Postcard for Brewery

This is a postcard being sent to the I-5 Gallery fundraiser down at the Brewery. There should be alot of great little pieces of art available there - all for $100/each....

Mid august life drawing

Hey, where was everybody? Nicole was the model. I know these are all with no face, but they are the best of the lot. Room was too cold for model, so this last one is "Nicole putting on pink shirt"
Stabilo and watercolor on animation paper. image size 10" height.

Weather report

I can't stay away from doing these silly weather journals. I would love to have the job of coming up with these weather headlines for the LA Times. They are poetry to me, and I recently found an old favorite sketchbook to fill up, while cleaning out my studio. These Aquabee "super deluxe" spiral bound sketchbooks are great. I order the 9x9" ones from Cheap Joes Art Supply.

moleskine in colorado

I took only my very small moleskine to Colorado and painted a couple of mts. Watercolor in very small moleskine.

Hawk

A hawk going after a fairy. Adobe photoshop and Corel Painter.Copyright Walt Disney Co.

Liriope Muscari

This is a Liriope Muscari. Watercolor on Strathmore Plate Bristol. The paint just floats on top of the paper, and doesn't take alot of layers, which is why I love it. I keeps a watercolor loose. 30x22". And to answer a kind person's question, yes, everything on this blog is for sale. After posting, I noticed that it looks pale on my monitor. Hope it isn't too washed out on yours.

Oleander watercolor

Studio shot of a work in progress.

July figure drawing at Disney

Here are a couple of drawings. the first is a quick one, and shows how I usually start out, for those who asked. The others are 2 minute, then there's a 5 minute at the end. All stabillo on animation paper which is very smooth. What a great model!

Digital painting

copyright Walt Disney Co.
This is a page from upcoming fairy book called "hide and seek" where one can read the fascinating tale of Tinkerbell's game of hide and seek with other fairies. I've been working hard on this lately, and now I'm off to Colorado.
Digital painting with adobe photoshop and corel painter.

My parent's barn

This is an old watercolor. I had to shoot this photo through glass and you can see reflections. I never took a proper photo of it. Watercolor on strathmore. 22x32". early 2000's. It's my family's barn when they lived briefly in Michigan. Which is a great place. Especially if you have a waterski boat and are in love.

Iris

Oil on canvas, 40x20", Grisaille technique. From the collection of T.& J. Jennings.

Late june figures

Two energetic women. Stabillo on animation paper.

detail of pinecone

copyright Walt Disney Co.

Digital Pinecone

I'm lucky to have a ton of freelance work right now. This is painted with both Photoshop and Painter. copyright Walt Disney Co. After posting, I realize I should have made this larger... next one will show detail.

Zion watercolor

Looking toward Rockville from Springdale near Zion National Park, Utah. Watercolor on paper, 20x45". The light made the colors in every part of the view intense. There was no atmospheric perspective. The approaching storm defined every leaf.

may 30 life drawing

These are 1-3 minute poses. Stabillo and watercolor on animation paper. Granted, the only one that looks like the model, is the first one. Although I like the solidness of the others.

Boy with wet hair

a painting that I have been working on for a while. Oil on canvas, "Boy with wet hair", 32x42"

Friday's model

Life drawing on friday. These are 3 minute, maybe a couple of 5 minute. I included some that I like for the light that his arm cast. Seeing all these, I see that the model repeated the same arm position, but he is a good model. Stabilo on 16 field animation paper.

My palette

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I definately will be doing more smaller watercolors, but instead of filling sketchbooks, I want to devote my time to larger watercolors that have some meaning (if only to me). I still have four pages left in weather journal, and am trying to be motivated to finish that. Jana, here is my palette. It's a cheap plastic one about 12x10". I do not squeeze out a standard palette each time (I don't know what that is). I just squeeze out paint as I need it. I do not rinse away old paint unless it's really dusty and crumbly, or if I need that space for a new color. ( I'm basically messy and/or lazy). I always keep my colors in these places, since I am very used to them that way. When I'm working on a large piece, I will mix some color up in one of those small containers that you put salsa or radishes in at Mexican take out restaurants.

Late april weather

I have four pages left in this sketchbook (Hand Book Journal). I'll probably not start another weather journal.