Friday was a Big Day — the last day of my job. Lots of emotion. Saying goodbye is hard. We started the day with an all-staff meeting, which we hadn’t had in a long time. Working in a small, intense non-profit means working with people who talk sincerely, who share personally, and who cry together. It was that kind of day. I coped partly by drawing in my Moleskine, which isn’t the best medium for artwork (unless you have the unlined version). But sometimes ya just gotta draw. I came home and added color pencil. This is also for Illustration Friday; the topic this week is “smoke.” I had started another doodle depicting a person emerging from smoke, but then I sketched this. The wildfires in southern California came to mind. It’s been in the news, since the latest was started by arson and killed five firefighters.
great illustration, kathryn. i know what you mean, sometimes you just gotta draw. i’m glad you did.
I’m working through all the folks participating in the one a day art – backwards (my nature) and finally made it to your site – and 3 very different art works. I think that’s what I like the best – that you did each one of them and each one of them is really different. I especially like Friday’s because it has the spontineity of a child’s artwork: don’t wait for the right paper. Have at!
Thanks for sharing.
beyond sad. firemen are truly selfless heros.