by cectimm | Mar 13, 2018 | drawing, my work
#adrawingaday #vintagetoys Matryoshka, babushka doll or Russian Nesting Dolls… whatever you call them, I adore them. I have a few in my collection including a black set I have yet felt brave enough to paint. They gave me so much joy as a child, I remember...
by cectimm | Mar 12, 2018 | drawing, my work
#adrawingaday #vintagetoys I always loved a good windmill ♥ my mother loved them as a child and passed her love for whirly swirly spinning paper (now plastic) windmills onto me. I still get tempted when I see one in a store and I want to make some of my own one...
by cectimm | Mar 11, 2018 | drawing, my work
#adrawingaday #vintagetoys Duckies have featured heavily in my search for vintage toys. Wooden duckies, tin duckies, rubber duckies… so many duckies… I do love a good ducky. This rubber ducky is a vintage Russian baby bath toy. It looks so 1950’s...
by cectimm | Mar 10, 2018 | drawing, my work
#adrawingaday #vintagetoys I love rocking horses but not the fancy realistic kind… I love the cartoon homemade style rocking horses. They have so much character and are much cuter than the “real” looking horsey. A local cafe has a few rocking horses...
by cectimm | Mar 9, 2018 | drawing, my work
#adrawingaday #vintagetoys There are many strange vintage toys… some too weird to draw. In my search through the strange and bizarre I came across a lot of tin wind-up toys and while I never had one like this very cute ladybug, I can only imagine the joy they...
by cectimm | Mar 8, 2018 | drawing, my work
#adrawingaday #vintagetoys I wasn’t really into planes as a kid but there are a lot of aeronautical super fans that love, play with and collect beautiful aeroplanes. I get the appeal. This mechanical wonder allows us to soar above the birds and go on amazing...
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