#house portrait
Two house portraits: mom & dad’s childhood homes in WI and NY respectively. Watercolor on arches board.
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Challenge 144: 10 Years, Looking Forward: Growth
This ended up being a difficult challenge for me, because although in theory I love this theme, in practice I kept coming up against a creative block. With the past year of the pandemic and concerns about climate change very much haunting my thoughts, it was a bit crippling to try and find some positive spin that I know I wanted to do.
Then at some point I remembered a thing I had just done that was a small investment in the future.
My husband and I recently took some time to clear an area of the front yard to plant some native cacti and trees, alongside the wildflower seeds I’ve gathered around the neighborhood and scattered in the past few years. I’m hoping these plants will take off and provide a little sanctuary of sorts for the local wildlife, like rabbits, quail, other birds, lizards, even javelina. This of course will take time, but I hope in 10 years time, even if I’m not still living here, this patch of native wild will be flourishing.
The uncolored sketch is how the yard currently looks- pretty bare except for two prickly pear cacti we planted a few years ago, some wildflowers that I’m so happy sprouted, grew and are in bloom, and some troublesome grass.
The colored drawing is what I hope to see in 10 years.
-I graduated from SCAD in 2012
-I’m currently freelancing as an illustrator! Mostly working on book illustration as of right now.
-What will I be doing in 10 years? I hope I’ll still be illustrating, working on cool books from the big publishers, doing surface design pattern work for products, maybe creating some cool artwork and products of my own? I hope the world gets its act together so that a positive future is still possible for all of us.
On a sentimental note, thanks to everyone at Square Carousel for being such troopers especially this past year! It’s been great being able to collaborate with you all throughout all the challenges we’ve tackled together in our own unique ways. Thanks so much to the other admins, Caitlin, Elizabeth and Jordan for keeping this train a-rollin’, and on its tracks as well pull into our final stop. You guys rock, thanks for bringing me along for this journey <3
And thanks to you, followers for cheering us on!
Wishing us all a wonderful decade ahead!
-Sayada
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It hit me yesterday that I’m not going to be living in this house for much longer. This has been my favourite place I’ve ever lived and leaving is very bittersweet.
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