Avengers for Mother’s Day, plus a coloring page

14. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration · Tags: , , , , , ,

Popcorn kitty by Wendy MartinSign up to receive alerts when a new coloring page is posted each week and/or click here to view more coloring pages!

This weekend was just glorious.

I feel only a tad guilty that I spent nearly all of it just puttering around and not creating more art, but there has to be some time in the schedule for recharging the creative juices.

Saturday was a seasonal sunny day. Husband and I spent the morning doing assorted chores.

I made a run to the bank after which I went to Main Street to check out a new health and vitamin store that recently opened in one of the vacant store fronts.

My intention was only to peek inside and see what they had. So much for intentions. They had fresh walnuts with no oils on them, and a huge bag of candied ginger root. I bought both. The shop keep was thrilled I’d stopped in and talked my ear off about everything under the sun.

When I finally made my escape, I headed south to the Quilt Shop. I’ve been meaning to do this since my birthday several weeks ago, but deadlines ate me alive and I just couldn’t get to the store. Lucky for me, they’d just received a shipment of the very item I was on the hunt for. I am now the proud owner of a freehand quilting foot. Maybe with the proper tools now, I will be able to finish the queen-sized “Stack and Whack” quilt I’ve been working on for the last 10 years. I’m making it for the master bedroom.

Sunday, was Mother’s Day. And The husband and kid took me to see the Avengers. It was quite enjoyable. If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to stay through ALL the credits. There is a scene at the very, very end that is worth a chuckle.

This week’s coloring page was inspired by the recent movie outing. A cat with a very generous tub of popcorn. (Our local theater uses paper bags now, instead of the iconic wax-coated tubs.)

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May already? Time flies.

02. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration · Tags: , , , , ,

May milk moon coloring page by Wendy MartinI cannot believe we’re already a third of the way through 2012. I have so many things I want to accomplish this year. Of course, knowing me, my list is impossibly long.

Still, I’ve been chipping away at projects all year-long and some of my long-term ones are nearing completion. It’s so hard working on things I’m proud of that I have to keep secret and not share with you. I hope I will be able to very soon.

The baby bunnies I mentioned in an earlier post didn’t make it. Although Mama Bunny did her best to hide the burrow, a predator found it and the wee ones didn’t survive. Mama Bunny is still around and kicking though. I saw her when I came home last night.

This week’s coloring page is a cow enjoying some cookies and milk. This month’s full moon is on May 6th. May’s full moon is called the Full Flower Moon, the Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon.

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Earth Day is April 22 – here’s a coloring page for you

17. April 2012 · 1 comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration, Thoughts · Tags: , , , ,

earth day 2012 coloring page by wendy martinI’ve been keeping myself entertained by listening to the various TED talks while I draw. Some of them are very good information, some are just fun and silly. Last week, I listened to one talk about the other “inconvenient truth.” (No, not global warming, although after this past winter and record-breaking warm March, I wonder how any one can still doubt that.) What’s that you say?

According to the speaker, Jonathan Foley, we are going to run out of food for the population of earth in a very short while. Possibly as soon as our children’s lifetimes, most assuredly by their children’s lifetimes. That’s a pretty scary thought. Jonathan Foley studies complex environmental systems and their effects on society. His computer models have shown the deep impact agriculture is having on our planet.

This week’s coloring page is a brave mouse holding up the world. What are you doing to support Mother Earth?

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Flamingo Tango coloring page

09. April 2012 · Comments Off · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration, Thoughts · Tags: , , , , , ,

flamingo tango coloring page by wendy martinI just got back from taking my daughter to get her learner’s permit. This is her second one. She let the last one expire without ever driving the required 30 pre-driver’s test hours and then promptly lost it.

She’s planning on moving out as soon as school is over for the year. I hope she manages to figure out the driving thing by then as I have no clue how one can function as a full-fledged adult in Missouri without driving.

When I left home at 18, I moved to New York City. NYC has one of the most extensive mass transit systems in the world. I could get nearly everywhere I wanted by a combination of bus, subway or train for the 12 years I lived there. Then I moved to another state and had to *gasp* learn to drive and buy a car so I could become gainfully employed. Also, so I could actually open a bank account because – even though I had a NY driver’s license, it didn’t have a photo on it and all the banks in my new home town required some form of PICTURE ID. They wouldn’t even accept my passport since it had expired 2 years earlier.

One of the things I still miss to this day, several decades after leaving NYC, is convenient and affordable mass transit. Do you have any idea how many things I got done while traveling on a subway? Scores of books, hours of doodles, piles of writing and countless wonderful daydreams. You can’t (safely) do any of those things while commuting and driving a car.

I also had to get my own driver’s license renewed. This time around my photo doesn’t make me look as if I am suffering a severe hangover. I even look younger! LOL Got get your perks where you can.

This week’s coloring page is a pair of flamingos dancing the tango. I have to tell you, flamingos are not built to dance a tango, but I think I managed to make this pair appropriately entwined. Think pink and enjoy!

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April’s full moon coloring page

05. April 2012 · Comments Off · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration, Thoughts · Tags: ,

pink moon coloring page by W MartinThis week’s coloring page is for the full moon this week. April’s full moon in the Northern Hemisphere is called the Pink Moon (for the flowers in bloom), the Egg Moon, the Sprouting Grass Moon and last but not least the Easter Moon. Yes, Easter is a holiday that follows the first full moon of Spring. Strange how all paths converge at some point or another, isn’t it?

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I send out coloring pages to let people know about me, my art and my children’s books. Help support my efforts by spreading the word or buying any of my books. Please stop by any of my social networking sites to leave me a message (here is good too!) and let me know how you like the coloring pages. Remember, I provide these pages free of charge for your own personal use. Do not reproduce them or use them for any other purpose without my written permission.

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