This is funny. I have discovered I have to act like it’s spring in order to get the right feeling inside me in order to paint a spring image. I did this with winter too. “Art-Acting!” Stay tuned for Summer Bunny.
Autumn Bunny
Winter Bunny
My friend, Christel, and I were comparing notes tonight on artist’s stumbling blocks while I was painting. I am learning so much from just the actual DOING of art… once I got beyond step 1, which is that not every piece will be a masterpiece (Accept that and stop trying to edit yourself while you’re drawing. Just let it come out. Sometimes it’s better than you could have possibly expected. Sometimes it fights with you. Just get it done and move on to the next).
Edit: 9.29.06 Jason says that Spring Bunny is perfect for Illustration Friday’s topic, “Quiet,” this week and insisted I submit it.
Also, just a quick opinion poll… Do you like the chick the way he is or should I change him so he’s also watching the sunset?
It has been a while since I participated in Illustration Friday. I’ve had the inclination but, sadly, not the time. As I am happily off from work this week, I found the time to do a second version of a sketch that I originally did last January.
My year 2006 began with news of the death of my High School friend, Rachel Orli. I completely lost touch with her after high school – I think she wanted to make a clean break as she hadn’t has the best time of it. I’d been trying to locate her for years. Unfortunately for me, she had died about 2 years before I could find her.
Rachel would probably be stunned to know how much she positively influenced my life and helped make me the person I am. Even though I haven’t seen or spoken with her in over 15 years, I still miss her and I always will.
I have this really cool idea for “Ghost.” Actually I have a whole bunch of cool ideas for “Ghost.” It’s such a great topic! Unfortunately I have very little time this week. I am going to the MidAtlantic SCBWI conference this Saturday and am having my portfolio reviewed for the second time this year. So I’ve been busy getting stuff together and fixed for that.
So I drew this little guy while waiting at the allergist’s this morning. They had “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” showing too!
I had been meaning to do something with this quote since August.
This piece may look familiar as the original has been in my portfolio for some time. In my last review, I had an assignment to redo Max so she looked a little friendlier. But I realized after I redrew just Max that I really had to redraw and recolor the entire piece as it is so old both my illustrating and coloring style has changed too much. So here’s the redo.
Here is a detail of the new version.
Here is the original.
I wasn’t planning to do the topic this week but I drew this sketch in the 15 minutes I had to wait at the allergist’s after getting my shots. I’m kind of on a color kick, even though I need the inking practice. So I scanned the pencil sketch before I inked it so I could digi-paint it. I always like my colors better than my inks…
… but how else can I improve my inking? Of course, I COULD color my inks, like I did with the previous post. But it’s 2am so it’s time to stop. By the way, the next “Friday the Thirteenth” will be next month.