When life gets in the way of art!

Ever wonder where you can find the time to paint?

And then when you do sit down it doesn’t turn out well.

It’s been a bit like that this week!

I had a fabulous opportunity to exhibit my art at John Lewis over the weekend. As I was focussing on the abstract and representational work, the caricatures went by the wayside. Until my son’s swimming lesson yesterday.

Found a picture of John Travolta in the Sunday magazine and set to work.

When I was  teenager John was THE pin-up after the release of Grease. Forget Olivia Newton John’s “sew yourself in them” pants, he was the sexiest thing around! She would have been trampled in the stampede if he went anywhere near my school!

So…

Heeeeere’s Johnny!

Now, if  when I get time to draw this week, I think I should do Olivia so I can have a matched pair!

John Travolta

As I started with a picture of John Travolta I thought it was about time I did one in colour. Had to do the plane, the picture I used was one of those with him posing by some sleek and beautiful plane -no idea what for any plane spotters out there. It looked nothing like this one.

Guess who?

Right, managed the basics of uploading images! Thought I'd leave names blank, see if people can guess who this is. I'll post the answer in a week. We'll call it "Image 1" until I can think of something more creative. Comments appreciated but only constructive ones please. I've decided to set myself a goal of publishing an image a day. Nothing for yesterday as I'm not happy with anything I did yesterday, so this one's from Friday.