Five years? Really!?!
Yes, FIVE years has flown by and it's time for a celebration of EPIC proportions!
Okay, maybe not epic, but still fun!
I am going to be doing a very special Imaginary Visit to Acadia National Park that will have two bonus assignments (for a total of six visits), fun giveaways each week as well as special pricing for the class!
The class will start on Thursday, October 2nd and close on Thursday, November 20th. There will be lots of prizes* and some lucky folks will even get their class fees refunded.
It's my way of saying THANK YOU for all the good times we've had in the classes. The two sketches in the graphic above are from the very first classes I did at ImaginaryTrips.com!
You may be wondering what Acadia National Park and five years of classes has to do with each other…well, I seem to have several 5's converging in my life at this time.
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| Bass Harbor Light House |
I'm heading for the park and you're invited to come along!
If all goes well, the students may even get to drive the curriculum, but we'll have to wait and see if that works out.
It's a celebration for sure, but it won't be complete without y'all there to make it complete, so please come and join the fun!!
Click HERE to come celebrate!
*You do have to be enrolled to be eligible to win. Each person enrolled is eligible to win once.
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| Suggested Alaskan Sketchbook Cover Idea © Chris Ferlita Colored Pencil and Ink Printer Paper |
He replied it was a bear eating an elk carcass.
Pausing, I turned to stare at him and said, "But we didn't see any bears eating an elk carcass. In fact, I don't think we saw any elk at all."
He shrugged and said, "We saw bears. They have to eat, right?"
"Yes, but I'm trying to come up with the cover of our sketchbook for the trip. You think a bear eating an elk carcass is appropriate?"
"You asked me what I remembered. You asked me what my strongest memories of Alaska are. There you go," he finished and off he went.
He was apparently in an alternate universe on our trip because his Alaska memories and my Alaska memories are definitely not the same, but I digress...
Now I gotta tell you, I wasn't about to put a bear eating an elk carcass on the front of the sketchbook.
Wasn't happening.
Chris stopped by my studio a little while later to see what I had come up with. Looking over my shoulder, he asked me for the dimensions of the sketchbook and then disappeared.
(You know what they say about when it gets too quiet you should be worried? Yeah well...)
What was interesting, is that he asked for none of our photos. No information whatsoever. In a little over two hours, he was back with a sketch in hand.
The image above was Chris' take on what the front cover of the sketchbook should look like!
I don't know of too many other pieces of art that express my husband's sense of humor quite so well. It also displays his belief that life should be fun, and if it's not, he'll either make it fun or he just won't play. He has a knack for finding the funny in nearly any situation and making us laugh.
Today also happens to be Chris' birthday and this is my shout out to the a very funny guy that keeps me laughing. (Most of the time.)
Happy, happy, happy birthday, Chris!
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| Doesn't he look happy?!! |
