-y89MnWpBVnT7AuVsOSUVLVpHgdQlJYqm3e0qni5_Im7k38AJMfqwYViAHDf1c8vrdYeexVs_4BfI3GdHkkkxlQUrFUe1bVJ6AvU/s320/jack.jpg" /></a> </div><div>I just am squeaking by on this one. </div><div>Not whole deck of cards, but just a drawing of two cards. </div><div>.</div><div>The lyrics are from "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts".</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-18550788082225637662009-12-02T10:41:00.000-08:002009-12-02T10:53:24.296-08:00EDM Challenge #93 Draw an egg carton, with or without eggs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQ3eix1IXq6JOOIwbEv8XOr4jDrBVL4HK1HZzdAxrr2GCUffpeIU9hz5EfXfwS8_qVvsKd4EzGoXx1w7k4-NgTYCMqiz6-OCsIuxttPhVjuoGYT4hgpU462EGwrpy0SRkCgTZmExMcG8/s1600-h/EGGS3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 253px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410711726724917394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQ3eix1IXq6JOOIwbEv8XOr4jDrBVL4HK1HZzdAxrr2GCUffpeIU9hz5EfXfwS8_qVvsKd4EzGoXx1w7k4-NgTYCMqiz6-OCsIuxttPhVjuoGYT4hgpU462EGwrpy0SRkCgTZmExMcG8/s320/EGGS3.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Real Ukrainian egg dyers may poo poo this, and probably </div><div>rightfully so. They are absolute geniuses. But this was </div><div>fun. Not as meticulous as their work, but fun. The egg </div><div>carton lacks a lot in personality too, but hey! What can I say?</div><div>.</div><div></div><div>The lyrics are from the song "Highlands"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-30763204101831945472009-11-13T10:17:00.000-08:002009-11-17T10:52:05.674-08:00EDM Challenge #118 Draw some hair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4Yf1CxCSVmfImQTTLaGwjkGyW83EskNSy568JYRbHn_nHCdNjqZRfOwkVEo7yQfreojjReK4l28tvPEHrH5vfbgD6cZrBUxwgtD8TxczSQRCyyVvo-gpXfy2qqXx3mwP7sK1aaCmYsU/s1600-h/hair3.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403654377937370594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4Yf1CxCSVmfImQTTLaGwjkGyW83EskNSy568JYRbHn_nHCdNjqZRfOwkVEo7yQfreojjReK4l28tvPEHrH5vfbgD6cZrBUxwgtD8TxczSQRCyyVvo-gpXfy2qqXx3mwP7sK1aaCmYsU/s320/hair3.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This actually needs some touching up, so I may replace the image </div><div>after I've done that. But I want to post it today because I might </div><div>wind up putting it off way too long and I'm trying to stay active. </div><div>.</div><div>Also, I used a line from a song I have already used, which I hadn't </div><div>planned on doing. But I thought of another image I want to use for </div><div>the song I first thought of, and so I chose to use this one. I'll do the </div><div>other one later.</div><div>.</div><div>The lyrics are from "Tangled up in Blue"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-9497061624917677842009-10-30T11:55:00.000-07:002009-10-30T12:01:12.867-07:00EDM Challenge #38 Draw something related to Halloween<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIrX05ZKfFBMv6zCjqtMSggr6PXWSygVW1x5e79sWpGYDKtOAcCy9W9mwunIQ2LczxM9Ujd_FJrT5FN6aOXOg5237wQgW6PwVSM1RtE5uzYHtSu7EHcsKl5n1e9HeWjpdovcVahkjmMI/s1600-h/witch2.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 201px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398469354440071490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIrX05ZKfFBMv6zCjqtMSggr6PXWSygVW1x5e79sWpGYDKtOAcCy9W9mwunIQ2LczxM9Ujd_FJrT5FN6aOXOg5237wQgW6PwVSM1RtE5uzYHtSu7EHcsKl5n1e9HeWjpdovcVahkjmMI/s320/witch2.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This one was done really quickly, just for the heck of it.</div><div>No great work, maybe not even good, but just in time for Halloween.</div><div> </div><div>The lyrics are from "Changing of the Guards"</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050843175565492328.post-24305927194953584182009-10-27T09:14:00.000-07:002009-12-04T12:27:11.977-08:00EDM Challenge #125 Draw a bird<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLtTukQrGGUFVvf3BM7PrkGT-Es1v8copbT7BMK_MNTIZIYV2XgQdLRxqyXp2LJHwuwBDqq7rcTdv5gWrxkFJVVehZXh5Bw8OA3co2fCdQC7_5MNbeK34wtFPcflsL01RfAi7xdWpNu8/s1600-h/rooster3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 250px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397314426511810818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLtTukQrGGUFVvf3BM7PrkGT-Es1v8copbT7BMK_MNTIZIYV2XgQdLRxqyXp2LJHwuwBDqq7rcTdv5gWrxkFJVVehZXh5Bw8OA3co2fCdQC7_5MNbeK34wtFPcflsL01RfAi7xdWpNu8/s320/rooster3.jpg" /></a><br /><div>My son thought this one should say "When your rooster crows</div><div>at the BEAK of dawn" which I thought was pretty funny, but decided </div><div>against. I may one day do a series of drawings with plays on words </div><div>like that but not this time.</div><div></div><div>The lyrics are from "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right".</div>Ellen Burketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.com22