Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category

October 24, 2010 0

Colonial Guy

By in men, watercolour

Busy, and kind of worn out today, but I had time to paint this colonial guy.

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October 20, 2010 0

Graveyard Fun

By in men, sketches, watercolour, women

Graveyards are pleasant places to sit and think. Look over the names, even paint watercolours. Wait … WHAT THE HELL IS THAT??!!! Here’s a watercolour painter and comic artist who’s been an influence on me, lately, explaining her technique, in a graveyard. [link]

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October 17, 2010 0

Still More Zombies…

By in cats, dogs, sketches, watercolour

…And evil cats! Devil Dog… Here’s smiling business guy: Anyhow, I’m offering you, in internet land, to have your own portrait, facebook photo, or twitter avatar, turned into your favourite monster, for hallowe’en, or indeed any time of year. Building the page right now where this would be possible. In the meantime, visit this page […]

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October 16, 2010 0

More Zombies

By in men, sketches, watercolour, women

But they’re vegetarian Zombies, I tell you. I had the brainstorm, a little too close to Hallowe’en of offering to zombify, vamp or monsterize people’s twitter icons for that frightening evening. So, I’m drawing tons of zombies. Want to set up a web page where I can sell these, and other art things, but haven’t […]

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October 16, 2010 0

A Short, Non-Zombie Break

By in sketches, women

Just to give you a breather amidst all the un-death, here’s a sketch of a Rhinemaiden from The Ring of the Nibelungen. There are three of them in the opera, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde. I guess this is Flosshilde. “Rhinegold” was also the name of an American beer it looks like they might be selling […]

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October 15, 2010 0

More Zombies

By in sketches, watercolour

Okay, I’m getting there. Excuse the weirdness! I’m noticing that the blank eyes seem to help in doing a zombie, but I don’t want to rely on that all the time. Also little flecks of blood. It’s raining cats and dogs outside, and seems to have done so all day, keeping me from errands I […]

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October 14, 2010 0

Trying to do Zombies

By in men, sketches, watercolour, women

That’s my thing at the moment. This is a link to some of my research material. One of those brilliant ideas I hope works, though I wish I had it earlier. We’ll see how it goes. Tough doing creepy monstrous stuff when you’re mainly used to cute and quirky. But always good to expand one’s […]

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October 10, 2010 0

Girl and the Gorilla

By in watercolour, women

Which is which? He’s maybe a missing link, or Dr. Zaius’ cousin. Beauty and the Beast? Just a quick morning sketch.

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October 8, 2010 0

A Hard Life

By in men, watercolour

Painted this guy in the book. Then cut out the pic and stretched the paper. So, it’s a little more easy to scan, etc.

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October 6, 2010 0

Call for Submissions: Lessons I learned from my Mother

By in sketches

A writer pal of mine sent this to me. She’s not as plugged in blog-wise as I am, (This has since changed: see here) so I thought I’d post it for her. Just wanted to add, she said she didn’t want “Chicken Soup” style stuff! (This is one of only two snapshots, the only photo […]

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October 6, 2010 0

Funny faces and a Yellow Plane

By in men, sketches, watercolour, women

Feeling more confident about my watercolour work. That means, along with doing stuff in my books, I’ll work on some stretched, better-quality paper, which will make things smoother, and easier to scan. I like painting in the books, and putting a lot of effort into preparing something makes me nervous, and leads to bad drawings. […]

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October 2, 2010 0

Wrapping Up the Sketchbook

By in dogs, men, sketches, watercolour, women

One of my sketchbooks is almost full. So, I went through it, painted new pictures, and coloured old ones. That means a real grab-bag of images. Which are attractive? Which “work?” It’s interesting to figure out. The things I like the most are the ones that help tell a story. That means comic “strips,” (none […]

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October 1, 2010 0

Who? What?

By in men, sketches, watercolour, women

I can’t think of a title for this post. It’s just a lot of paintings, etc. I’ve been doing.

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September 28, 2010 0

Party Pair

By in sketches, watercolour, women

One of my more hipster-y sketchbook characters has picked up a partner I like a lot: Still working, sketching painting. In a better mood today, but the weather is changeable. Here, I was interested in spreading large areas of dark paint smoothly, which I’ve almost accomplished. That often leads to very dull drawings, which I […]

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