(click the image to see a larger, sharper view) I skipped day nine, but I’m back on with Day 10. I went to my first orchid show on Sunday. I had never been to a flower show and I wanted some new things to draw so I went. I took a few pictures to useContinue reading “Every Day in May: Day 10 – Orchid Show Drawings”
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Every Day in May: Day 8 – Pug ATC
After doing a number of sketches last week I finished my friend Robin’s card. She supplied me with a few pictures of her pug and put this together. Here are a few sketches I mentioned in another post: My main focus was on the eyes and capturing the guilty expression the dog had. IContinue reading “Every Day in May: Day 8 – Pug ATC”
Every Day in May: Day 7 – Incomplete Watercolor Portrait
I’ve been working on this for a few days. I’m getting close finishing it. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with the background. The hair needs work as well. Heck, I’m still just trying to figure out watercolor. I get some good effects, but they just seem so accidental. I want toContinue reading “Every Day in May: Day 7 – Incomplete Watercolor Portrait”
Every Day in May: Day 6 – Truck Sketch
I spotted this truck while taking one of my walks. I did a few quick sketches and then took a few pictures and worked on it from home. I haven’t used my watercolor pencils in a while so I played around with them here. I love these old trucks. They have so much character.
Every Day in May: Day 5 – White on Black
I managed to finish my last card for an illustratedatcs.com swap. I was starting to get frantic because, again, I had signed up for too many swaps and taken a ton of requests. Well, I can now cross one off the list. *Ah* That feels better. This little portrait card is simply white colored pencilContinue reading “Every Day in May: Day 5 – White on Black”
Every Day in May – Day 4 – Another Pug Sketch
I’m still doing sketches for an artist trading card for a friend of mine. I’m working on getting just the right expression. I’m not really a dog person, but the more I study the reference photos I was given, the more I appreciate this dog. He’s awfully cute. Perhaps that’s why I always spend aContinue reading “Every Day in May – Day 4 – Another Pug Sketch”
Every Day In May – Days 1-3
Hurray! I’m on track for Every Day in May. Here’s a round-up of drawings I did over the weekend. Friday, May 1: A friend of mine gave me some scratchboard paper cut to ATC size. It had been sitting on my drawing desk for a few weeks and I finally just dove into it. I’dContinue reading “Every Day In May – Days 1-3”
Joining up for Every Day in May
French Toast Girl does this every year and I remember a lot of Everyday Matters folks doing it last year. The idea is that you do your art every single day for the month of May. It doesn’t have to be great. The thing is to do it. She even has an Every Day InContinue reading “Joining up for Every Day in May”
ATC: Self-portrait in Indigo
For a recent trade I was asked to do an artist trading card of half of a face. So I used the least expensive and most available model I know–me!
ATCs: Lillian Gish
I made these cards for a trader who liked my Buster Keaton card. She asked if we could trade Lillian Gish cards. I’ve seen lots of her silent movies and find her face fascinating so I agreed immediately. I decided to use the trade as an opportunity to practice a little brush work and moveContinue reading “ATCs: Lillian Gish”
Mellanie Collins, Artist 