"Peace" by Gracie

"Peace" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

( Blessed are the Peacemakers... )

"Peace" by Isaac

"Peace" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8


a Peaceful sunset....

Elijah Draws

Elijah (age 14 months) draws for the first time with no help! His first picture. Proud dad here....

"Mask" by Isaac

"Mask" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8

A superhero shopping for a new mask in a Superhero Mask Store

"Invention" by Isaac

"Invention" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8

"Smoke" by Gracie

"Smoke" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

Gracie's idea for the smoke theme: Chimney World! It's a land inhabited by creatures like dragons, chimney-bodied girls, and chimney-headed worms. Cool!

"Smoke" by Isaac

"Smoke" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8

"Ghost" by Gracie

"Ghost" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

A family of ghosts. I especially like the one sporting the soul patch. (Ah! I made a funny: A soul patch...) And good use of overlapping in the picture, Gracie!

"Ghost" by Isaac

"Ghost" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8

Ghosts building their own haunted house. I love the little guy with the chainsaw!

"Black & Orange" by Gracie

"Black & Orange" by Gracie, age 6

This is Gracie's entry for the Black & Orange contest. Penelope said it "knocked her socks off." And that's before she even knew Gracie was 6. I have a box full of thousands upon thousands of squares that I cut from magazines that the kids can use to make mosaics. As you can see, they've gotten really good at it.

"Black & Orange" by Isaac

"Black & Orange" by Isaac, age 8

The creator of Illustration Friday has a special challenge during October called Black & Orange. The only rule is that the image has to be created primarily with black and orange. Isaac and Gracie wanted to get in on the action. This is Isaac's entry.

"Smitten" by Gracie

"Smitten" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

I think Grace's picture is about as perfect as you could get in trying to portray 'smitten'. . .

"Quiet" by Isaac

"Quiet" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8

A monster with no mouth. He's the only creature on his whole planet though, so he has no reason to talk anyway.

"Phobia" by Isaac

"Phobia" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 8

-- a fear of deep deep dark caverns in the earth and what may be lurking therein

"Phobia" by Gracie

"Phobia" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

Wowsers - I'm scared. . . .

"Change" by Gracie

"Change" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, Age 6

"Change" by Isaac

"Change" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 7

A sad, sad person -- but turn the page around....




and it changes to a happy chap!



(lovely hats.....)

"Farm" by Lily

"Farm" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, Age 3

This is Lily's first Ill'Fri' entry, and I'm wowed - did I mention she's 3? This is a farmer, a girl, a duck, and an ear of corn. I'm especially impressed by the green "dialog balloons" (Lily will have to translate...) and the horizon lines behind the figures. Horizon Lines?! Did I mention she's 3?

"Safe" by Gracie

"Safe" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

When presented with the word "safe," Gracie thought of animals that stay safe through camouflage. This chameleon is safely camouflaged, enabling it to catch a fly. Its camouflage also protects it from that hawk. Since the hawk can't find the chameleon, it's settling for those ants instead. I think the ants know this because if you look close, they are praying.

Elephant

I was really impressed with this picture of an elephant that Lily - age 3 - did from memory. She had seen a national geographic show with elephants a few days earlier. Did I mention she's 3? Amazing how she drew the tusks. (And the five legs...)

"Safe" by Isaac

"Safe" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 7

Isaac's idea for "safe." The guy in the tower looks pretty safe to me! Not so sure about the poor chap in the cage....

"Run" by Isaac

"Run" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 7

The guy and the rocket-boarding creature on the right are running from that big scary dude on the left!

"Run" by Gracie

"Run" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

Number 11 wins the race and jumps for joy! Victory!
I especially like the official whistle-blower leaping and doing the splits in the background and the plane pulling the 'race day' sign.

"Match" by Gracie

"Match" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

Matching Rainbow Butterflies

"Match" by Isaac

"Match" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 7

What we've got here is a bat at night, lighting up a bonfire. The bat doesn't realize he's also accidentally ignited the matches in the matchbox hanging from his home tree branch.

"Play" by Gracie

"Play" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 6

This is a picture of kids playing dress-up (plus a bird thrown in for good measure). The CatMonster and ButterflyPrincess costumes are cut out of construction paper and glued over the kids.

"Play" by Isaac

"Play" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 7

This is a boy, seen at table-eye-level, playing with a remote controlled knight. Interesting composition Isaac!

Friends

Gracie makes friends with a Monster
by Gracie

Yummy

Boy with Popcorn
by Lily, age 3

"Capture" by Isaac

"Capture" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 7

(I'm very glad that thing got captured...)

"Capture" by Gracie

"Capture" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, Age 6