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Yer such a poet!

I’m a stinkin’ poet!

They both enjoy the company of sweet Mr Gin.

that’s some FIERCE flapping… I think old Bill needs some ducky downers. :0)

Almost airborne!

Ha! Great illo and poem!

Very Cute!

LOL!! That is one p*ssed off duck!
Great illo, as always.

I love this illustration! Colour, lines, humour. Also as a previous small boat owner I can assure everyone that this is just what ducks are like when they know you are living on board for more than one night.

Love this illustration! The humour, the lines and the colours. Also as a one-time boat owner I can confirm that this is just what ducks do once they realise you are on board for more than one night.

That’s one crazy bird. Love the energy and movement.

Love how you can just have one duck AND have so much liveliness and silliness! Good stuff. Yay, Bill.

lets give him some mini rice cakes. so nothing like bread. that’ll really piss him off.

aweeesome, peejay! :))

i love the bloody red strokes…like, he’s so angry mad, he might be shedding flesh. (ewww.)

The other evening I couldn’t get home because a skunk was wandering around on our lawn - which is about 6 inches square. I sat and watched him until he left. They’re actually really cute!

Jazz: Oh, they are VERY cute, yes! Was your skunk out kind of early in the evening? I guess given the extra long days, they’re ready to get up before the sun sets!

But this guy was mosying along at 11 a.m. Odd to see him at that hour of the day.

You really have Painter down to a science. I’m so jealous.

Well, you do a great job with your spontaneous looking minimalist drawings. I always admire the looseness of them. The trick is to make it all look like it was just dashed off, when things were actually drawn over and over till perfected. Right? I’m glad to be reminded that it is not as easy as it all looks. I know my stuff is always sweated out, but you never know about the other guys… it all looks so easy…

… and SKUNKS? Don’t get me started…… :0)

I like minimalism, but one out of every four drawings is a disaster (or some similar statistic — probably worse depending on which day you catch me). I think there is some talent involved so it’s not all education as some will say, but never just one way of going at things.

I am so happy I have found you again. You are my favorite illustrated blog, and I had lost you for a long time. I could not remember the title of the blog nor your name, but I’ve been trying for a good while to find you and stumbled upon you through another blog. I so enjoy all your work, but I am especially fond of your church sketches.

Any loose, spontaneous drawing of mine comes after about three hours of slog, mostly producing discarded failures. That’s with Life drawing, can’t seem to be loose just now from my head. I love your skunk.

I love the new banner!

Thanks, Don, I’ve worked with Painter a lot so I better have some control over it! Heh!

dougher: You got it. Easy and breezy is hard to pull off. At least for me.

Jack: At least 1 our of 4, for me. More like 3 out of 4 with one being “okay”.

Shirley: Wow! Well, what a compliment and I’m glad you found me again, too! I wonder if googling “church sketches” would get me…? Thanks for finding me again and letting me know you like my stuff!

Eliz: Me too, me too. I really think it’s like any style: you have to master it.

Jazz: You noticed! Thanks!

very cute! My kids will love that one!

That’s a funny joke and a great illustration. My kids will love that one too!

Great illustration and yes, you must get the prize for the joke most likely to appeal to the kids!

Ha!

I absolutely love the taco on the right. It’s so hard to get tacos to emote on cue.

Very funny! I also love the taco on the right.

Wow, you’ve got a million of them. I like the bored taco - too funny. I never knew tacos wore sandals.

I had to think about this one when I read the answer, you’ve got to say this with an american accent!! Don’t work in english do it? ;D Brilliant drawing as usual.

Thanks, all y’all! These riddles everyone’s illustrating are fun, eh?

Jess: I never considered that! Makes me wonder how it sounds to you and just what you mean!

Jenn: I didn’t want them getting their feet dirty. : )

You say tomaytoes and I say tomaaatoes!! heehee. No I’m just being silly. For ‘tacos’ you say ‘tah coes’ and for ‘talk’ you say tahk. When I say tacos, I say tackoes, and for ‘talk’ I say torwk. I’ll shut up now!

