Showing posts with label leprechauns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leprechauns. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Return of the 52-Week Illustration Challenge, Week 11

Week 11 Green
Week 11: Green

"It's not easy being green!" A green frog desperately attempts to be environmentally green. Cartoon in black Sharpie ink and watercolour on watercolour paper.

Update:

Week 11 Green II
Week 11: Green II

Here's a green gremlin. I caught him sneaking into my hotel room looking for lollies. Luckily for me, I'd eaten all the evidence. Assemblage art with a green supermarket "green bag" as background. Hey, I'm working with limited materials here, you know!

Week 11 Green III
Week 11: Green III

My paternal grandmother was born on St Patrick's Day. She always wore green on that day, and carried a small leprechaun charm on a green ribbon. This watercolour of a leprechaun, with black Sharpie details, is based on that charm's pose.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Happy St Patrick's Day


Shamrock hat
To be sure, to be sure.

Even though she wasn't of Irish descent, my grandmother Jessie made a point of wearing green - and carrying her leprechaun charm - on St Patrick's Day, which was also her birthday.