Cat Portraits

Sketch of the Day

Back to the land of old-fashioned pen and ink! (With water color tests underneath)

Badger

Happy Easter everyone!

Color Wheel

With the good help of Mark Mitchell over at How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator, I am working on improving my color skills. Or rather on gaining some color skills. I think it has been one of my weakest points.

Here is my color wheel, which was more difficult that I thought it would be. I went a bit heavy on the warmer colors, and my yellow-green could use more yellow, but it was a great exercise. I really look forward to working through his other color sessions.

Pigments

How Watercolor Paints Are Made.

I am also currently reading Bright Earth. An excellent and informative book so far.

My Style

Here is an iPhone application that Joel and I worked on. He did the designing and drawing, and I watercolored.

A Sale

Today my "portrait" was sold at Ancora. I think this calls for a new camera!

The Cobbler

Starting Color

Getting there...

...almost done...inking...

Third Fall Morning

More Fall Morning

Fall Morning

Save the Date - Color

Save the Date - Inked

Loch Lomond - I

Greed on Hold

There are bits I like about this one, but more bits I don't, so I think I'll shelve it and move on. I will redo Greed, but for now have started on a separate idea that's been bouncing around in my head for a while...

Final Woods Mouse

Back from a good visit to Memphis...and here is the final version.