Another Approach to Drawing Practice

One way that I get some drawing practice is to grab some plain note cards, double stick tape and any pictures I find laying around here. I stick the pictures on the cards and then whenever I have time, they're all ready to draw on and it's fun for the people that I send them to because they get both the drawing and the picture that inspired it.

I get practice, send unwanted photos out of here and they get the practice drawings in the mail. Everyone likes a letter so it works out well all the way around.

The blob and what became of it

 Isn't it amazing what you can do with some good pens?

New Black Horse Designs in Pencil and Ink

Outgoing Mail

Here's a little drawing I did on the corner of an envelope I was sending to a friend. I've been sorting through the rest of my art supplies and trying to organize my work space. I'm hoping to start several new projects and finish up some old ones as soon as I get a bit of sleep. Keep reading and watching...there will be new work soon.

Old paintings, new money and what's next

I sold a couple of paintings this week and can't quite wrap my head around the idea because the whole reason I started putting images of my paintings and drawings on products at zazzle is because I figured that people just don't buy paintings anymore.

Now I'm not sure what sorts of things to be working on so I think I'll just "play" with my flowers as I answer my mail. I'm reaching for my pen and pencils now.

Recycle Your Art...it's black, white and green!

I've been trying to come up with a nice black and white pattern for some items I've been designing at http://www.zazzle.com/irisart  I'd done items with individual Iris drawings but I wanted a more abstract all over pattern so I printed copies of a lot of my old drawings to cut up and work with to create something new. After I'd cut and pieced a lot of it in a way that appealed to me I went back with a pen and did some drawing in between the images to tie it all together. So Far I'm quite pleased with the results and really enjoyed the work so yank out all your old sketchbooks and have some fun. You may be surprised at the evolution of some of your ideas which should lead to even more projects.

My First Zinnia

This is my first Zinnia. I grew it in the dining room over the winter and now that it's bloomed I'm seeing just how many ways I can capture it in various media. I started with watercolor but plan to draw it in pen and ink or colored pencil next before heading to the studio to see what happens with acrylics.

Extreme Scrapbooking

This poject started last summer when I grew this sunflower and shot the photo of it. Next I mounted it in my sketchbook and drew leaves around it in pen and ink.That was going well until some jello landed on the page and left a stain I decided to work over in colored pencil.This probably would have worked out fine If i'd stuck to one or 2 colors of pencils instead of the 14 I managed to get my hands on.
I think this one was saved by scissors, all I need now is a nice mat and frame to finish it off. Was it worth al those months of work? Probably not but each stage of the project was a good experience for me and I'm sure someone else will like it now that it's Jell-O free.