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POST CARD EXCHANGE
My niece and I create postcards and send them to each other.
Here are a few of the ones that I've drawn recently:
2013 PORTRAIT PROJECT
A client asked me to draw 24 historical portraits. I learned a lot while
researching images of each person. It's always fun when a job is
educational!
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BUTTERFLIES FOR ALEX
My friend Cynthia asked me to draw four butterflies for her son Alex who loves rainbows.
Here's what I came up with:
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BABY SHOWER INVITATION
Here is a drawing that I made for an invitation to a baby shower. The baby's father was a builder, so I used a building theme. Click on the image to view a larger version.
THE SKETCHBOOK
PROJECT 2012
Well, since I enjoy
"sketchbooking" so much, I thought I would participate in The
Sketchbook Project 2012. According to their website, The Sketchbook Project
"is an evolving library of handmade artists' books, contributed by more
than 22,000 creative individuals from across the globe.” After artists
submit
their sketchbooks, the books go on tour for a year, before they end up
in the
Brooklyn Art Library. I decided to do an experiment with my book: I drew
everything with one continuous line. Continuous line drawings train
artists not to pick up their drawing tool too much. The more you take
your pen or pencil off the page, the more likely you are to put it down
in the "wrong" spot. My subject matter for this sketchbook was toys I
had as a kid:
Speak&Spell, Simon, dolls, matchbox cars, crayons, etc. I had fun
with this
project, but since I had to draw the pictures without ever lifting my
pen from
the paper, they are not my best work. My entire sketchbook of my childhood toys drawn with a single, continuous line can be viewed HERE.
FRANCE 2006 SKETCHBOOK
I made this slide show of the sketchbook that I kept during the semester
that I studied abroad with SCAD in France in 2006. Please view it in
this small mode, because the pictures look blurry in full screen mode. I
apologize that you can't read the writing that accompanies the drawings
in this smaller mode. The Amelie soundtrack is playing throughout
because that is what we would listen to a lot while drawing in the
illustration studio in the tiny village of Lacoste. This was an amazing
experience for 3 reasons: I got to see so many beautiful sights in
France, I drew so much more in those few months than I ever had before,
and I made a friend for life- my fellow illustrator, Hilary Archer.