Jin and Dinka, Inked and Colored
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen on Bristol
Good morning! (Or afternoon. Or evening.) It’s Day 5 over at the 29 Faces Challenge. I am counting the profiles of these two as one face, which seems fair!
Thanks for dropping in! Some progress pics, though I forgot to stop and do some scans while doing the background.
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Loris and Nu
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Loris and Nu were created for an “otherworldly people and their pets” theme. This is sort of what happens when I try to do a full figure. Fortunately it’s an alien so nobody can tell me this is not what the arms really look like.
Bev, 2.5″ x 3.5″
Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
And this is one of my favorite cards from a recent art-athon weekend at illustratedatcs.com. That thing holding her hair is a snood. Snood. Snood. Snood.
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Tamako, 2.5″x 3.5″
Copics, fine liners, gel pen
It is Day 2 of February and Day 2 of the 29 Faces challenge. I was supposed to paint today but did not! I don’t know why I have this awful block about painting, but I’ll get back to it one of these days. :)
Yesterday’s digging out, after the fifth largest snowfall in Chicago area history, is done. It was thrilling, of course.
Thanks for dropping in! Here’s hoping for good weather for all! Progress pics below.
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Three ATCs for February 1, 2015
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
I am submitting three different kinds of faces for the first day of 29 Faces, animal, human and humanoid, including: The March Hare, made for an Alice in Wonderland request, Dorothy, the fifth of the flappers, for a Great Gatsby theme, and Fairy Phee, made for a Fairies & Folklore theme at illustratedatcs.com.
Earlier this morning I shoveled the walk. And then it snowed the next 10 hours or so (Chicago area), so I suspect I will be taking a snow day from work tomorrow! In fact, I have already emailed the boss people. Hooray! I hope to do some acrylics for this challenge, and a snow day would be perfect for that. :)
Thanks for stopping in! Progress pics below.
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Betty Lou, Virginia
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Hey look, more pretty girls! Flapper girls, in particular, made for a Great Gatsby theme. I really like them. But it would be nice if I could draw an arm or a whole body! I am hoping to work on some anatomy this year.
Geraldine, Phyllis
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Thanks for visiting! I can’t believe it’s the end of January!
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Clocktower Sentinel, and Lance and Boo Boo
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics.
So, January was supposed to be painting month. But then cute atcs happened and when you get on a roll, you really ought to honor the roll. I am sure there is an education joke there but I am up past my bedtime. :D
I have often said as long as I am making new art, it’s ok if it’s not exactly the art I planned. And I stick by that. Particularly when being productive! It’s a bit of a bummer about the painting but I suspect the cute might make the jump to acrylics in February.
Tim and Madge
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
Tag and As Yet Unnamed Beast
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, pencil
Thanks for dropping in! Hello to Paint Party Friday! Tons of progress pics in the slideshow!
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It started during this past weekend’s drawing marathon over at illustratedatcs.com, with this fellow. His name is Dag.
Dag
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
My new favorite art card was described as a “cute monster on a birthday napkin” – which he totally is, and a “prehistoric my little pony” – which he also totally is. (Both comments from my Facebook page. Which is where I post lots of art. Just sayin.)
And then I went on a cute monster bender, as follows:
Reg and Oji
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
Joon and Diz
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
Thanks for stopping by! I hope to get back to acrylics but I like to think that as long as I’m drawing new things I’m on the right track. :)
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Edwin, Day One & Day Two
5″ x 7″ Acrylics
Spending more time on a painting almost always improves it . I know this is not true for everyone! But so far it is true for me, and my novice attempts at acrylics!
In this case, I almost stopped after the first day, mainly because I am trying to finish 30 Paintings in 30 Days, but also because I wasn’t sure this was going anywhere and I thought I’d try something else. [As for 30 Paintings, I am totally considering this two paintings (9 & 10). I do not believe I will be fined for this offense – much less prosecuted. Wait. Who is in charge of this jurisdiction?]
Edwin here could stand a bit of evening of the eye ridges, but as the only one of his kind, one could hardly tell him his eye ridges aren’t properly aligned. Perhaps there is a very good reason for him to look precisely how he looks!
Thanks for stopping by! Happy January! Hello to Paint Party Friday!
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Rabbit Beast, 5″ x 7″ Acrylics
Painting 8 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days
I have encountered some obstacles in my return to acrylics for 30 Paintings in 30 Days! I started late, the bitter (Chicago area) cold is sapping my will to art, no internet for multiple days TWICE in two weeks (now fixed! <knock wood>), and very busy at my regular job.
It is now Day 11 and I am going to claim 8 Paintings! (Even though some aren’t quite complete.) My favorite so far, which I would prefer to work on more but can’t because it’s only #8, is the silly creature above, made in a promise to Ann D’Angelo that I would try something odd and whimsical today.
I am trying to appreciate this challenge for getting me to paint a lot, even though I mostly feel these paintings are unfinished as I race on to the next one. But that’s ok!
Alpaca, Camel, Sheep
Each 5″ x 7″ Acrylics
The previous paintings were a series of ungulates in blue on red. I ended up trashing the camel (in the middle) after becoming very frustrated with it. Which is bound to happen if you don’t paint for 10+ months! The sheep (right side) has some nice qualities. But I am moving on.
I hope your January is going nicely! I hope mine ends more nicely than it started!
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Three Series of Bird, 1-3 of 30 Paintings January 2015
Each 6″ x 8″, Acrylics
Yikes, I hate to be late. I was unable to start painting until today, January 5th, for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. In order to catch up, I thought I’d try a series of three, painted at the same time and in the same colors.
These are very rough! (I think the middle one is the best one) I could certainly work on them more. But it was an interesting exercise and I suppose I must move on tomorrow!
Thanks for dropping in! Some progress pics below.
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