The Card...

 

Ready or Not....

Well, Dear Readers, here it is the Fortieth edition of my Annual Christmas Card.... every year since 1983 I have drawn and printed and sent to friends and family a Seasonal card! Yes, Christmas is long gone, but it takes a long time to get all the details right. And given the time constraints of employment and occasional illness it has rarely been completed by Christmas. And if it is Late as usual... then perhaps it is really right on time! At any rate, there are always dozens of additional tweaks and shadows and touch-ups that could be added, but I have to stop somewhere. So this is it! As always, it is 8.5 x 11 inches, pen and ink and watercolor on watercolor board drawn to actual size and color copied. The theme is always the events of the past year woven into  an illustration, almost always with a letter to capture the theme.

Here is a closer view of the upper part. 

This is the printed version and the glossy paper

 always makes photography difficult... the reflection is hard to avoid.

Here is the lower section.

And if you question whether The Dollmaker's Studio

 was the primary work of the past year.... 

well, all I can say is that it was worked on

 all year in tiny little slow bits... 

not enough to warrant much in the way of blogging....

But enough to warrant recognition, unfinished as it is!

And that's all I have to show, Dear Readers,

The Card, Ready or Not...

Finally Finished!

I hope you enjoy seeing it.