Oh, I love the look on the face of the one being talked to!

You have made beautifully clever bubbles.

That is incredible thinking for a 6-year-old. I mean… a real live wordplay pun at that age? That’s impressive! As, of course, is your illustration. That rat looks so sure of himself!!

mine’s six, too…they are going to overthrow us all. diabolical.

awwesome as always, peejay!

hehe, this one looks so happy I like the way you presented his “smell”, too.

OK, that joke is hilarious. And I love the rat…

Another class act Paula, give my regards to the witty 6 year old!

I seem to do a lot of those myself… Great job on that buff crane, PJ!

Hey Paula:

My kids had a subscription to Clubhouse Jr for years! Great to see the illustration and cartoon for the crane…love it!!

Jacqui in Ontario

Great character… love the headband.

very nice work!

This is hysterical! Love the expression. I just love your blog. Visit all the time :o)

Cute and funny! I love seeing your illos in magazines like Highlights!

LOL!! I love this, especially the headband and the facial expression

Bad joke, great illo!

Absolutley love the illustration and it’s actually one of the better jokes this week!

Paula you’ve excelled yourself again! You can really feel his pain and the strain! I only have one joke myself, so not a lot to choose from!

So funny but not for poor doggy!!! :)))))

Happens to me all the time.

very Nice illo!!! good work!

ohhhh peeejaaaayy…FIND THAT BONE! LOOKIT THAT POOR PUPPY!

awesome. :)))

Nice and funny illo !!! (sorry, but I can’t find other words ; I’m french and my english is very limited… but your work is more than “funny” & “nice”…)

Sweet illustration - wonderful expression and interpretation

great illo! made me laugh and that’s a good thing! well done.

Great solution for the topic! Made me laugh!
I love it !! : )

This made me laugh immediately! Great illu!

Thank you, everyone! I forget all the time where I “bury my bone”–among other items, so I’m glad y’all can relate!

Hahhahaha!
That really strikes a chord with me!
But it’s a dog rather than a cat in my life.

HA HA! That’s me too! I’ve been making sure I snatch him up and lock him in the house around 8:00 so I don’t lose sleep…

And they’re always hiding somewhere watching you! ….and they’re not worried at all! Great work!

…and then when you do find them, they’re more scared at that moment than any before.

Great illustration, well done.

I like that color scheme… it IS a scheme isn’t it? It almost has a retro feel to it. Noice jorb!

I know the feeling! Great style!

I love this! My cat tends to roam a bit, especially when he’s been cooped up in the garage too long. I find myself doing the same thing. He ends up coming home on his own terms though. No running to me because I called for him hehe. I have a very independent kitty Nice illo!

Then there’s the expectation, every time you drive up the street, of seeing a little run-over bundle. My current cat lives inside and this brings fewer worries, but more work and closed windows.

Really Really nice,both style and story!!!

ooohhh, i was doing this last night. she usually comes running right away though.

ooohhh, i was doing this last night. she usually comes running right away though.
teri

Fantastic!

Enjoy drawing them, I mean.

I really commend you for biting the bullet and doing jobs with vehicles. They came out great, you’d never guess that you don’t enjoy them!

What flavor bullets do you like to bite? I prefer the tangerine flavor. Great job on all those vehicles!

Thanks, ElizT!

Roz: Oh, good to hear. Just being honest, though. I’m glad you like them, thanks!

Doug: Dang! They make them in flavors (or up here “flavOUrs”)?!? Thanks for the funny, per usual, Doug!

I have noticed that the British and I see, Canadians, use extra “U”s in their words. Like coloUr and flavoUr. I think this is contributing to the world wide shortage of these letterforms. I know in my area, “U”s are getting very scarce and quite expensive. I think it is high time that you all quit wasting these valuable letters by putting them in words that really don’t require them.

The price of a gallon of “U”s has skyrocketed recently. I can barely afford to spell my name anymore….

