Giant Top Hat

Sketchbook Entry

Watching Crocodile Dundee the other night. Still cheesy but still good.

Vampire Lost at Sea

Took a while to complete this one. Used only acrylics on this one instead of watercolor. The muted color scheme was the tough part. Below are the three stages of completion from sketch to final.

Wood Dinosaur

First attempt at painting on wood. A long time coming and decided to grad a piece of scrap wood from the garage and give it a shot. Watercolor gives it a great stain quality and the acrylic does a nice jo sitting on the top of the wood for a more vibrant look. Fun to try.

Extiction

Illustration about the possible extinction of Sumatran Tigers. Second painting on wood using watercolors, acrylic washes and pen. Sanded down the board and took to the paint better than I thought. I've always wanted to try this and finally had the nerve to try it on a finish piece of art. Always healthy to try something new.

Iz, Rainbow, and Clouds

Had to run to the store and pick up some colored pen to add line work to this one. Thanks you for the remaining art stores. Beats the mail in a pinch.

Wizard in Waiting

Not sure what made me draw a wizard last night and this evening but I was very tired. Maybe that was it.

Oil Change

I made this while waiting for my car during an oil change.

New Findings at Stonehenge.

New discoveries at Stonehenge led me to create a humorous piece depicting aliens playing cards and using soup cans as a phone.

Rock Stars of Key West

Took a while and a lot of hard work and a little research on this one. Key West, one of my favorite subjects  and a long car ride away from Sarasota (6-7 hours even though it looks like a quick drive on the map). Tried to fit as much as possible for the people who made the small island what it is today mostly through visual references. I included the process for this one.

Shark Attack

I have been working on this one off and on. Kept going back and adding little things here and there. The Goliath Grouper was the last of the additions.

One more for the road

Off to bed but just finished this one while watching "Twelve Years A Slave" last night. The drawing was made as I watched the movie so the likeness was a challenge since the subject was always moving. Good exercise though.

Lion Sketch & Final

Used Arches HP again and a few washes of watercolor. For a paper I used to want to run over with my car I really like it now. How time changes things.

Top Hats

Pen, pen, and pen

Brought out a sketchbook I haven't used in a while. I had this book for about 5 years and never really like it until yesterday. I know in the back of my head to never throw away art supplies because some day they will become useful.

Crazy Cat Lady

Using collage and different techniques to update my style I used watercolor, acrylics, pen, and an unknown HP paper. I have a stack of HP paper from years ago and have no idea what is what. That could be a good thing or a really bad thing. Either way I had fun and isn't that what counts? The concept is behind Dorothy Hunter from the Richland, WA eating dog and cat food for a month. I admit I've tried a few dog bones (milky Bones) in my day but she wins the prize.

Sundae on a Sunday

Another trial with the Arches HP watercolor paper.

What's Good for the Goose...(100th Post...Woo Hoo)

Trying new paper and paint. Aches HP is faster dry time and friendly with the pen but you need to move fast withe paint brush. Dry time is a plus. I used acrylics on this for the vibrant color vs the muted colors in previous posts. I will combine watercolors and the acrylics in the future. I a fan of both. The jury is still out if I'm ready to leave Saunders Waterford.

Crazy Cat Lady

Pet store owner trying to dine only on cat food for one month. Good luck to her.

Elmo & Old Guy

When I get rusty or have a while between times of art I always make one or two practice illustrations. Elmo was for my son (and later I found the surprising history of Elmo) and and an old guy that needed to be drawn. These are without adding pen & ink to them. The finished version has the ink. My son was happy when he saw Elmo.

Tree Painting

One of the few paintings you will see. I've been itching to a quick one day painting for a while. It's 6x6" with cheap art materials. Always good to know what the cheap stuff can do. Not I have to try the good stuff next time around. Hopefully this one won't take me as long to get to.

The Punchy Penguin

Wasn't sure what to draw and saw one of son's toys in the living room floor. Not what it's really called but Punches is the name for now.

Rose

Had some extra time on my hands so why not do a sketch...or counts the fallen leaves below my oak tree.

Scaredy-Cat

New letterhead logo for invoices and stationary.