“Happy” comes in many flavors. There is the “reading a letter and seeing photos of loved ones” happy. I’m doing a major edit on this illustration (which I showed you in the last post). I’ve added Mr. Mouse’s wife, and embellished the ‘story’ quite a bit. He is still reading … Drawing a Fine Line : HappyRead more
How time flies. I thought I’d be back here sooner, but I think there’s some sort of time warp thing that happens when its really hot. Like, everything slows down and days go by and you don’t even know what you’ve been doing. It all kind of melts together, and … Drawing a Fine Line : CookiesRead more
“BLT” 15″ x 15″ Prismacolor colored pencils on Stonehenge paper BLT stands for Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato. I honestly don’t know if that’s just an American, or English-speaking thing, or if it translates to other languages or cultures. Here, you just go into a restaurant and order a “BLT” and … Drawing a Fine Line : BLTRead more
Cookies are fun to draw! Especially if they’re good ones, because you get to eat them afterwards. These were all kind of experiments, or ‘practice’ drawings. This first one is a ‘stamped’ design with chocolate on one side, some kind of creme filling, then a vanilla version of the stamped … Drawing a Fine Line : More cookie drawingsRead more
You can see the list of all the winners to be included in the book, here. The Strokes of Genius books are compilations of contemporary drawings, with a theme. They are competitions sponsored by The Artist’s Network, and the books are published by North Light Books. I’ve always drooled over … Drawing a Fine Line : Strokes of GeniusRead more
OK, so its finally Fall. Yay! And it actually rained today. Double Yay!!! I’ve been super busy working on this secret project that I’m tired of keeping a secret but have to for a little bit more until I’m finally really done. I thought I’d be done by Oct. 1st, … Drawing a Fine Line : Fall and stuffRead more
I decided I need a nursery rhyme for my portfolio. So I found a sort of obscure one – King Boggen. “Little King Boggen he built a fine hall. Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall; The windows were made of black puddings and white. And slated with pancakes, you … Drawing a Fine Line : A king and a coloring bookRead more
Christmas is upon us! I wanted to do a little update before I check out for a bit. We’ve had some nice rain, which is so badly needed here, but last week one storm was accompanied by some super wind, which pulled over one of my gates and a bit … Drawing a Fine Line : ChristmasRead more
Happy New Year to you! I hope yours is starting off nicely. Mine started off with a bang! a few days in. One evening I had just turned off the computer (early) and was minding my own business, quietly knitting, and bang! something exploded or blew up in the back … Drawing a Fine Line : New yearRead more