Oh, aren’t YOU funny! And so you squander what “U”s you have on the big-ars jumbo U’s? Look at you! Oh hey! Here’s a thought: Yoo can use “oo” for ‘u”. So you would be “Dooog”. Hmmm…That doesn’t work too well, now, does it?

This is great Paula!

Dough? DOUGH?! I am trying really hard to NOT resemble dough! But it is a hard battle. No more cookies for meeeeee!

Oh… I have the tires on my vehicle rotated from time to time so they will last longer… so when I go to the dentist I have my teeth rotated so they will last longer too. ….. a little joke, there…. :0)

ha..ha… (to previous post)

Paula, it looks great.

I would put it in a frame if I were those kids…

I really like it!! Very whimsical and definitely still “you”!!

The faces and slant add a little fun flavor!! Designer did a great job - a match made in heaven. Great piece!!

Hey Paula, I named you for a Pico award — it’s a meme award of blogger admiration!
Please check it out at my blog (wellerwishes.blogspot.com) and, if you like, take part by passing it on…
take care,
kathy

I like this. I seem to remember a subscription to a magazine called Highlights when I was a kid - one of the recurring characters was a wold called Alyosius. But I could be wrong, the magazine probably doesn’t go that far back into prehistory.

Thanks, Holli!

Dough: I keep typing it that way. so I figure it’ll save me oodles of time over the rest of my life if I just don’t stop to correct it. You’d want that for me, now, wouldn’t you…? : P And of course, literalist ME took your teeth rotation literally. Duh! Thanks for explaining the joke!

Ginko: Yeah, they should! I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. Thanks, Ginko!

kathy: She is an excellent designer and we do work well together on these things. Glad you like it! and thanks for awarding me a…”Pico”? Ah! Blogger admiration! Well, you’re most kind and I thank you for the award! If I can, I’ll participate.

Jazz: Highligths is still around and I’ve done some work for them. Are you saying some element in the illo looks like a…wold? I’m going to have to google that to figure out what you mean. Thansk for posting!

Nice card, PJ! You are everywhere! Today I went to the dentist to have my teeth sharpened and rotated, and I saw one of your illos in the April Highlights magazine. A few days ago I was in the library and saw your illos in a Clubhouse magazine. They all look really good in print!

Someday when I grow up, I’m gonna be just like you! :0)

Dhct: First, curious….What does it mean to have your teeth “rotated”? Yes, I could Google the answer but no answer would be as humorous as your reply, I’m sure!

And I am omnipresent from time to time, yes indeedy! Look at us! The second largest group to read Highlights must be the illustrators and writers that they use. Last month when I was at the dentist, I perused the issue of Highlights they had myself. I wasn’t in it, though. Darn.

I like your timely illustration!

delightful

I LOVE this! Ever since I was little I’ve always loved pieces like this where there is lots going on! Love it!

ha ha - i love this, i really like the scribblyness on the sky and earth and the glows- v, funny.

cool illustration. was it done digitally? very impressive!

Where do you get your ideas? Who besides you would think of theiving rabbits planning a raid when confronted with the word garden…

haven’t heard that before, but it makes for great inspiration! great illo!

I guess it IS just me in the universe…alone, with that knowledge! Scary thought. I know I was taught it so who knows where or who passed that on to me. Hmmm…Well, thank you guys for taking the time to leave a comment and let me know your thoughts! It’s always appreciated!

This is fantastic, the movement you’re able to put into your characters is amazing. And I have never seen a lovelier termite.

Have never heard the rhyme before, but did you know a group of leopards is called a “leap”? Serendipitous…

ohhh.. 100% featherly…

HA! I love your humour! great idea..

An absolutely great drawing! Especially love your choice of colors. His blue coat and her orange dress really pop out! Oh…and the line work that creates the boundaries for the spotlight is perfect! I think it really helps in bringing the whole piece to life. It must have been an awful lot of fun to do. Thanks for sharing!

You probably think I’m just saying this by now, but a splendid illustration! And glad you’re back on the horse, poetry-wise.

Fantastic effect with the spot-light, wonderful postures and Ingrid’s butt-wiggle is too perfect!

