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Moving Pains & the Little Big Project

Published September 2, 2014 Favorites , portrait 6 Comments
Tags: art, bentley, black and white drawing, characters, charcoal, collie, dog, drawing, drawings, duet, figurative, fine art, graphic, illustration, journal experience, light, new, pencil, portrait, sketch, sketch book, space, sugar babe

Recently we moved house… not something I recommend for the faint of heart. I love our new house and I also have my very own room for my studio with a view. Its wonderful. Right before the move I was commissioned for a challenging project. 2 dogs on a 8 x 10, black and white charcoal. It was tricky as the original photograph was low resolution. The portrait was a surprise so I have had to keep this one on the down low until it was revealed. It turned out amazing and I am so thrilled that my customers loved it especially since it was for someone I have known all my life. I will work on posting from beginning to finish so that you can see the process. What do you think of Sugar Babe and Bentley?

Don’t Give Me Those Puppy Dog Eyes.

Published January 4, 2014 experience , illustration , journal , portrait 2 Comments
Tags: art, characters, Cole, color, concept, dog, drawing, eyes, figurative, fine art, graphic, illustration, journal experience, labrador, light, meaning, new, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, portrait, progress, puppy, sharpei, sketch book

I love the expression on Cole’s face. He is just so sweet… reminds me of a lap dog or puppy, though he is really pretty big dog. I have started working in the shadows and highlights. Its a bit tricky to figure out some of the texture. Soon I should be able to start working in some of the background to give his position more context.

“Cole”, portrait update 4 ©2013 alecia goodman to present

New Set Up in Search of Gold

Published January 2, 2014 experience , illustration , journal , portrait Leave a Comment
Tags: black, Cole, dog, drawing, gold, labrador, mix, new, painting, pastel, portrait, sharpei

This is my new project, a portrait of Cole. Just started of course so I am a bit anxious. I have a new table and set up. It took a while to get everything back into working order. Very excited to see how he turns out. I am looking forward to gold, the beauty at the finish. Hopefully this brings a smile to his mama’s face.

IF – Zoom

Published November 20, 2012 illustration , portrait 5 Comments
Tags: art, concept, design, dog, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, graphic, illustration, Illustration Friday, journal experience, light, new, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, portrait, progress, razberrie, sketch, sketch book, space

This is a stretch I know for Illustration Friday. This week’s topic is “zoom”. Portrait wise I zoomed through this one. Its possibly one of the fastest portraits I have done, YEAH!!! In total about 15 hours or so (still need to get better at tracking my time too), I know I need to get faster and continually working toward being so, but still keeping the detail.

Its done, its done….

Mubusu #4, Pushing Onward Slowly

Published September 27, 2012 illustration , portrait 2 Comments
Tags: art, black and white drawing, characters, charcoal, chimpanzee, chimpanzee drawing, drawing, figurative, fine art, illustration, journal experience, jungle, light, new, pencil, portrait, rabbit, rabbit hole, sketch, smile, wild

Here update #4 for Mubusu, two year old chimpanzee at our local zoo, he is still coming along at a slower pace than I would like. I want apologize for how long this is taking. I have been struggling with issues from my hand injury from the car accident a year ago or so. And more graphic design and yarn commissions (Ewoks, Houndstooth, Slouchies).

On other fronts keep your eye out for some more furry friend portraits another fluffy kitty and two dogs. YEAH!!!

black and white charcoal chimpanzee drawing

Mubusu #3, Made it Out of the Rabbit Hole

Published August 9, 2012 illustration , portrait 5 Comments
Tags: art, black and white drawing, characters, charcoal, chimpanzee, chimpanzee drawing, drawing, figurative, fine art, illustration, journal experience, jungle, light, new, pencil, portrait, rabbit, rabbit hole, sketch, smile, wild

Its been quite a busy summer, with trips, and commissions (mainly graphic design and hats). I finally emerged from my metaphorical rabbit hole and to find my drawing board, which I sorely missed. Here is the latest update for Mubusu, two year old chimpanzee, it is coming along though I wish it was faster. He is still up to a toddler’s antics, I am lucky enough to visit him regularly. Since its been a while I hope that I am still working the same on the piece as earlier in the project.

Swirlies Saving Dates

Published July 2, 2012 illustration 4 Comments
Tags: azaela, concept, damask, design, drawing, drawings, graphic, graphic design, graphics, illustration, ivory, journal experience, magnet, new, pink, save the date, scroll, swirly, wedding

First I want to apologize for my hiatus. We have had 3 weddings in the last month, which has taken a bit of weekend time. Also my toddler is fighting naps and the impossible quest of potty training. Hoping to get back on track with my art and working on a tutorial to start trying to do my drawings digitally with my Wacom (the tutorial is through Lynda.com and is the Mastering Brushes for Corel Painter 11).

Recently I was asked by 2 friends that I love to design the graphics for their Save the Date card/magnet. So what do you think? I was able to use the beautiful typography (originally designed for Country Chic only a bit different) this time. It has a different feel with the colors, graphics, and picture. This color combination worked so well, especially with the picture and graphics.

Monkeying around with a Chimpanzee

Published May 19, 2012 illustration , portrait 1 Comment
Tags: art, baby, black and white drawing, characters, charcoal, chimp, chimpanzee, concept, design, drawing, drawings, fine art, graphic, illustration, journal experience, monkey, new, pencil, portrait, progress, sketch, space, toddler

This cute little guy is about 2, my monkey and him see to have a lot in common. I have been so busy haven’t done a personal piece for a bit unless you call P.G. personal since it was a gift. I have started this little guy 4 times though. I was really excited about some Derwent Tinted Charcoal I picked up this week. So far I am not thrilled with it hence the 3 previous drawings. Sad I know, so to keep a possible artist’s block from hitting me square in the face I am moving on to charcoal, Generals (the orange ones). I have another idea for this chimpanzee, pastels hmmm… we will have to see when I can work that one in.

Here’s my start, the fourth one… hope to get more done tonight.

P.G. Is Completed… Finally!

Published May 12, 2012 illustration , portrait 20 Comments
Tags: art, cat, characters, children portrait, color, concept, custom, design, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, gift, ginger, ginger cat, graphic, illustration, journal experience, light, new, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, pet portrait, portrait, progress, sketch, sketch book, space, tabby

I want to apologize for my hiatus of the past couple of weeks. I actually went on vacation, a first in a very long time.

Yeah!!! I am so elated to be finally done with this one. The hope was to finish this one quickly, oops (someone forgot to give that memo to my toddler).

It was smaller than the portraits I completed as of late, 8.5″ x 8″ approximately. Media was Oyster Canson Mi Tientes. I think the colored paper complimented the colors in P.G. well. I had some difficulty working on such a smaller size, keeping with my usual detailed approach. I think larger pieces though challenging at the same time may be easier for detail. As with most of my work a sharp point is extremely important and with a smaller size even more so. I did find that I had to slowly build up the media and do some mixing of colors mainly through pencil application. This was tedious but the result was well worth it.

I hope that this gift goes over well; surprises and thrills all at the same time. What do you think?