It's raining....

What a great day to lounge around and nap.

Technique: Just a digital photo of my dog Teddy.

Illustration Friday "Dreams"

I suppose my friday drawing is two-fold again. For one, it illustrates a baby sleeping, probably dreaming. Do babies have the ability to dream? Second, it depicts one of my dreams. Being newly married, my husband and I want to eventually have a baby.

Techniques: This was a long process. I began by drawing the bunny and baby in Photoshop. I used layers to add the clouds, moon, and text. I played with opacity, gaussian blur and the smudge tool. I did so many things and reworked so many of the layers, there is no way I could list all here. While the drawing itself seems simple-the creation was a bit more complex. Sorry. I am still a bit rusty with the tools as well. You can see some rough edges and uneven lines. I'm learning though!

Random Drawing 3

This is an attempt to add shading and dimension with Photoshop. I sketched this image during a seminar I was listening to.

Technique: I sketched in pencil first, then outlined in sharpie. I scanned the image into Photoshop and adjusted the levels. Then, I used the paint bucket, paint brush, and smudge tools to add color.

Illustration Friday "Reflection"

As a woman is trying to get pregnant, or when she is pregnant, I imagine she goes through many periods of reflection. Is she healthy enough? Can she get pregnant? Is the baby okay? Will she be a good mother? Will she be prepared?

Technique: Drawn in pencil. Colored with prismacolor water color pencils, then used a brush to add water. Added detail with black sharpie marker and then toned with prismacolor colored pencils. Added a few more details with marker.

Random Drawing 2

I've always had a fascination with koi. In college I had two and I swear, those fish were so affectionate towards each other. Sadly they died when I replaced the gravel in my fish tank. Later, I had a silvery white one that grew to be about 12 inches in length! He/she got so big that I had to give him/her away to someone with a pond.

Technique: First I drew with silver sharpie in sketchbook. Brought image into Photoshop and added color, then played with noise and pattern. I like the look of it...although the composition is a bit weak. I think the pattern helps strengthen/balance it.

Random Drawing

My cousin's daughter will be starting Kindergarten this fall. Thought I'd try to render a cartoon version of her, maybe on the first day of school.

Techniques: Drawn first with a mechanical pencil. Light wash with watercolor paint. Drawn over with prismacolor pencils, sharpie fine tip marker, then final wash of watercolor. Details refined with Photoshop.

Trying to get into the habit of drawing daily.

Illustration Friday "Wisdom"

This is my first, "Illustration Friday" post. You'll have to excuse the quality, I'm still out of practice! I am hoping to strengthen my drawing skills by participating in these weekly drawing exercises.

Techniques: The "Wise Owl" drawn by hand using a mechanical pencil. Colored with "Pastello" chalk pastels. Scanned and touched up with Adobe Photoshop.