Most of you have received cards or postcards from me that feature my ‘unique’ art skills. Some of you have even responded in-kind, and it’s always a treat to see your talents on display. But I never expected I’d receive anything like these cards my friend JK has sent me these past six months:
That’s a pencil sketch! Santa Claus with my drink of choice (Mt Dew!) done in a classic style. Talent beyond my dreams.
This is a flabbergasting pen sketch of Yossie, based on this photo I had tweeted:
And then recently came this one:
Believe it or not this is a watercolour! A masterpiece created using $2 paints from Walmart and children’s brushes! I had actually bought the paints myself to try painting myself but my scribblings were as nothing compared to this!
Jessica thought I could do better though and I decided to try! I bought new paints ($4 this time) and a new brush ($2) and with a special piece of thick stock paper she provided set out to reproduce this classic:
It took a while, and pushed my abilities to their very limits, but I think I mostly succeeded:
Don’t you?
Jokes aside isn’t Jessica’s talent astonishing? I could only dream of the postcards you’d all be receiving if I even had a tenth of her skills 🙂
