Folks, I am working on putting a portfolio together and I am taking an illustrator’s workshop. My assignment this week is to take the character in the story and draw up a sheet with expressions for one of the characters. My character is a balloon named Bob. Here is what I have so far….please, ifContinue reading “Feedback time”
Category Archives: Pen & ink
After the Storm
We sat in the car by the Indian River as Isaias was trekking north. I sketched this to the patter of raindrops and to “Fluffy” the comedian, being totally snarky about his show in Delhi.
Baby you can drive my car
Another Make Art that sells image. This is a sketchbook rendering that isn’t for sale since it was copied from another image. The idea behind the exercise is to show your skill at drawing various subject matter, in this case, a car…I moved on to add it to a story. I have also been addingContinue reading “Baby you can drive my car”
Postcards from the Edge
I decided to use the postcard as a spring board for a story. I am not sure where the story is going but there are some thoughts whirling about in my head about where I may take it.
Clue (less)
There were a few small objects on the items that could be used. I wanted to write a story about them but in the end I didn’t. I can still use them as fodder down the line.
Victorian Seaside Visit
I took two of the items and reminisced about Cape May.
Found Objects
I found that making up stories about objects is fun….Here is a close up of one page and the full spread.
Making up stories about the objects
I took the objects and made separate sketchbook pages with them. On some of the pages I made up stories about the objects….
Week 2 mini assignment – Objects
We were assigned to sketch these objects…this is round 1 of my object sketches, ink on paper.
Drawing people
I have a daily practice of drawing people. If no one is handy, I use the SKTCHY app for reference. I do two types of sketches. A five minute timed sketch and a Cheater Blind Contour sketch. I use brush fountain pens for the the timed 5 minute sketch. This helps with my brush skills.Continue reading “Drawing people”
