The Human Canvas - My Heart's in Pieces

Six pieces.

And it was Yesi's heart.

Or Albert's. More on this in a bit.

I was drawing

pieces at a fall festival, put on by

the water conservancy of Riverside County. 

I put a lot of thought into having plenty to

choose from, yet still go with the theme of

the day. I had all sorts of fall related

themes ready to go. I had all

things water-related. 

 

Until this one girl asked for a pink trumpet. 

Then another - wanting something to go with her

Dia de los Muertos outfit and face-paint. 

And another... 

 

Simply a heart.

 

Now, more recently,

I was at a festival put on by

Autism Society Inland Empire.

I was there to draw puzzle pieces,

but after having done some 25 or so

puzzle pieces back at KVCR, I was looking

at ways for a BIT of variety. Many of the people

attending the festival were wearing some

sort of autism-related shirt.

 

A few of these involved

a heart and puzzle piece combo.

 

 

There were a few variations of the shirt,

so there were a couple variations

on this... variation.

 

 

Now meet Karen.

She was amongst the first

at KVCR to get Sharpied with a puzzle

piece this year, and she wanted something special. 

 

So I gave her this flaming puzzle piece,

inspired by one I'd done at yet

another autism festival.

 

It was only AFTER I was done

that I found out she loves hearts, and

when I did these heart pieces at the festival,

I  felt like I was doing images that

shoulda/coulda gone on her.

 

So again,

next time I had her under the pen, I needed

to try something special.

 

This raven-like bird was

using I method I had wanted to

experiment with, and actually went pretty quick.

Much quicker than anticipated. Only thing

missing - to add a heart. And inside the

heart - a small puzzle piece missing.

 

Karen liked it,

and I enjoyed playing with shots in the mirror.

 

 

Okay, now back to Albert.

He wanted to include Yesi, a

 former co-worker.

 

 

He emphatically told her he'd

get one for her, and asked what she wanted. 

 

 

She said she wanted

a heart made up of puzzle pieces.

Albert made sure she knew he'd have her

name written on it.

 

 

 

Ya know, I REALLY like how this one turned out.

Not only for the variety on the puzzle piece,

but for the vivid colors and blending.

 

 

Albert liked it too,

but got in trouble with a lady

who DID-NOT-APPRECIATE him

having another woman's name put on his arm.

 

 

I thought the intentions were good anyway,

and I don't think he really lost anything

on that exchange.

One more heart in the works.

That'll be the next post. Please check back.