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Light Sketching

Published March 9, 2012 illustration 1 Comment
Tags: art, baby, black and white drawing, concept, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, girl, illustration, journal experience, light, new, pencil, portrait, progress, sketch, sketch book, space

This is the first update for this portrait of a baby girl. To begin I worked a very light sketch, I am hoping it is still legible over the web. Due to the media being a very dark pencil with white highlights I wanted to sketch lightly as not to pose problems later as I start to shade the lightest areas of the drawing. Hope to get even more done this weekend.

Cats don’t like water, diving in anyways

Published February 23, 2012 experience , illustration , portrait 10 Comments
Tags: art, cat, color, concept, design, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, graphic, head, illustration, journal experience, light, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, progress, short hair, tabby

Making some progress today, I dove in head first and just ran with it. Here is update #2 on the latest portrait project. I am really liking the direction of the eyes. Having some difficulty with keeping my pencils sharp for the detail. I really hate it when my pencils keep breaking down in the sharpener. I am sure this won’t be the last and it isn’t the first either. No worries I still like the new sharpener, I think its the pencil this time. I still wonder if this is going faster than the larger drawings, which I have to admit, I prefer working larger. If I can hit the mark on this one I will have to try more smaller projects, especially if it takes less time.

Meow!

Published February 21, 2012 experience , illustration , journal , portrait 1 Comment
Tags: art, cat, characters, color, concept, design, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, meow. kitty, new, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, progress, sketch, sketch book, space

I meant to get this on here this weekend. Its funny how free time gets filled so very quickly. The weather finally cooperated so I delivered Dakota and cleaned up my studio. I have started work on a kitty. This is one of the smallest ones I have done in a while. Will have to see if this goes faster due to the size and if I am able to keep the detail at a smaller scale. Here’s the initial sketch.

Popularity, Wallflowers, and Beauty…

Published February 11, 2012 illustration 12 Comments
Tags: art, beauty, concept, dog, drawing, drawings, fine art, graphic, illustration, Illustration Friday, journal experience, light, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, popularity, progress, self worth, sketch, wallflowers

“Popularity” Illustration Friday’s topic this week. I know this post is truly stretching to fit the parameters, but I just finished this beautiful portrait and wanted to share it (We’ll have to see if the client agrees). Popularity I think this is possibly every preteen, teenage boy’s and girl’s challenge. Always feeling that they are the wallflower and trying to make it into the spotlight. I think with age comes the wisdom to realize popularity is not truly that important, its the beauty inside that matters. Being comfortable with yourself and liking yourself, I think is a challenge for everyone at any age. Dakota is a beautiful dog, I am hoping that I just provided a glimpse of her personality and the beauty it holds.

Coming to Life

Published February 5, 2012 portrait 6 Comments
Tags: art, concept, dakota, design, dog, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, graphic, illustration, journal experience, light, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, progress, sketch, sketch book

It always starts with a blank page and then an idea. Always a bit sketchy at first you never know where the drawing will lead you or what you will learn. It is always a challenge, and I welcome that. It keeps things exciting. I am sure when Frankenstein came to life the Doctor was amazed, possibly a little shocked. I am always amazed at what other artists create and more often than not what I can create with just a pencil or a pastel.

Here is my latest update of Dakota… she really is coming to life. Hoping the client is happy with its direction too. I am trying to keep it from going to white since she is somewhat white, but also touched with champagne coloring. I know its not quite right just yet. Hoping my next update sheds some light on the colors.

Dakota,Sushi, and Groceries….

Published February 2, 2012 illustration 5 Comments
Tags: art, dog, drawing, drawings, fine art, illustration, painting, pastel, pencil, sketch, sketch book

I am having a wonderful day… finished grocery shopping, and had sushi for lunch YUM! I was able to work on Dakota this afternoon which I am really excited about. So here’s update 2.

Keep Moving “Forward”…. IF

Published January 31, 2012 illustration , portrait 6 Comments
Tags: art, concept, Disney, dog, drawings, fine art, forward, Grace, illustration, Illustration Friday, journal experience, meet the robinsons, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, progress, schnauzer, sketch, sketch book

Illustration Friday’s topic this week is “Forward”. Ever since I saw the Disney film, “Meet the Robinson’s“, I have really liked that motto “Keep Moving Forward”. I was a little nervous about the new portrait I started this weekend, Dakota. The portrait is a bit complicated and challenging as it will end up hanging next to her sister “Grace”. First I had to get sizing correct and approved. The paper had to be the same, which I found after searching since Grace had been done a bit ago. Luckily everything seems to be working so far. Hoping I will be able to finish the portrait this week, but we’ll see just how far I can get… especially since Dakota has a lot of fur.

