In my last post, I showed you a colored pencil drawing that I'd made for the wife of son #5 as a belated birthday gift.
That's just a photo of it taken on my phone, and the color is a little off...but essentially, that's how it came out. (I know I should have scanned it, but I've had trouble in the past scanning these sorts of pastel-colored drawings, because often the colors look too muted.)
I texted the photo to son #4, who is so talented, and he was able to add some subtle translucent shading on the left and two streaks of sunlight on the glass of the door. Then I adjusted the color just a bit using basic computer editing (because the photo came out a bit darker than the original) and sent it off to Walgreen's to be printed. My drawing was 9x12", but I had it enlarged to 11x14", thinking that at that more common size, it might be easier to find a frame for it.
Amazon had the perfect matted poster frame. And voila! C'est finis!
We are heading to Savannah today, for the Saturday morning wedding of one of our nephews, the oldest child of one of my husband's sisters. We have been up in NY for the past two weeks or so, spending time with another sister of his who is battling cancer. I haven't mentioned her plight yet here at the blog, due to privacy concerns that are too personal to go into; but I think what she'd appreciate now more than ever is any and all prayers. She has a PET scan this morning (in fact, I think she's about to go in for it any minute now). Months ago, she got PET scan results that were truly miraculous: she'd been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that had spread to all different parts of her body; but after a number of treatments, every single tumor was gone without a trace, except for the one in her colon--and that had shrunk! Please pray for another miracle for her today, dear readers.
I'm going to see my D-I-L in Savannah, and I can't wait to give her the picture, which was a fun joint project with son #4 and truly a labor of love. Have a great weekend!
That's so lovely. The original is great! I am impressed that you thought to have your son make those adjustments - they really make the picture come to life. You've made a gift she'll treasure.
ReplyDeleteActually, it was my son who thought of it when I showed him the picture, when it was almost finished. And I loved the idea! He did a few different tweaks and let me choose which version I liked best. And he was so sweet—he made sure I knew that if I decided to forgo his input and just give her the original, he would not be the least bit offended. He is a just a doll!!
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