IF: Vocal

This is my submission to Illustration Friday’s weekly word challenge.

I was playing in my sketchbook doodling away when this scruffy little dog popped onto the paper & I thought how cute it would be if he was just looking off into the sky & the moon was crooning to him.

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Sketchbook Project 2012

In January I completed my submission for the Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour (http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject2012/features)

I had the capability to choose my own theme from a list of 20 opportunities. To my surprise I was able to pick one of my favorite words HOPE. I spent a lot of time researching quotes and playing w/sketch ideas. Finally I bunkered down & came up w/the following pieces of art. I HOPE (hahaha) you enjoy my vision of the quotes I chose

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IF Highlight

1st challenge of the new year & here I am. The word given out last Friday by Illustration Friday was Highlight.

This is the current Highlight of my Sketchbook Project Due mid February 2012

 

I’ve tried replicating this a few times but they all pale in comparison to the original

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IF Silent

Here is my Illustration Friday piece.

She just appeared on paper in a moment of high frustration. I had been working on greeting cards & nothing was coming to me. Maybe I was just tired of the fall theme not quite sure just know I had thrown 3 cards away. It was time to walk away but I didn’t want to stop creating art. So I pulled out my moleskin doodle pad & started sketching. Then she appeared.

When she was done I sat back looked at her & said “Why? Why can’t I accomplish this all the time?” my next thought was “DAMN! She’s in my doodle moleskin sketchbook on crappy paper” I believe if I scan her in on high quality she can be used as a portfolio piece & maybe even my business card….. I know I’m not being very SILENT :)

She is created in a Moleskin sketchbook using my 6B pencil on a frustating Monday night

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Fall Cards

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IF: Mesmerize

This my contribution to a weekly art word challenge.

Funny story about this girl. I was sitting in the dark not to tired 3 days after my surgery. I thought to myself stack of sketchbooks, pencils & an art business book next to me. I wasn’t up for getting up. Knew if I put the lights on my spouse would wake up & he needed to be to work at 6am. So I figured what the heck sketch in the dark what’s the worse that could happen.

A few “what’s that” & then this piece which started out as an odd line sketch.

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Week #3 Apple a Day project

Here is week #3 of the apple a day challenge. I used a mixture of my vine charcoals & then for my hard edges (because I have to have my hard edges) I used my regular hard charcoal.  I attempted to use my charcoal pencils but I strongly disliked the results.

 

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Day 18 & 19 are my favorites this week.

 

I’m not sure what I’ll use next week – colored pencils OR crayons hmmmmm

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