Figure Sketching at Colibri

What a wonderful sketch night last with the illustrator group at Colibri to practice figure sketching! Thanks especially to illustrator Erin O' Shea and her kids for letting us use them as objects of study! I always could use more practice! I love working with gesture sketches the most but it is nice to take turns posing for eachother and get some longer ones in as well.  Here are some excerpts from my sketchbook:

 

 

Sister's Housewarming Card

Happy Housewarming to my sister today, moving into the "real world" into her first apartment with roomates! Quick small card done with pen and ink just wanted to have something simple and cute. I love the ink because of its brightness and radiance-but too bad it does not reproduce too well. A famous illustrator once told me that Higgins was ok, so I will try those, these were Dr. Martins which are not a good idea for professional work, but fun for little projects like these. Happy House, Sis!

King Bath

 Quick Series I just came up with for new portfolio pieces. THIS is what I love to do! The action, animal characters, silly details....eep! I just must do MORE! My husband told me this looks like what pets do when their owner is not home, I like that idea for a book someday. It's probably been done, but still a fun idea I want to explore in the future. This is a lion cub posing a king in the bathroom, with mice subjects... but there was one rebel... duh duh duh.. and then an unexpected turn of events! Watch out, those creatures in the toilets sure can be surprising!

Library Mural Design Submission

This is a quick sketch that I created for submission for a mural design in a library children's room in the Palos Verdes area. This is my vision for it. It sounds like the mural would be two walls opposite of eachother. It incorporates the feel of the community and kids having fun reading the books that are growing from the trees.

Sketchbook Excerpts

Here are a few random sketches from my sketchbook. Take a look!

Sept 2011 On our honeymoon in Chicago, the balcony of our bed and breakfast

Sept 2011 The feeling I get from Chicago

 Fairy & Deer

Sept 2011 Cat fishing from the top of a building in Chicago, in my imagination of course

Aug 2011 Drawn the night a possum snuck around in our garden

August 2011 Pastachino!

Oct 2011 Drawn listening to the Decemberists song "From my own true love (lost at sea)"

Pet Portrait

This is a portrait of Nelson, Tundra, Sampson, and Eenie, my yoga teacher's pets. If there's one thing I love to draw, it's animals! These guys are sure cute, plus I traded this piece for a free session of yoga classes-not bad!

Another Baby Shower Invite Design!

Wheeew everyone is having babies nowadays! I am illustrating all of my friends' baby shower invites so here is Jenny's design, her favorite animal is the hippo and she is expecting a baby girl-so exciting! Here it is: