I’ve known today’s rhyme, “St. Dunstan, as the story goes”, for a while, mainly because I went to St. Dunstan’s Day School for High School. Anyway the best part of this one was drawing a monstrous devil in contrast to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s rhyme was “Rowley Powley, Pudding and Pie”, better known as Georgie Peorgie.” I wasn’t sure whether to go with a before or after picture, but with already having done a picture of some jerk not taking no for an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhyme was, “The Dove says, Coo, Coo, what shall I do”. I was a little worried that would be another one where all I had to do was draw a bird. However then I got to the bit about her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I found today’s Rhyme, “Baby and I“, confusing. I couldn’t tell if it was about cannibalism or if the narrator was stiffing the baker. I think it’s yet another one where stuff was left out over the years. For the sake[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s rhyme, Cock A Doodle Doo” gave me too options. The first was from the rooster’s point of view. The other was from the view of the Master and the Dame. I went with the latter because I already had three sketches that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhyme “I Washed My Mother’s Dishes” was one of those “when I was young poems. Most of them are pretty uninspiring, but the thing with the fish had possibilities.
Today’s rhyme “What’s The News of the Day,” Is another one I never heard of. But it has a balloon in it so all is good.
My second to last rhyme is the famous saying, “A Cat May Look at a King.” Made even better with a fluffy kitten would be better. For the king I went with Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon. I really am beginning to regret[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we finish off the Nursery Rhyme challenge with “Tally Ho! Tally Ho!” Well this feels good. I was beginning to have second, third and fourth thoughts about doing a two month challenge. Somehow it worked out, and it feels good!
One of the advantages of the house sitting I’ve been doing this month is the place is walking distance from the Seattle Asian Art Museum. This had given me the opportunity to catch up on my sketching. This has found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