Here are the initial sketches and beginning of the drawing for Dakota.

2011 in review

Published January 9, 2012 artist profile , experience , illustration , journal Leave a Comment
Tags: 2011, annual, annual report, crochet, drawings, illustration, progress, report, review, statistics, summary

Happy New Year!!! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 30 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Hoping for a tidal wave

Published June 16, 2010 illustration Leave a Comment
Tags: animals, art, britsih petroleum, donation, drawings, Exxon Valdez, gulf of mexico, illustration, oil, oil spill, sketchcard, wildlife

It is sad to think about all of the animals that are suffering or dying in the Gulf of Mexico, I truly believe Mother Earth is weeping. As she weeps, the oil is till seeping, every morning for the past 50 days the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still polluting the ocean. An estimated estimated 25,000 to 30,000 barrels of oil a day is flowing into the Gulf ((Soutrce: unEARTHED EARTH JUSTICE). I remember as a young girl the Exxon Valdez spill in ’89 and how fragile the ecosystem was after the clean up. Sad to think this spill is even worse as this is a well not a tanker and the end of the leak is unknown. It is even possible that there is 100,00 barrels of oil per day; all numbers are estimated as this is considered intellectual property of British Petroleum. BP is working hard to come up with a solution to cap it, however all of their efforts have been unsuccessful.

Photograph: Lee Celano/Reuters (source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/bp-oil-spill-fines-government)

I have been very angry with politicians and the media coverage of this disaster they seem to only dramatize or center on the loss of revenues and even play the blame game. Obama plans to address the U.S. public later today. Listening to talk radio, 1330 am KNSS, the U.S. president Obama is claiming that AFTER everything is cleaned up that the environment will be better than it was before. Surprising considering all of the wildlife that has succumbed to this tragedy. Sea turtles are already endangered, where will this leave them? So very sad that animals don’t have a voice, but money does and it seems to be more important in this day in age. I found a way I can help as an artist through Illustration Friday ‘s weekly illustration challenge (website created by Penelope Dullaghan and Brianna Privett).

This week’s topic on Illustration Friday is “ripple,” this idea came from Kelly Light. Kelly Light, has provided that much needed voice for the animals in the gulf.

“It’s hard to make ripples in oil soaked water. But throw enough stones and you will!

It’s not about the politics or the corporation. It’s about the animals. It’s about not feeling helpless in the face of an overwhelming disaster. We’re illustrators. We don’t lose touch with that kid inside who marvels at the creatures who swim below and fly above the sea. We draw them. We are inspired by them. We need to help them.

The Ripple blog was started on the 45th day of the Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe. The oil spill in the Gulf is now over 50 days old with no sign of stopping. We may be too small as individuals to do some grand gesture- but together our small gestures can be grand.

This week’s Illustration Friday topic is “Ripple” and I ask you to consider creating your work this week as a small 2.5″ x 3.5″ sketchcard. The subject should pertain somehow to the Gulf – the oil spill – the oceans and the creatures that live in it and around it. The cards can be submitted to ripplesketches@verizon.net as a jpeg along with your links and a few sentences about you (ie: where you live, etc).

These will be made available for a small donation of $10.00 to either The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (http://www.imms.org/) or The International Bird Rescue Research Center (http://www.ibrrc.org/). I have no affiliation with them. Every penny will go. When the cards sell, We ask for a donation confirmation and you will be asked to sign the back with a thank you. Then mail them to the address you are sent. If we all do small acts together- we can cause a ripple- and it can grow. We can DO SOMETHING. Thank you, thank you for checking this out and thinking about it.” ~ Kelly Light

Any questions or need clarification? Please send inquiries to Kelly at ripplesketches@verizon.net.

Oliver Wade

The Defender by Oliver Wade just one of the many cards that have already sold on the site. Currently there has been 308 images with over $2,000 dollars donated. Lets try together to make a tidal wave and help the animals in the gulf.

For more information check these Sites (only a few)

http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/category/tags/oil?gclid=CNH7jNKjoqICFR8bswodOVrXwA

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/energy/dirty_energy_development/oil_and_gas/gulf_oil_spill/index.html

http://www.bp.com/bodycopyarticle.do?categoryId=1&contentId=7052055&nicam=USCSBaselineCrisisJune&nisrc=Google&nigrp=Non_Branded_General&niadv=General&nipkw=oil_spill_of_2010

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/06/07/2010-06-07_its_time_for_the_prez_to_give_em_hell.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/bp-oil-spill-fines-government

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