Inspire Me Thursday—Tree

My take on Inspire Me Thursday's theme Tree

The Loner
Charcoal on paper

Inspire Me Thursday-Spain

Inspired by a photo of Pablo Picasso, who was born in Malaga, Spain. Also submitted for Illustration Friday's Blur.

Pablo, charcoal on paper

Inspire Me Thursday-Dark

My cat enjoys hunting in the dark.

Dark  4x5 watercolor

Werewolf-Monday Art Day challenge

Another Halloween themed
Monday Art Day challenge.

Werewolf, 4x7 watercolor

Jack O Lanterns-Monday Art Day Challenge

What kind of Jack O Lantern is behind your pumpkin?

Just a quick sketch for Monday Art Day's Jack O Lantern challenge.

Jack O Lanterns

4.25 x 5.5 ink and marker on bristol

Inspire Me Thursday-Juice

Inspire Me Thursday's challenge Juice










I've been wanting to "paint" something with an unorthodox medium. I found that beet juice creates quite a nice wash.

Baby Elephant
4x5, beet juice on watercolor paper

Inspire Me Thursday-Umbrella

Inspire Me Thursday's challenge Umbrella

Don't just carry your umbrella, dance with it.

Umbrella, 5x7 watercolor

Inspire Me Thursday-Push

Its been well over a week since I've posted.
Sadly enough art gets pushed to the wayside when the corporate world and home ownership take over.

Down to the wire, but this is my take on IMT's theme "Push."

All he ever wanted was just a little push.

Push, 5x7, watercolor and ink

Doofus-Monday Art Day

An unusual piece for me. But it was fun, the whole point of this blog is to try different things. For the Monday Art Day weekly challenge.

Doofus, Pen and Ink on paper

This is Dusty the Doofus. His peers in grade school thought his name to be a bit long and dubbed him "Duh". And it stuck. So now you will find Dusty or, Duh, as they say, with half a comb-over, mis-matched socks, and ink stains on his shirt. Duh tends to get distracted easily and often times sweetens his coffee with salt. He then goes on to tell the nearest person how unique and flavorful the coffee is. Even his pet bunny "Roofus", eyes him in disbelief. Duh may not be the sharpest tack, but he's still quite lovable. Come on, how can you resist that smile?

Key

It's been a while since I've posted. Long over due, here is my interpretation of "key" for Inspire Me Thursday's theme.

Key
4"x5" watercolor on Canson watercolor paper

Subtract-Illustration Friday

This didn't come out how I envisioned,
but sometimes art will just take its own course.

Brain Tree
5"x7" watercolor and ink

Swirl-Inspire me Thursday

Swirl
5x7, watercolor and ink

Maple Leaf
ACEO
Watercolor on Canson Watercolor paper
2.5" x 3.5"
February 16, 2009

Here I wanted to experiment with washes, dry brush technique, and various textures.

Monday Art Day-Greek Myth

My first contribution to the Monday Art Day weekly challenge. There is a link on the right hand side, check it out, its pretty cool.

Centaur
Watercolor on Canson Watercolor paper
8x10

Cityscape,
ACEO
Watercolor on Canson Watercolor paper
2.5" x 3.5"
February 10, 2009



Trying a new, looser, impressionist style

Purple Butterfly, ACEO
Watercolor on Canson Watercolor paper
2.5" x 3.5"
February 1, 2009

In memory of our sweet little Kailyn

Moo, ACEO

2.5" x 3.5"

Watercolor on Canson Watercolor paper

January 30, 2009

ACEOS

ACEO means art card edition and original. Also known as ATC art trading card. The prerequisite being that the art is the size of a trading card, 2.5" x 3.5". I discovered these little treasures recently, and thought it would be fun to try some.

Sea-horse, ACEO
2.5" x 3.5"
Watercolor on Canson Watercolor paper
January 27, 2009