Ink & watercolor sketch.
Illustration Friday: Twirl
January 25, 2012Illustration Friday: Prepare
January 19, 2012
Prepare for rain.
Summer Colors Portrait
January 12, 2012
Another sketch of the same model from Society of Illustrators, color added in Photoshop.
Spring Colors Portrait
January 4, 2012
The Society of Illustrators is my favorite place to do figure drawing because not only do they always have live music and a full bar, it’s the only place I’ve been to where the models wear some sort of costume. That means a lot to me because there’s only so many times I can ask my friends and family to pose, and they’re not models, so they twitch and fidget (sorry guys!) which disturbs the intricate, ephemeral folds of cloth, and then I have to erase everything and have an aspirin.
Photo reference books for artists fill in the gaps once in a while, but they’re too static, no substitute for a real person who knows how to sit perfectly still for up to twenty minutes. Always appreciate your models!
Portrait of an Artist’s Studio, Five Pointz
December 20, 2011
A few years ago, I visited The Five Pointz Building in Long Island City (the one with all the graffiti) for the first time. It was a dizzy overwhelming day because there are hundreds of studios in there AND an American Apparel textile factory downstairs, so I went home with loads of colorful fabric scraps that I crocheted into a rug… of sorts.
I drew this sketch when I insisted on sitting for a few minutes after climbing down from the roof (shouldn’t have taken the fire escape).
Portrait of My Desk
December 16, 2011
I’m not sure what these last two portraits say about me or my husband, except that we have really old computers. Still, I’m enjoying the “desk portrait” concept.
Portrait of my Husband’s Desk
December 15, 2011
I haven’t drawn a desk portrait in a while. Is it a still life, an indoor landscape, or a portrait minus its subject? You don’t have to choose one.
Original size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Thing of Beauty
December 1, 2011
Prettiness!
Says, “I am the lizard queen!”
Illustration Friday: “Vanity”
November 19, 2011
I wanted to draw something based on Ecclesiastes: “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.” Like most good little agnostics, it’s my favorite book in the Bible. It proved too lofty for me at the moment, so instead I drew a pretty lady with her eyeballs popping out.
New Logo Design
October 11, 2011
A logo I did on short notice for an affiliate marketing company. See the alternate designs after the jump.
