Just a note all of these Christmas movie illustrations were created by Valentin Ramon in his book 'The Unofficial Christmas Movie Coloring Book.' I believe most everyone should know that "Martini's" is the bar where George Bailey's friend owned. I used colored pencils using shades of blue for sky and snowflakes, gray for car with red brake lights, green for the pine tree, brown for the walls and fence, and black for the trim of the building and steps and sidewalk.
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Route 66
boots (my own) These two illustrations are in a new adult coloring book entitled 'The Route 66 Coloring book'. The black and white drawings were drawn by other artists I just colored them with my favorite medium colored pencils using in the boots drawing-orange, yellow, red and black, brown and tan. In the main illustration it's a drawing of one view of Route 66 traveling down the road. I used shades of blue for the sky, shaded together black and gray for the road as well as greens for the trees and in the fore front I used orange and red for I made the little area like a flower patch on one side and light green on the other side. Again, I used colored pencil for this one as well.
By Mark Graham15 days ago in Art
The Girl Who Turned Her Face Into an Aquarium
When people first saw the photo, most of them thought it was edited. A young woman stared into the camera, her face transformed into a living aquarium. Tiny painted fish swam across her cheeks. Blue water-like shadows curved around her eyes. Light reflections gave the illusion of glass, depth, and movement. It looked surreal, impossible, and strangely emotional.
By shakir hamid5 days ago in Art
Sand Dollars for Dainara
On October 14th, 2024, one of my best friends, Dainara Nicole Burford, was tragically murdered by her husband. At her celebration of life, the murderer was not mentioned, and she was referred to by her maiden name. On change.org, I started a petition called Dainara’s Law to mandate the legal name change of domestic violence murder victims. It’s a law that needs to be made, for which I have gotten support; however, this is a depressing subject. Domestic violence is never easy to address especially when a death is the result of it. In an attempt to raise awareness, another one of my best friends, Sarina Higgins, came up with the wonderful idea of using hidden art to promote Dainara’s Law.
By Kristine Franklina day ago in Art
Comments (3)
Wish I had that house I hate it here and Phil does. Great job Mark ♦️♦️♦️
This was a very cool write, Mark. I had forgotten the name of the bar in "It's a Wonderful Life".
Loved it. Looks inviting and cozy.