Shells, sheaths and veils…

 
Here are couple fashion illustration pieces under this theme of shells and sheaths and veils.  I’ll be posting more soon, but thought for now I’d get a few up.  I’m experimenting with stencil-like contour line against a loose, unruly watercolor.  I want the color to be transparent, a thin veil across the empty shells of [...]

Sketchbook: Pop music.

 

Recognize this?  I took some cues from Hardy and did a different rendition in my sketchbook.  
I hate taking pictures of my drawings because I’m never happy with how the photograph looks.  I need to boost my photography skills.   Trying to make the white of the paper not bluish-gray is a real chore for [...]

Sketchbook: Belle du Nuit

I want to get in the habit of posting regular (weekly?) sketchbook drawings because I haven’t posted new art in forever, and I need to start the regular habit this year (is it too late to make New Years resolutions?)  I know it seems like I’ve been M.I.A from art, but i’ve actually been busy [...]

New stuff…

 
I’m back on the ball!  I know its been quite a while since I’ve updated my etsy store– but that’s because i’ve busy in my tree workshop with the elves designing some new stuff… between that, substitute teaching and all my other little projects, I’ve been swamped.  But I’ve just started posting new stuff… and will [...]

Hair show.

Hair Show [close up view]
11 1/2 x 14
Soft Pastel, Ink, Color pencil
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I did this piece, inspired by illustration friday’s challenge topic from a few weeks ago, ‘garden’. It happened really organically and when I was done I had a piece that looked like a contestant in a fantasy [...]

New Drawing…

Girl with the feather in her cap
Ink, Soft Pastel, Pencil
81/2 x 11
 
 

Girls who play dress-up

Lounging Girl with Mona Lisa’s Smile.
Here’s a few pieces from a series I’ve been working on. They are an outgrowth of my current preoccupation of texture and pattern. I’m working to bring more texture to my pieces, and it naturally evolved into a series of girls playing dress-up. I wanted to really get [...]