Eskimo Kiss- in My Drawers

Day #18 from What's in My Drawers.

Eskimo Kiss
Watercolor with water color pencils
14" x 11"
©NanciHersh
$150.00

                                                              

First there was an Eskimo Kiss. This is a loose watercolor with water color pencils I did for an Eskimo Kiss- two noses rubbing together.

Originally, when my cousin Ellen McVicker wrote the words for me to tell my then two young sons that I had breast cancer the title of her story to share with Griffin and Nate was "My Mommy has Cancer." And in the story, the child learns that cancer is not contagious and he can still give his mommy as Eskimo Kiss.

Ellen and I eventually collaborated to create the children's book Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer... a hopeful, helpful book for kids now in its fifth printing with a Spanish edition as well.

In the book an Eskimo Kiss is replaced by a Butterfly Kiss and the rest is history.

Butterfly Kiss
available as an Archival art print
8" x 10" matted- $35.00
16" x 20" - $100.00
©McVicker&Hersh, LLC

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Taking it all in - Hawaii Day 5ish

Early am sketch time... did a sunset sketch in Waikiki and
a family sitting near by on the beach purchased the small watercolor!

Our guys taking in Waikiki ... shortly after they ran back to the
car, put on their board shorts and went in.

The 3 Stooges and Ghandi in Waikiki

Artist Stephanie Syjuco and her Counterfeit Crochet Project at
The Pegge Hopper Gallery
 as part of this weekend's Find Art Festival
in Chinatown, Honolulu

Stephanie does Louie V in Pegge's elegant space

and today-  back on the North Shore for a slower pace.

Nate and a basking Honu (Hawaiian sea turtle)
Waialua 

Round and Round

My Girls:

Dini & Maggie

©2010NanciHersh

White Clay Creek State Park

©2010NanciHersh

Be Open... 11/10/11

Watercolor pencils, 14" x 11"

©NanciHersh2010

Nesting

©2010NanciHersh

Almost a full week in my Blog Triage class. My brain is spinning.

Spent hours today on layout, colors, and different versions of my header with title.

I probably shouldn't admit that it has been hours (!), but I figure it's all part of the learning curve.

Looking forward to seeing where this takes me. Hopefully there will be more of a flow and some sort of cohesive vision between my work, my website and my blog that emerges from all this.

A confession: I never read other people's blogs on any sort of consistent basis before this class. Now that I am committed to this new art form I have found some wonderful inspiring ones in my blog class and beyond. I need to get beyond some of the technical challenges of working on Blogger, a better camera, and a more disciplined schedule to make art, blog and connect with other artists.