Saturday, September 28, 2013

October Calendar To Do List List Illustration

October Calendar To Do List List Illustration
This month's illustration has silhouettes of a mouse, grasshopper and dragonfly sneaking past a spooky gate while a startled moon looks on. The vintage image components came from the Graphics Fairy and then I layered them in Photoshop.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Drawing Mannequin Walking Like Leonardo DiCaprio

Drawing Mannequin posed like Leonardo DiCaprio walking
The mannequin on my desk looked vaguely familiar and then I realized why.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Stargate Inspired Paper Pyramid With Glyphs For Earth, Pisces, Aquarius and Gemini

Stargate Inspired Pyramid With Glyphs For Earth, Pisces, Aquarius and Gemini
I made a paper pyramid and had been stumped by what to put on it and this morning it struck me, Stargate symbols.

I used the Stargate symbols that correspond to our zodiac and Earth. Despite what my kids  occasionally think, Earth is my home planet. You're welcome to click on the template to make the image larger.

Stargate Inspired Pyramid With Glyphs For Earth, Pisces, Aquarius and Gemini


Stargate Inspired Pyramid With Glyphs For Earth, Pisces, Aquarius and Gemini

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Watercolor Painting of a Frog Holding An Umbrella From My Art Journal

Watercolor Painting of Frog Holding Umbrella Artist Journal Page
I adore frogs and when I saw this cute photograph by Penkdix Palme I was compelled to use it as a reference photo.

I only did a journal sketch since I never do serious paintings from another person's images. I had mixed feelings after I completed it since I tried to find out more about the photographer to give him credit for the shot.

There's a bit of controversy over the series of photographs. I prefer to take the photo in good faith and hope nothing bad happened to the frog. Photographers luck into amazing shots and he did appear in National Geographic. Animals are clever and capable of using tools.

The lesson I learned is stick with my original images and not be swayed by pretty pictures. Life is simpler that way.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

September Calendar To Do Page

September Calendar To Do Page
The illustration shows my day in a mandala format.

The center is a goat cheese pizza. Many of the shapes are from a painted tote bag. The tote bag has a Star Trek insignia from Star Trek Into Darkness. The blue coffee cup is the cappuccino cup my daughter made me that I use daily.