Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
Comments (41)
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful drawing
Madbat
Great sketch! Lol, naturally they are looking everywhere but the camera!
magnus073
Lucinda I have to say this sketch is one of the best I have ever seen and one I'll study for some time to come in order to take it all in. There is such beautiful detailing throughout and each child has such an adorable look. This really is the stuff memories are made of and you captured it so well here as I'm sure you son must treasure it.
mgtcs
OMG....What a fantastic drawing my dear, amazing details, really a fantastic artwork!
LBAMagic
Lovely drawing of a motley crew. Brings back many long lost memories.
wysiwig
Damn! I took college classes in drawing and was never this good. You never said you were related to Norman Rockwell.
ledwolorz
Fantastic drawing and details,
mariogiannecchini
Complimenti , Lucinda ! Sei bravissima a disegnare, hai fatto un lavoro eccezionale !BUona anche l'idea del bn che la fa sembrare immagine di altri tempi. Una splendida settimana per te e grazie per i tuoi bei commenti. Ho visto l'immagine del link: bel collage veramente. Congratulations, Lucinda! You are very good at drawing, you did a great job! Good also the idea of BN that makes it seem like the image of the past. A wonderful week for you and thanks for your nice comments. I saw the picture of the link: very nice collage.
durleybeachbum
Terrific, Lucinda! You are a very talented lady, and I love the detail and the expressions in particular. I definitely could not do this myself!
helanker
OH MY it is lovely, Lucinda. What a talent you are. I hope you have many old drawings. I would love to see them. THis is wonderful and I agree in all Andrea wrote.
flavia49
marvelous picture!!
unstart
Fantastic art!!
alanwilliams
What a talent, this is superb.
annie5
A perfect drawing, so well done! Wonderful, Lucinda.I like it a lot :)
BertDes
Wonderful image.
jendellas
Absolutely amazing, I so wish I could draw!!!!!
drifterlee
This is wonderful work!
JSGraphics
Outstanding work! Very Well Done!
jmb007
magnifique dessin!!
sandra46
SPECTACULAR SKETCH!
npauling
This is a wonderful and delightful image and they all look so realistic. Super work and definately a fav. I know how you feel about trying to see everyone's work, it is impossible eh, worse luck. I hope that headache doesn't hang about.
goodoleboy
Excellent recreation from the photos of the urchins, as they while away their time on Sports Day, Lucinda. Considering their close contact, no wonder there is so much illness passed on by children. And, I was wondering what happened to you. Sorry about your sinus problems; the headaches can be devastating and disconcerting.
Pen_Is_Envy
The amount of work that had to go into this is mindblowing. What an inspiration!! Wonderfully done. Really really great work, thank you!
psyoshida
You are such a wonderful artist, I wish you would do more. This is really extraordinary. You've captured the mood perfectly. Wonderful art.
lior
So wonderful drawing!
jocko500
you did a super job
vaggabondd
this is crazy good my friend, what talent :)
Chipka
This is gorgeous! I love every element of this and the way each of the children seems so alive and full of their own distinct personalities. There is no single point of focus so much as multiple points of interest and everything is so perfectly real--I love the mood and the giddiness of the children, along with their own little snippets of reality conveyed so perfectly...there are the pensive kids, the exuberant kids, the kids in between and all of them are so deliciously human...This is fantastic. Oh, I and I know what its like to need an extra 5 hours per day to dedicate to ART time...I'm with you on that!
bmac62
This is really excellent. I envy you folks that can draw:) Don't feel bad about commenting...I am in the same boat and am trying to dig myself out now:)
novelist
Excellent drawing. I love your style. Great facial expressions and so full of life.