Illustration Friday: Dust

The Dust of Stars, 2011

Watercolor and gouache

14 x 10.7 cm

© Kerry Schofield

If cats had wings, I think they would fly to heaven and sit on the moon.

Sometimes I think my cats think they can actually fly. Maybe that's why they like birds so much. Have you ever seen a cat jump and fly on trees only to get stuck. They seem to love high places for some reason. When they get in a wild mood, they run and leap with no thought of the ground. Then they get in all sorts of trouble getting stuck atop something, whether it be a shelf or on top of a roof!

If I must deal with dust, let it be star dust where I can dream of growing wings and sitting on the moon!

Illustration Friday: Deja-vu

What Awaits Me

In my waking hours
the morning air, cool and crisp
the sunrise, exquisite
the eastern sky,
soft goldenrod and pale pink,
The colors of a timid flamingo.

Written by Kerry Schofield

Collage and Watercolor

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

© Kerry Schofield

Illustration Friday: Resolutions

New Year Whee! E-card

Collage and Watercolor

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

12.6 x 8.8 cm

Here's wishing everyone a happy and ambitious 2011! I tried my hand at a couple of ATCs. I used collage images from 1940s and 1960s Life magazines. They're alot of fun to read as well! It was a few years ago but people weren't all that different and many of the same products we use today were advertised. Of course, there was World War II but we have our own brand of wars today, unfortunately.

As for resolutions, I'm not too much on making them myself. I do hope this year to finally graduate from collage after going back to school later in life, paint with joy in my heart and write some noir poetry.

Illustration Friday: Winter

Renaissance Blue in Her Snow Bonnet, 2010

Cats in Fancy Hats

Watercolor, pen and ink

14 x 10.7 cm

© Kerry Schofield

Tis the season for snow and kitties in fancy hats! This illustration is the first in a series of Cats in Fancy Hats ... more to follow.

Illustration Friday: Phenomenon

My Muse, 2010

Watercolor, pen and ink

14 x 10.7 cm

© Kerry Schofield



Illustration Friday: Savour

Tagine Apple Sauce

Illustrated Recipe

© Kerry Schofield

(click on artwork to enlarge)

This illustration was created for the They Cook and Draw holiday recipe contest in affiliation with the Food Network. It's illustrated in gouache and finalized digitally. To see illustration and comment on the They Draw and Cook Web site, click on link: http://bit.ly/fB2fxo.

This apple sauce is made in a tagine, the Moroccan heavy clay cooking pot with a cone-shaped dome lid. I love cooking with tagines. If you have a favorite tagine recipe, I would love to hear about it!

The monarch butterfly is in remembrance of Gwen, my English Grandmother, who passed away from bone cancer on Nov. 21, 2010. She was 90 years old and was as fiesty as ever until just a few days before her death. On the Saturday before, a monarch butterfly flew by me. It made me think of her soul, on its way to making its journey to the afterlife. Thanks for taking care of me Grandma! I will love you always.