Here is what I drew for EDM #320 - 'Draw something that you will give away'. To be honest, there isn't much I'm giving away at the moment. Quite the opposite. I am having things bought and given to me for the baby. The only thing I give away is pennies. I always put my coppers in the charity boxes on counters in shops. But having spent a day last week drawing buttons, I didn't fancy sitting drawing more small round items! So it occurred to me that pretty much everything I buy at the moment is something that I will give to my son. Apart from food, (and pens of course!) everything I'm buying is for the baby. So I drew this pacifier...there is a reason for the fact that this one is out of the packaging already...and it does make me sound a bit odd... over the last couple of weeks I can't stop wanting to chew on the straws in my drink! But they are hurting my mouth, so I gave in and just got one of the pacifiers out. I Googled 'chewing straws during pregnancy' and discovered that I am definitely not alone in this...phew! And my Mum tells me that my granny used to crave to chew welly boots when she was pregnant so maybe it's a family thing!
I should also point out that I might be in trouble with some of my friends if they find out I've called this 'P for Pacifier' and not 'D for Dummy'. I used to be an English language teacher and a lot of my friends are and we are known for being sticklers for using British rather than American terminology. But for this object I really thing the US have the better word for it. I don't think I've ever heard a British person call this a pacifier rather than a dummy but I just don't really like the word dummy.
Materials: I really loved drawing this pacifier and I could have drawn a million of them. Three of these are drawn with an 'S' Pitt Pen, two are drawn with an 'XS' Pitt Pen and one is drawn with an HB pencil. I thought that would make a nice comparison to see the different drawing implements on the same page. They are all coloured with Promarker, of course :)
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