Thursday, December 17, 2009

Jingle bells


Needing to brush up on my prisma color skills, I employed a jingle bell to
aid me in drawing a self portrait. I'm the cute one on the jingle bell!
... i'm the only one on the jingle bell. Either way, enjoy, and slow
down this Christmas to revel in the season of Advent.
Medium: prisma colors

Door


I decided to draw whatever popped into my mind - always a good start for something whimsical and fun.
I found a pillow head fellow, all gussied up and about to open a door. I really truly want to know what is behind that door! Any why he has a pillow- what's that about? An other picture is in order, methinks, even for my own curiosity's sake.
medium: graphite

Monday, December 14, 2009

cheer




this came to mind...
medium: ink n photoshop

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Cloudy with a chance of birthday


I woke up with this in my head. I'm not sure why. I'm turning a small milestone birthday this Sunday, so perhaps that has something to do with it. All the same, I thought it was rather funny, if in a slightly melancholic and poignant way...
medium: ink and photoshop red

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Winter is coming


Sort of. I live in San Diego. I was chilly last night and thought it was somewhere
in the forties. I come inside and look and it's 60 degrees. I'm either a wuss when it comes to the cold(highly likely), or the shorter days have a profound psychological effect on the body and it's heat regulation...
Either way, the occasion calls for cartoonage. Enjoy.
Medium: ink and photoshop

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Arizona



I visited Arizona last weekend. It was fun. I had a couple of cartoons in my head
afterward. For all of you Americans who did not watch a staggering amount of Monty
Python in your formative years, "peckish" also means "hungry."
medium: graphite

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hand it to you


I read recently that it's good to draw hands (and redraw and draw some more). I have a hard time just putzing about with random hands, so here's a start at drawing hands. I learned that I am seriously lacking in hand-drawing skills. This is not my first attempt at drawing this...
BTW Ben is my smart, funny, and dashingly handsome husband. I dedicate my second attempt of drawing this to you. (i hope that's really how you sign 'love')
medium: ink

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ads ads and more ads


I'm thinking about using this ad as well. I think i need to brush it up.
I'm realizing that I used to have tons of time to make seriously thoughtful
and introspective paintings. Now I have a little bit of time but still have
all these fun ideas in my head about things to draw and jokes to make.
I'm thinking my bagpipe band is not too keen on my jokes these days
and so i'd better just hold them in and draw them out.
That's, like... art therapy, right? Art therapy for those of us
who have really awful jokes. *sigh* Perhaps I can find
a group of people to stand up and also admit to having absolute
horrendous jokes. Admitting it really is the first step...

Buttons


I have this thing with buttons. Not sure why. There's a whole mess of jokes
to be made with/about/for buttons. Let's tackle a few, shall we?
Medium: ink and photoshop

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

WinterElves...


I'm arting for a Christmas card line i've done. Check out my ad. Advertisements are ART. Or can be.
medium: ink and photoshop coloring

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

yard work part deux



A couple more...
(medium: ink and colored pencil)

fall, winter, spring, and yard-work

A friend of mine recently needed some pictures for his yard service business. Who am I to say no? I did a series of these kids with various lawn/ninja ecoutrements.
medium: ink and colored pencil

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Knitted


Sometimes I read my Bible and I think to myself - this stuff is fantastic, I wish it could be somehow woven into my life. The right way of living, thinking, the peace that these people seem to have - how to get it into me.

After I had this thought, I drew this picture. The Bible, going in through my heart, weaving the very fiber of me. A picture, or a prayer, or both?

medium: graphite