Showing posts with label kidslit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidslit. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

A Work In Progress! Never Give Up On Your Dreams!

This month is my 3 year illustration 'dream' anniversary so I thought I'd show you how far I've come. They say 'a picture is worth a thousand words' so here is the one that started it all.


On a balmy night in June 2010 I dug out an old sketchbook, Sharpie pen and Prismacolor markers that, surprisingly, still worked 17 years after their last use in college.
I haven't been able to stop drawing since...
My style has evolved - A LOT.
But I still look upon this sketch with a great deal of love, for in it there was a tremendous amount of joy, humor, selflessness & abandon!

So here is how I've progressed...



Amazing what practice, patience and persistence can do...along with a whole lotta vision, faith and desire.
The dream is still progressing, bigger goals still need to be reached...
don't stop climbing.
But every once in awhile take a look down & see how far you've come!!!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Hug A Bug...

Or a tree... 

Or a cat...if you prefer.
Haven't had much time to do anything other than doodle but I am keeping the pencil lead sharpened and this chipper gal keeps popping up in my sketchbook.
Hope to be back in the studio this weekend...now that all the bits and bobs are hooked back up and put back into place.
Can't wait to incorporate elements of these two techniques into my process:
Digital Watercolor by Tracy Bishop

*the world feels wide open and full of possibility*
HUG IT!!!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

IF: Yesterday


"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground"
~David Icke


Working on painting a commission piece based on one young lady's many yesterdays with her dad
who died a few years back.