HALLOWEEN ANTICIPATION. I brought this over from the artist group. Hope you enjoy it.
I wanted to make a whimsical, somewhat cheerful Halloween card. The house I used for a model was a townhouse in Charleston, SC. I simply "chopped off" the other houses and decided to haunt the one I had chosen.
My mom, being the good sport that she was, modeled for the witch. She wore a rain hat which I put a point on and a nightgown with a belt around it. Her prop was the kitchen broom.
All the little details like the squirrel, spider, trick-or-treating mice, and pumpkins in the window were all part of making it more "Halloweeny".
The cat was my own Maine coon tabby, Matthew-Pufftail.
Media used: colored pencils with magic marker blender, pen and ink.
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You are very talented! Thanks for sharing. 
Even though I "gave" Mom long white hair in this drawing, in real life she was the farthest thing from scary.
I love it!
Well done.
You're very talented. 
I can't draw to save my life.
The mice could have been wearing costumes--that , in my mind, would have been going over the line into "cute".
Thanks for your input.
It was still daylight. I could have waited to go with my three brothers, but Greed for candy and excitement got the better of me.
This is beautiful, and reminds me of New England, where I live. 
Made my day! I love the little mice... (I'm constantly relocating the "mice-in-residence" here).
You are very gifted. Thanks for sharing your talent. WELL DONE!
I use a shoe box with a little opening. I fill it with bird seed and a small stalk of celery. When I hear noise inside, I seal the opening shut and release the mouse or mice back in the woods with plenty of seed and the stalk of celery.
Do you sell prints of your work? Would love to have some of these cards.
I am pretty much bed-ridden now, so can't do art anymore. It's very frustrating.
NCarolinawoman, this is the kind of drawing that could keep me captivated for hours as a child. I was sorry to see that you aren't up to doing as much art, because I was going to say that you could be one of the best children's stories illustrators. I don't have talent, but the art classes I took in high school taught me how to see and love the world with my eyes, and that has stayed forever. I think artists like you pass that love on to the viewer.
It's funny, like you I choose to put spiders outside, although I'll kill black widows in self defense -- but not always. When my cat brings in a poor mouse or bird, if it's still alive, I'll catch it and take it outside (not too much fun in the middle of the night, though.) Also like you, my mother, a nurse, wanted me to be a nurse, but I too am ridiculously squeamish, can't even watch when they draw my blood. Lol, it's nice to not be the only one.
Thank you so much for sharing this exquisite drawing. It's such a pleasure to look at.
Today on NPR's Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed Tracey Stewart (Jon's wife), who runs a farm animal sanctuary and has written a book titled, Do Unto Animals: A Friendly Guide to How Animals Live, and How We Can Make Their Lives Better. Terry Gross expressed how much she loved the illustrations, and I could tell that she loved children's book illustrations as much as I did. The illustrator, Lisel Ashlock, was also on the show and Terry interviewed her as well. Some of her drawings can be seen on the Amazon preview, and they're nice, but I like your drawings better.
Here's a link to the program on Fresh Air website: http://www.npr.org/2015/11/03/454118317/for-tracey-stewart-life-after-the-daily-show-is-all-about-the-animals
And here's the Amazon page for it: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1579656234/
Also, I just noticed that we both have FDR as our avatar. The ideological similarities between him and Bernie Sanders is one of the reasons I'm favoring Bernie for the Dem Primary.
Who says all Halloween cats have to be slender.??
