© 2010 Mellanie Collins February is African American History Month, so I thought I’d work on a few drawings of people whose stories inspired me when I was growing up. Here’s a drawing of a young Thurgood Marshall. The grandson of a slave, he became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. He served from 1967Continue reading “African American History Month: Thurgood Marshall”
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Sketching on the Bus
A few weeks ago it was snowing and I had an errand I had to run so I rode the bus downtown. I thought it would be a great opportunity to do some sketching . I found myself a seat behind this kid and I just had to draw his hair. Luckily he didn’t moveContinue reading “Sketching on the Bus”
Goodbye 2009! Happy New Year Everyone!
This year has really flown by for me. I’ve been busy drawing and painting artist trading cards and I haven’t come up for air very often. I counted up my scans for the year and found that I had made 204 ATCs for swaps and personal trades–and that doesn’t include a few 5×7 and 4×6Continue reading “Goodbye 2009! Happy New Year Everyone!”
Another Parrot ATC: Meet Shadow
After drawing a parrot portrait for an trade some months ago, I got a request from another parrot owner. This artist trading card features Shadow, a nanday conure talented enough to maintain his own blog: A Parrot’s Point of View. Shadow is also the inspiration for the children’s book “If You Were a Parrot” byContinue reading “Another Parrot ATC: Meet Shadow”
Another Van Gogh-style ATC
I’ve been in a bit of a drawing slump and fighting a cold, so not much art is getting done these days. Here is another Van Gogh-style card from the swap I mentioned on my last post. While I tried acrylic paint on the last card, this one was done with oil pastels. I hopeContinue reading “Another Van Gogh-style ATC”
Lazily Copying From a Master: Van Gogh ATC
One of the ongoing swaps over at Illustratedatcs.com is the Art History 102. Each month the host chooses an artist and we can make cards adapted from one of the artists works or create a work in the artist’s style. I signed up for the Van Gogh month and this is the best card ofContinue reading “Lazily Copying From a Master: Van Gogh ATC”
ATC: Graphite Portrait Sketch
Here’s a sketch I did for my pal Kati. It’s been a while since I’ve done a graphite piece.
Fall is here. Back to Blogging…
Hello there! Can’t believe it’s September already. Now that summer is almost over I feel a little more like spending more time at the computer. I’ve spent most of August trading a lot of custom portraits on atcsforall.com and illustratedatcs.com. It’s been challenging and fun. Here’s one of the cards that I made for aContinue reading “Fall is here. Back to Blogging…”
Back to the Sketchbook
It’s been a long time since I’ve just played around in my sketchbook. I forgot how fun it is to just scribble and hack away without any real attachment to the outcome. I had spent some time working on an ATC for a self-portrait swap. It just wasn’t working . The drawing was okay, butContinue reading “Back to the Sketchbook”
ATC: Turtle Portrait
I needed to draw a turtle artist trading card for a trading partner last week. I looked through some pictures I had taken at the zoo and came up with this guy. I like the expression on this face. What a grumpagus, if that’s a word. If not I’ve just made it one. I’m planningContinue reading “ATC: Turtle Portrait”
Mellanie Collins, Artist 