Illustration Friday - Packed RATS

"PackRats Packed"

Mixed Media (Digital/Gouache/Digital) 5"x14"

Illustration Friday - CLIQUE

When I checked this weeks subject for Illustration Friday I immediately thought of a movie I had seen
”Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" (1994) about the infamous Dorothy Parker and how the Algonquin Round Table developed. This illustration does not intend to depict any of the members of that clique in particular. I just had the feeling of it as I drew...

Illustration Friday - ISLAND

Illustration Friday - Memories

My dad loved to fish. Afterwards my mom would always take a picture of him with his catch and ultimately with one of us kids by his side. In this photo it was with me. 

And as always, we had to be in the sun so we could be "seen" so she could get a "good clear picture", but in the process, we squinted...

This is from an old Polaroid photo, only 2"x2.5"in size. It was actually taken with the original ”Swinger”
Polaroid camera of the 60's my dad bought on a whim.
I scanned it, enlarged it to 8x10, printed it out, painted it with gouache, re-scanned it, then altered it a bit in Photoshop, and back and forth.

Needless to say, I had a bit of fun while re-living the memories...

Treepeople

 

watercolor

10" x 12"

Logo created for summer work sold on eBay

My daughter took this self portrait (with friend) this last spring. I found the composition so dynamic I borrowed it and altered it a bit in Photoshop...  

RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS

"Baby Raven Lost in Woods"
2.5"x3.5"
ACEO
(Art Cards, Editions & Originals)
watercolor, acrylic
© 2008

concept for children's book