【美坛综艺秀假日篇】A Xmas story three years ago (with photos)

We are a (free) member on Flickr - a photo sharing website used by people around the world.  Each year in the Dec holiday season, Flickr will host a "your best shot of the year" contest and select the top 25 among the best to show all.  One particular winning photo in the "Top 25 of 2020" caught my eye and my heart.  It was titled "Happy Birthday Adam!" by Iwona Podlasińska from Poland (see photo below), with a moving description:

"I remember this day very clearly because things weren’t as they usually are. I remember I didn’t have my car, and I had to take my son to the speech therapist that day, and we took the bus, which was a great adventure for my son as we usually use cars. We came back home earlier than usual. I was doing something around the house when I noticed that my son Adam watched TV, sitting on the floor, petting the cat with one hand. The cat was on the couch. It was a sunny day, and they seemed to shimmer in that light […] I think I asked him to touch the cat’s nose with his nose. I immediately knew I would love this photo."

We also have a (rescued) cat at home and we love him to death. So I took out my drawing board, paper, pencil, and drew this photo using our own cat as a model (he didn't like it, but obeyed as a good boy usually does).

When finished, I sent a photo of my drawing to Iwona, to show my respect and appreciation of her beautiful original photo.

Cheers and Happy holidays!
西岛

The original photo by Iwona P.

 

 

My drawing (only the part without my real name on ;-)

 

 

"Maowi" - our cat 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 沙发。早安，西岛mm！ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:08:09

• 谢谢 with green tea! -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:13:55

• Thanks for sharing Iwona's photography and the heartwarming -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:14:41

• story behind the photos. That's a great picture. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:17:02

• 占位点赞 ，被素描惊艳到了。。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:08:20

• The sketch based on the photo is fantastic ！Really amazing ! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:33:07

• Wow, a professional artist ~ ~ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 08:35:50

• 谢谢。是个冒牌的艺术家呵，退休了好几年才开始画一点点儿，上了几天素描课，然后两天“钓鱼”三月“晒网”哈。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 16:34:34

• +100086! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:12:49

• +100087！：）） -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:28:40

• 谢谢你和楼上7兄的鼓励，还谢谢你们让我今天学到了+10008x呵。哈哈。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 16:41:39

• The pencil drawing you did is so incredible. Well done! -老林子里的夏天- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 10:17:13

• Thanks！I only wish I could control watercolour like you ;) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 16:44:16

• 猫步真优雅 -唐歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 11:03:28

• 是啊，绝对的T台步哈。谢谢。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/27/2023 postreply 16:45:18