Random excerpts

More random pages from my sketchbook!

I was experimenting a bit with skin-tone here. I think that it came a bit too red, but there are some things I quite liked about this. The bent arm, for instance, pleases me no end. I will definitely take a few of the things I did here into other paintings.

Some fun with facial expressions! Nothing deeper going on here, really - just a bit of playing around.

I have extreme love for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. I also tend to draw while I watch movies or tv. End result is that my sketchbooks and notebooks are filled with half-finished things of this nature.

Both of these were great fun to draw. That's really all I have to say about that.

It was recently brought to my attention that I don't draw gentlemen half as often as I draw ladies. I've been making an active effort to remedy that.

Because everyone enjoys the Old West! Really, I love westerns. Cowboy hats are oddly difficult to draw, though. Might be time to drag one out and draw from life because the curve of the brim is bizarre.

Pantalone! He has a very large nose. Yup.

More randomness will ensue later. Stay tuned!

colonial doodles

So, over the summer I went to Redcoats and Rebels (at Old Sturbridge Village) with a couple of friends. It was great fun! Anyway, here are a few of the doodles that trip yielded:

Business Cards!

My business cards came in a few days ago. Thought I'd share what they look like:

Common Ground Country Fair

So, here is my submission to MOFGA for the 2012 Common Ground Country Fair poster. Also, the first scan with my new scanner. Pretty good, if I do say so! It's certainly nice to have one that works.

Anyway, fingers crossed!

Odds 'n' Ends

I know that I've been promising to post some finished pieces, but I'm afraid that my scanner is very much gasping its last. It has served me well for going on six years now, and it's tired. So, sadly, you won't be seeing larger, finished art until I've replaced it. Hopefully that will be within the week. Fingers crossed - I've got to figure out what the best one I can afford is. Wish me luck!

In the meantime, here are a few more things from my sketchbook:

Victoria and I decided we were each going to do drawings of our favourite American Girl characters as adults. Here's my initial drawing of Felicity in her early twenties. I have to admit, I am really pleased with how this came out. I will scan it again (read: better) when I've replaced my scanner, but I wanted to share this now.

A slightly closer look.

La Fée Verte! I really have no idea what inspired me to do this, but it was fun.

There's a Welsh kids' song called "Gwenni aeth i ffair Pwllheli" (Gwenny Went to the Pwllheli Fair) which is great fun. It's about a little girl who keeps getting in a rather lot of trouble, despite having very good intentions. I think it would make a fun series of illustrations. So, here are the initial couple of doodles. We'll see how it goes from here.

Café Hopping and People Watching

I do a lot of drawing when I'm at coffee shops - sketches of the people around me and wherever I'm sitting. So, here are some of the more recent café drawings in my book. They're great fun to do.

Sitting outside the café/bookstore in Damariscotta.

Just some doodles of people in Damariscotta, Camden and Augusta. The moral of this story might be that I drink way too much tea and coffee.

Digital Identity Ideas.

I've been working on some new ideas for business cards and mailers. Thought I'd share some of the small things from my sketchbook. None of these are overly complete at the moment, but here you have them.