This is hilariously inventive. I admire your work. I was excited to recognize the “pockets” illustration in our new HighFive magazine (because I had seen your work before through Illustration Friday.

cluck cluck!!

Wonderfull 100%

I love your style! And I can tell those two are in love

Great style, I like the spot light effect.

Great style, I like the spot light effect over the chickens.

I just rewatched the latest version and I LOVE it. This illustration is adorable.

Claire: If you get a chance, watch the director’s cut (or whatever it’s called). I found it facinating to watch the movie with the director giving insight and self-criticism of his direction choices, etc. And, yes, I don’t know what it is about this story, but it’s still one of the best romantic comedy-dramas, even after 200 years!

oh, i love the kittens. We are a little bit similar in the use off brushes in photoshop I think. Love your art and am glad I found your blog. Happy New Year!

Sorry my link wasn’t working!

what a charming couple, Mr Darcy is very handsome and the other dancers are really letting their hair down!
Happy New Year

Thank you, fossfor! He is indeed handsome…for an elephant, yes? Happy New Year to you, too!

Beautiful work! I really like the loose, sketchy feel combined with the refined shadows and color.

super cute!

a : )

And a very successful experiment! Have never been able to get the hang of a tablet, let alone use it for something with such a convincingly hand-drawn feel. And the colors are a refreshing change from the reds and greens that dominate the season.

New laptop … oooooohh!

Excellent as always!!!

lovely as always…new christmas present? ha ha…

Excellent illustration.
www.ruisousaartworks.blogspot.com

Great change-up of colors…wonderful harmony!

Lovely work–i like the way the sleigh and the horizon peel away from each other.

Dave

The experiment went very well Great colours, too.

Iiiiiinteresting. Don’t think I’d heard that story before. Poor Eli. Even the fathers of corrupt priest sons don’t deserve such an end. Great illustrations punctuating your retelling!

Heh! I like your response, thanks! I…don’t think I’ll be getting a lot of “Hey! I like this!” comments this time around. I knew this one was on the…uhm…”weird”?…yeah, weird side when I did it. Eh. Oh well. And, yes…Poor Eli. But I guess one could look at it this way: He WAS supposed to be in charge of the priests and he failed to reign in his two boys, who were married, btw, but sleeping with the temple prostitutes and taking for themselves the sacrifices meant for God. And he had been warned and given time to rectify the situation. But he didn’t (Couldn’t stand up to his sons? Not paticularly strong in the area of discplining one’s underlings? Dunno). So he was told things weren’t going to end well. And, boy, it didn’t.

Anyway, now that I’m thinking about it, it makes sense, though a bit harsh to have death as a penalty in this respect and have it reverberate to other generations. Yeah…That seems harsh. : ) ~pj

I love the bible for all the kinds of stories it has. Wish some folk wouldn’t take parts of it so literally! Anyhow, Merry Christmas, or celebration of your choice.

“Temple prostitutes?” Don’t remember those from the church I grew up with!

I like the 2 last drawings of the chair breaking!

Dontcha just love the old testament. I guess the God guy mellowed when his own son came down, the hippie son of a vengeful dude. Well, mellowed a bit anyway. He did let his own son be killed…

Aaaaannnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyway. I gotta say, the cynic in me loves that story.

I’m evil that way.

Well, it may be a sad story, but you still manage to draw it with some humour. I love the depiction of his soul going up to heaven (you nicely emphasize God’s mercy there) and the tongue sticking out at the end! Plus I smiled at the “wail!” and “moan!”

On another note, while death does seem a harsh penalty, I think it’s hard for us, in our modern era, to appreciate the impact of corrupt priests on the people and to appreciate the responsibility priests had to reflect God’s character, his goodness, to not just the Israelites but to the nations.

Cute. Thanks for the smile.

Pauly-poo? Heh, heh, heh, heh…..

Is the somewhat angry look on kitty’s face due to the cold and snow?

AWW! foofy-foo diddums.

I like how the cat smells after he’s been out in the cold. The other cat likes it more.