Art and Drawings (non-digital)

Prismacolor sketch-Sunflower

Prismacolor sketch-Sunflower

On the weekends I’ve been enjoying sketching flowers. I’m fascinated with Sunflowers and have a wild area in my yard filled with them. Here is a Prismacolor sketch I did.

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Pencil Sketch- Tulip

Pencil Sketch- Tulip

Goal is to do one sketch a week. Here is a sketch of one of the tupils I planted.

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Sketch-Red Umbrella Windy Night

Sketch-Red Umbrella Windy Night

Digging through my sketch archives and came across this pencil sketch I did for a editorial project. Reminds me to take more time to get back to story telling through Illustrations.

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Spring – Empty Nest

Spring – Empty Nest

Enjoyed creating this birds nest sketch in watercolor and Prismacolors.

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Sketch of Country Store and Restaurant

Sketch of Country Store and Restaurant

I did this sketch a while back for a client that wanted something different and custom ‘country looking’ for her store. I used the sketch to produce her brochure and other collateral materials.

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Experiment with colored pencils on canvas

Experiment with colored pencils on canvas

This is a tiny thing, 3.5″ x 2.5″; the very first colored pencil on canvas for me. I got an idea from tiny oil (I think) paintings that I saw in a local gallery. But I don’t do oils or any other kinds of paint, so colored pencil had to do. Details here, if anyone is interested.

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Initial Character Sketch

Initial Character Sketch

I’m working on a custom fictional character for a client’s manuscript. This is an initial pencil sketch I did today in about 20/30 min. It’s pretty rough – guess that’s why I like to stick to digital graphics; digital graphics erase smoother, there are no smudges, you can turn pen weight on/off and shape duplication is easier! However, now that it’s time to move on to the digital stage of this illustration, I’m not looking forward to that pen tool…

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Graphite pencil sketch – a cat

Graphite pencil sketch – a cat

Used a photo of a moderately sweet-looking cat as a reference, but for some reason I kept thinking of an outdoor cat of my friend who only comes home to eat and lick his wounds. The eyes are probably the only thing that the two have in common.

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