IF-Book / Sweet Square #24

Here is another new creation. I have been drawing like crazy in my sketchBOOK in the evenings after the kids are asleep. Tonight my husband and I watched the ballgame and I decided to fine tune and color this sketch in. Here is what I came up with...

Sweet Square #20

I wanted to experiment with another idea that I keep seeing successful artists practice... warm up sketches. I should have probably drawn a character or something a little more challenging, but it's close to lunch and a fresh turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, onion & horseradish sounds SO yummy to me right now... so here is the first thing that came to mind...

I have used this book in the past just to stretch my brain a little, but it might be a good tool to use for "warm up sketches". I tend to be more creative when I'm winging it or not trying. It really helps you open your mind a little and draw a looser than usual.

Sweet Square #19

Great weekend. Worked on a new idea of sketching out first and then going in with detail. Have not finished the entire piece, but here is the initial concept sketch.

I think I like working this way better because it helps get you to create the entire scene and out of the rut of just creating a vignette. Really takes me back to the days of creating storyboards for commercials too...

Sweet Square #16

Looking for some new casserole recipes and keep finding recipes that use a lot of Carrots. For some reason I LOVE to draw fruits and veggies. Could be because I've studied their curves and textures for so many years or that I'm avoiding working on drawing hands & feet or anything else that I need to work on. Regardless I still like to draw carrots. :)

Drawn with inkling pen and brought into Photoshop for color

Sweet Square #14

Picked up a good ole fashioned pencil again and then brought this into photoshop to add a wash to it. Our son took a shot at drawing today too, so I wanted to document it.

Sweet Square #13/Illustration Friday "Burst"

I've been working on this idea in my head ever since I saw this little kid get smashed in the face by his big brother's ball. I have been studying the face and how it morphs what something elastic smashes into it. You see some pretty funny faces!!!

So this idea transformed into a quick sketch for the Illustration word burst. I my try to use this concept in more detailed future sketch, and try to fine tune it a little more. In the meantime this was a really fun to study...

Sweet Square #11

I tried out some charcoal today. It's a little different than watercolor because I feel like I personally can't get as much detail, but it was fun playing anyway :)

Sweet Square #8/ Illustration Friday-Imagination

I will probably not have time to whip up another 3X3 tomorrow so I made another one tonight. Experimenting with tones and highlights along with watercolors and textures. Pretty happy with it so far, but it still needs some work.

Sweet Square #7

I have truly enjoyed experimenting in Painter with the Watercolor Brush. This was a quick painting I did this morning... without the mess! It's not my usual style but I like it.

Sweet Square #2 - #6

I needed to catch up so last night & this morning I drew a couple of things...

Pen & Water Color Pencil

Pencil Character sketch

Breakfast this morning

Duck sketch in Brushes on the iPhone

Quick Not so great sketch of my Husband & our daughter watching the football game last night... thought they would be still but they were busy cheering, and so was I!