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| 'CHOOSHOE HOUSE' Coloured Pencils and Pitt Artist Pen - Jez |
At So Artful there's an intriguing challenge which appealed to me instantly - "A Little House with Something a Little Bit Different". Various ideas whizzed round my head including the kind of 'Crazy House' that you see at funfairs, and 'The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe', but that has been illustrated zillions of times.
Then I thought that perhaps a young woman today might like to live in a shoe house with elegant 4" high heels. I would have liked to create the house from a shoe with 6" high stiletto heels, but this would have meant that the stairs to the upper floor would be too steep even for a young person.
Then I thought that perhaps a young woman today might like to live in a shoe house with elegant 4" high heels. I would have liked to create the house from a shoe with 6" high stiletto heels, but this would have meant that the stairs to the upper floor would be too steep even for a young person.
Co-incidentally, over at Take a Word the theme this week is "Home" with the note that 'any home will do'. Well, even an odd little house can be a home, so Chooshoe House is my entry for the challenge.
When houses in the UK are advertised for sale by developers or house agents they are never referred to as 'houses', they are always 'homes'. You have to admit, there is a subtle difference in the feeling you get from 'house' and 'home' ……… and 'home' wins hands down with its warm and welcoming feel.
So 'Chooshoe House' is now being marketed as a unique and individual 'home'. It's new on the market, so if you fancy viewing it and making an offer, put in your bid soon before the celebrity rush starts (I hear Victoria is showing interest).
Linking with So Artful Challenges, Take a Word, Paint Party Friday, and Paper Saturdays.
FUN!! what a creative idea to invent a house like this!
ReplyDeleteWhat a story and what a house, certainly a house with a difference. I liked the way you considerately didn't make the stairs too steep. I also loved the advertising board, a clever additional touch. Great artwork, Jez, it will be a lovely home for a lucky someone. Thanks for sharing it with us all at Soartful.
ReplyDeleteFabulous shoe-house! It probably costs less than some of the real Choo shoes themselves!:) Great work, Jez.
ReplyDeleteYour whimsical art is a definite shoe-in!! Very creative and clever. Love the real estate sign!
ReplyDeletefantastic !
ReplyDeleteI LOVE IT!! So high end and fun! I'd live there!! HAHA!! The sign is perfect too!! Gosh you are so talented!!
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This is remarkable! All the details, the sign, the stairs, I love it all!
ReplyDeleteOh I love your shoe house, an inspiring creative piece!
ReplyDeleteLove this Jez, what a great house! I love the windows in the side of the shoe - looks like you had fun doing this.
ReplyDeleteDo you take commissions?....if so I have something in mind x
Hi Swirly - as you are 'no reply' on emails re comments, can I suggest that you ask Paper Rainbow for my email address, or ask her to give me yours and I'll contact you. Thanks for the much appreciated comment. Jez
DeleteYou do make me chuckle Jez. I bet it's surprisingly roomy inside too :-D
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous little house Jez! So beautifully drawn and designed. I just love it! xx
ReplyDeleteOh what a fantastic and sweet house you have drawn Jez, thanks for nice comment on my house, so fun to see your blog with beautiful drawings.
ReplyDeleteAnni
I'm smiling, Miss Jez, ant the pure ingenuity and colour of your four inch heeled little house! Bravo.
ReplyDeletethis is really quite gorgeous. xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful imaginative idea Jez. I can just imagine the Beckhams living in a house like this, I think Victoria would love it!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous work, my friend. A shoe house is such a metaphor huh. I guess where we go, we carry our homes with us. Love it!
ReplyDeleteTotally terrific shoe house.........the estate agent will soon have this sold. Happy PPF, Annette x
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Such a clever idea! Love it! And thanks for the fun, informative post.
ReplyDeleteHa! How cute and clever! I love shoes and would so live in a shoe house. This is adorable! :)
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous! I love the very fancy shoe house/home. Perhaps there is another old woman out there who has so many children she doesn't know what to do and she will buy this lovely home.
ReplyDeleteSo creative and clever. I'd like to live in this shoe house!
ReplyDeletehow cute!!
ReplyDeletethis is so wonderfully creative Jez- and I love that title!
ReplyDeleteHa Ha...awesome...the word play and I would live in that house! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Paint Party Friday!
So cute!! Love it!!
ReplyDeleteOh how imaginative! To me this is just a jumping off point for an entire little shoe town with shoe wearing towns people. It would be so much fun to turn into a children's book. Great piece!
ReplyDeleteHugs
Caroline
This is a wonderful illustration, I think I would like to move in - but if Victoria is bidding, I'm afraid I won't have a chance! Valerie
ReplyDeleteI love your drawing!
ReplyDeleteActually I would love to live in a house like this. When I get rich I am going to build this. LOL Great piece of art.
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright
Hi Jez, I am sorry I am a bit late yet again for Paper Saturdays :( but I had wanted to say a little more than a few words and didint have time for that earlier so that is my excuse for this week. How do you get so much inspiration? Every time I come and visit do you have something else drawn up. I never get bored with what you have to show.
ReplyDeleteIf I can't afford to live in my house any more then I will I move into one of my shoes and you know what I have many that I could put up for rent too I don't wear heals anymore you see which is a shame really.
Anyway enough of the double Dutch I hope you are well and I will see you soon again.
Hugs
ManonX