This weekend I had the rare pleasure of celebrating my brother's birthday with him. Over the years we have lived far apart or the date landed during the middle of the week. But this year the stars and moon came together in the right sequence and we were able to get together with his wife, our mom and stepdad, my hubby, and friends. This also gave me the fun of seeing his face when he opened his card.
Once again I made a sketch from one of my own photos then colored it with Copics. I'm having so much fun with these and they are quite the surprise for the recipients. My brother is very low-key and the raising of his eyebrows with a surprised "oh" was enough for me. Plus the fact that he kept the card sitting up in front of him all through dinner. In other words, he loved it!
He loves sock monkeys and I found this sentiment online, which so typically describes him, too, especially the part about his expression never changing.
This is the sketch before I colored it.
This is the photo I used for the sketch.
It's been a great weekend here and I hope yours was, too!
Now for this post's question to contemplate......
What world record would you most want to establish if you could?
2 comments:
WOW your sketch of your brother is fantastic what a likness, beautifully coloured. No wonder he loved it. Caroline xxx
That is SOOOO cool that you can do that, Barb! What fun to see the look on people's faces when they see your wonderful artwork of themselves. I'm very happy for you that you were able to celebrate WITH him and your family this year.
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