Category Archives: Pencil

Little dog & Owls

I started to play with drawing bulldogs but this little guy happened instead. The whole drawing was “accidental.” Sometimes the pencil has a mind of its own. Our screech owls are back and the palm tree they used last January fell over during the summer. It was dead for a while but we didn’t removeContinue reading “Little dog & Owls”

A page spread develops – artistic process

These are my sketches for a page spread that I am doing for my children’s book course. I had a ton of ideas and I did a bunch of thumbnails, but I opted for the simplest design in order not to get frustrated, and could complete it within the time frame allotted. Advice that IContinue reading “A page spread develops – artistic process”

The Zen of Kitty

September is almost over and Halloween is coming. My mom is a big lover of all things Halloween, horror, etc. she grew up reading horror comics and is still addicted to that genre. It takes about two mailing days for my mom to get her cards that I mail. I always have to allow forContinue reading “The Zen of Kitty”

Today’s kitty

The technique I used for this kitty is a mixture of ink and pencil. It was demo’d in Carla Sonheim’s 365 workshop of prompts. We used the technique with chicken sketches but I used it for this kitty and a 5 minute Sktchy portrait. I’ve included all of the sketches here. I really liked doingContinue reading “Today’s kitty”

Aura kitty

This kitty is totally by chance. I used a thick brush of gesso to paint a kitty on white paper. The interior of that white gesso’d kitty is the final orangey kitty that you see here. Update on my mom: She looks forward to these cards that I send her. When I am on theContinue reading “Aura kitty”

Today and yesterday’s kitty

Ooops, forgot to post these two kitties yesterday…water color blobs and drips turned kitty…the idea of using random shapes is sometimes it enables you to see an angle you normally wouldn’t have thought of on your own. Today’s kitty is a mixed media kitty, the shape was actually inspired by the background. I pulled thisContinue reading “Today and yesterday’s kitty”

Striped kitty

One thing I like about doing these kitty postcards for my mom is it gives me a chance to play with different media and techniques. Today’s kitty is one of those experimental kitties and I really enjoy doing them. It’s more about mixing things up to see how it turns out. This even includes whatContinue reading “Striped kitty”