Holey Footsies!

Dear Sarah - Day 89 of our daily drawing exchange

March 30, 2025
Hi Nikki -

I drew inspiration from your foot drawing and took a photo of one of my feet resting on a patterned footstool. I was tired after spending a few hours in my son's garden, and put my feet up for a few minutes before drawing.

My arthritic right hand is sore now, but it felt so good to pull out grass and dandelions and all manner of other weeds. I hate to tell you that it actually got warm enough that Kai took off his shirt. And put it back on when I told him to go find the sunscreen.

It's so heartening to see the poppy I planted before Covid is still alive and thriving, as are some Japanese anemones that a friend gave me from her garden.

Drawing a foot is an interesting exercise; at first I wasn't going to add the pattern on the footstool, but I liked the shapes surrounding the foot.

Time to go and make dinner: roasted red pepper, spinach and goat cheese pizza. Yum.

XO S

Hi Sarah!

Well, this didn’t quite turn out perfectly, but kind of a cool effect (hole in page) if I had been a bit more precise with my line angles… Thanks, YouTube, for making me really bend my brain around what’s going on here. I very much like the concept (love trompe l’oeil when it’s done well - like, say, in street art…) but don’t think I can ever come up with a design on my own (head, hand and eyes all hurt too much from the effort).

I’m glad you included the fabric design under your foot - definitely adds a summery feel, though I’m not happy that I have had to pull my winter boots back out while you are frolicking barefoot in the garden and counting flowers!!

I had an apple and cheese for a late snack tonight (and a bagel hours ago for supper) as I had no appetite for going back out after a long evening of school work. Here in the city one more night and then heading back to the mountains and home.

Until then -
Nikki