Sketching

A few sketches I've done recently experimenting with different styles!

ArtBARK! Contest Entry

Last week I worked on an entry for the ArtBARK! Contest and raffle which is sponsored by Bone Adventure and Stray Dog Arts. I decided to draw Eddie, a Catahoula Leopard dog that we fostered a few years back!

This is the finished drawing;

It was quite a challenge to draw all the fur and took about two and a half days to finish! I used Blick studio graphite pencils, Copic markers and a white gel pen for this piece. :)

Here's a work in progress shot;

Tonight I'm going to a gallery opening to see it hung along with all of the other entries and the work of Jessie Marianiello of Stray Dog Arts! I'm really excited to see all of the entries, there will be a lot of good artwork there!

Bug drawing

For the past few weeks I have been drawing this bug type of creature in my sketchbook a lot and I decided to do a more finished version of one in color, I used markers and colored pencils. :)

Details.

Birthday Card

Yesterday was my little sisters 11th birthday! I made her this card. :) I used Micron pens for the outline and Copic markers to color it in.

She had a fantastic birthday!

Practicing with markers

Today I've been practicing my blending and shading with markers! I haven't used markers a whole lot but I've been really liking using them lately! I love the way they glide across the paper so smoothly...

Working on the skin.

Now the hair.

Finished!

Latest Sketches

These are a few character sketches I've drawn recently!

I'm going to try and do some finished pieces with a few of these characters, maybe something with watercolor as I haven't used my watercolors in a while! :)

Eye drawings

This past week I've been sick in bed so I'm sorry I haven't been blogging! These are some of my latest eye drawings!

I used colored pencils and ink to draw this eye. I haven't used my Prismacolor pencils in a while, I forgot how much I enjoy drawing in color!

I used graphite and micron pens for this drawing of a baby's eye.

and I used graphite and micron pens for this eye drawing too. :)

Have a wonderful week!

Painting

This is a mixed media painting I created this week, I used watercolors, colored pencils and of course, creativity!

I had to redo the eye twice on this and I still think it turned out to dark in comparison to the rest of the painting...

Sketches

These are just a few sketches I've made that I thought I'd share with you today!

I used a purplish colored pen and markers for this sketch of a cupcake.

I used micron pens and prisma color pencils for this little unicorn!

and this is some type of friendly creature selling apples that he picked himself. Watercolors and micron pens in my sketchbook.

Happy Holidays!

Today I'm excited to share with you some of the things I've made for my family for Christmas!

I made this painting for my mom. I used Chinese ink for the whole painting. I'm glad she liked it! I also have a work in progress photo of this:

I made a few clay charms for my older sister. These were all so fun to make!



A cute s'mores!

 Mint ice cream.

Pancake with maple syrup and butter on top.

And my favorite, a doughnut necklace!

The s'mores and doughnut are best friends!

And last but not least, I painted this acrylic painting of Santa going down a chimney with his sack full of toys!

Watercolor paintings

A watercolor I painted of a Northern Flicker's feather from my backyard.

Another watercolor painting, of a snail on a branch. This was inspired by my Helix Aspersa snail Gary!

Small Watercolor Painting

A small watercolor I painted of a happy land with bunny-like creatures roaming about!

I used colored pencils for some details such as the dark pink outline around the bunny creatures and on the flowers.

Colored Pencils and Ink Drawings

I used my Prismacolor colored pencils and Sakura pens to make these drawings!

Bearded dragon

Chameleon

Self Portrait

  

This is a graphite drawing I made earlier this year from a photo of myself as a toddler! The hair was really fun to draw with the little sprout!