Hi From Canada

[KathySomers]

Hi Leah, thanks for telling me about your Forum !!

Hi I live in Canada...the provience of New Brunswick.
45 years old, mom of 2 boys ages 5 and 6. (I know started late)

Today were having ANOTHER snow storm and its really cold outside.
I have a little cartoon to go with this event that I drew awhile back.

I have been doodling, cartooning, Oil Painting, etc most of my life.
Drawing relaxes me (When I get time between cleaning up toys or
doing the mommy thing)

I don't have much to say, but if you want to ask any questions go ahead. I will attach my little
cartoon here as well. Now to figure out how to attach things on here.

Have a great day everyone !

Kathy Somers

[Simon Lake]

Hi Kathy, (We've now got two Kathy's) and very big welcome. That's a stunner of a gag! I got a feeling you are going to fit right in!

[Kathy]

That's a funny cartoon, I like it!

Welcome - it's good to see more people join, and to see another female cartoonist!

[KathySomers]

I found a website along time ago and did a few drawings on that, and I WOULD say that if you post your forum on there that alot of people would join too...Leah take a look, as well as anyone else....I will put the URL to one of my drawings...and you can to go HOME page from there....

I am katiethree on here and I signed my pictures as kathy walsh, but that was my married name, I put it back to somers

Rate My Drawings

[epmonroe]

Welcome, Kathy! Funny cartoon.
Seems like a lot of us here are in our 40's. Hmmm....

[KathySomers]

Well.....I think people younger than 40 are busy chasing kids around or there still going out to the clubs etc.....LOL I am still chasing kids around I started late, I don't get much time to sit and relax actually, but I can hardly wait till the youngest starts kindergarten in Sept...then I will be back at it.
Thanks for the Welcome !!

[Leah-Admin]

Hi Kathy!!

I am so very pleased you joined the forum I think you'll enjoy it here. We have quite a bit of banter and are very supportive of each other.

I shall check out the link you mentioned! Your gags look fab on the site

Leah x

[Leah-Admin]

Ps. I am sorry you are a 'maggot'

I created the user thingies ages ago and they change periodically. I basically picked whatever I felt amused me at the time...it does get better!!

epmonroe is a toad for example! Simon was once a fairy king but that's a long story...

[KathySomers]

That's ok if I am a maggot....LOL....can I put some digitally made funny pictures, like the ones I used to have on my website that I don't have anymore....if you remember that....I will just add one here so you will know what I mean....I put Philip in his little car in the middle of a Nascar race.....I don't know if these count or not....I just want to ask you first, don't worry I won't put them all on....



My dad raced for 25 years here where I live (not Nascar), and his number was 23 on his car so I had to use that # on Philip's 1st car.

[Leah-Admin]

You can post anything you like that's arty related, doesn't have to be all cartoons. I still think there is a great market for these unique style photo gifts, wish I knew how to make them!!

Talking of which...

new group on linkedin

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3781101

[DaD O Matic]

hello kathySomers!Welcome I think when it comes to art or cartooning it's pretty open, though I don't want to use other peoples material,but if I find an old photo i'll rip it apart and make it a cartoon. I really like the nascar toon,out of the box.like a box o chock-lets, sumpin fo everyone! once again welcome. DaD O Matic.

[Simon Lake]

There was a similar thing to that on The Apprentice if I'm not horribly mistaken?

[KathySomers]

There was a simular thing to the picture I made on the Apprentice? Do you mean that show or what, I never watched it.
I used to do caritures before I had the kids, I have to get back at it before I lose what I taught myself. Does anyone here draw caritures by looking at someone sitting there or whatever or do you use photos to look off of, I can't look at someone and do it, they keep moving around

[DaD O Matic]

I'll use a magazine photo, but only as a reference point,or if its some thing not so readily available I'll google the item.once I have the general idea, then I can go from there,but honestly I don't want to copy it.If I do that why draw? And keep on drawing even if its just a doodle,you start creating your own style. And that is always a good thing!

[Simon Lake]

There was a simular thing to the picture I made on the Apprentice? Do you mean that show or what, I never watched it.

Yes I saw it on the telly the other day.
http://www.fastpointgames.com/2010/02/catching-up-with-kelly-perdew-the-apprentice-season-ii-winner-and-ceo-of-rotohogcom-the-huffington-post/

Thats the Huffington Post as well which is Mike Spencer's turf incase I'm horribly incorrect. The Apprentice is a TV program in the UK. I'm not sure if it has wandered abroad as of yet.