Vivian took the opportunity to sketch me the other evening. It was a hot night, and I was wearing a tank top, something rare in Calgary after the fall equinox. I sat still as she walked over to me, repositioned my chin, and went back to her sketch pad. Frida Kahlo was in da house.
Vivian finished and unveiled her art, with pride.
I was amazed at the detail.
“Fantastic, Viv,” I oozed. “You put in so much detail. You even drew breasts, and you managed to capture the blood vessels in my eyes.”
“Well, I didn’t actually didn’t put in all the detail,” Vivian said. “I left out your wrinkles.”
Out of the mouths (and pencils) of babes.
Here’s what some of the peeps on my Ironic Mom Facebook Page had to say:
Your turn. Comment away.
She actually did a very nice job on your lips, I think.
Nothing like a little pencil-drawn collagen injection…
Sweetie, the girl gave you boobs. Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. And you are sooooo not wrinkled. 😉
But I am. They’re laugh lines. I’m okay with them. So far.
It’s a wonderful drawing, but for what it’s worth..you are more lovely in person. PS..that’s what my boobs look like in real life.
Ha. It looks like she literally drew a “C” cup.
What stood out to me is those lips! My, what pucker-up lips you have! I love those drawings my kids did of me when they were younger. I love how I’m always smiling–even when they could have drawn the “angry mom” version of me. 😉
So true. And my eyes really are that bloodshot, angry or happy.
She gets major bonus points for the ‘high and perkies’. 🙂
Bwahaha. It must be the $160 bra I bought last weekend.
Dang, did the bra come with its own boobs? 😉
Ha. It should have. I’m a hard-to-fit size…
Ha ha ha. Sorry about your boobs. Funniest. Comment. Ever.
Ginger’s right…they’re high and perky. Never mind the size or total lopsidedness.
However, for the record, V is a much, MUCH better artist than I am. MUCH.
I know. I may have peed myself a bit at that comment. V’s also a better artist than me (though I am a wickedly competitive Pictionary player).
Grins for you two. Hey Leanne, we totally have to be partners in Pictionary. I pity the fools who play against us!
Pictionary in the bar at Surrey? Now that would be interesting…
And THAT, is why I don’t allow art supplies in the house. Unsolicited caricatures will not be tolerated. 😉
“Unsolicited caricatures will not be tolerated.” I read this and then wished I had thought of this line when I was writing. Brilliant!
You are a great mom. I psychoanalyze my children’s drawings. I should never have read Freud in college.
I think I skipped the day that was devoted to Freud. Or my mind started to wander…
I can’t even draw stick figures, so hey, great drawing! And “Sorry about your boobs…” I almost cried I was laughing so hard.
I almost cried too.
Great comments and drawing. Vivian’s one up on Picasso – both your eyes were not on the same side of a profile. It’s a keeper.
It is a keeper. The comments, too. 🙂
I see a Viv art exhibit in the future:
“Faces of Leanne, My Ironic Mom”
Perhaps this is a drawing of your soul… Which is still pretty hot!
At least she gave you nice long eyelashes.