Abby And Sabra

Last Friday evening, we were treated to a surprise visit from Matt, Kathy, Abby, Sabra and David. In honor of my birthday (yesterday, 19 December), Abby made me a card. I've made it a habit of displaying both nieces' artwork here in the past. Abby seems to have really grown even more recently, as one might tell from her sense of depth, one-point perspective and hand-drawn font.


Sabra's contribution was a series of hand-colored drawings (seventeen of them) that represent a Christmas theme. I was impressed with all of them and have several favorites. Like Abby, Sabra has developed her own style. Recently, she seems to have turned to artists in the fashion industry as a means of inspiration, complete with the ambiguous (i.e. "nonexistent") facial features.

It's the love of art, not just by me, but by others, that has truly brought this blog back from the dead.