First page of a watercolor moleskine that I have dedicated to The Grand Canyon State. Some Utah scenes included from a recent vacation.
November Theme Challenge! The contents of a trashcan
latest updates: watercolors
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2011Aug 180
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2011Apr 21
tags: Buddha | buddism | watercolors
I am fascinated with Buddhism. Watercolors, and ink. I am awful at drawing hands, but as a whole this came out pretty cute.
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2011Apr 19
tags: acrylics | hipster | monster | watercolors
I was just messing around on paper and painted my monster, then decided that I wanted to keep him, which wasn’t the original plan. So I pasted him on top of some gameinformer text, and stuck him in my moleskine, to attack this defenseless hipster, who’s smoking a cancer stick.
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2010Dec 13
tags: alligator snappers | art | drawing | illustration | moleskine | turtle | watercolors
mixed media in A4 watercolor Moleskine, 12/2010
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2010Nov 3
tags: art | drawing | illustration | moleskine | skineart | watercolors
“spent”
mixed media in A4 watercolor Moleskine, 11/2010
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2010Oct 30
tags: art | drawing | illustration | moleskine | skineart | watercolors
“racing”
mixed media in A4 watercolor Moleskine, 10/2010 -
2010Oct 10
tags: art | birds | crows | drawings | moleskine | ravens | watercolors
“crow and raven”
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2010Oct 2
tags: animal sanctuary | animals | art | drawing | mammals | Maryland | pigs | Poolesville | Poplar Spring | watercolors
“Sleepy Piggy”
I drew this based on some photos I took from a recent visit to the wonderful Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, Maryland.
mixed media in A4 watercolor Moleskine, 2010
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2010Sep 16
tags: andangered species | animals | art | Aye-aye | drawing | illustration | illustration friday | madagascar | moleskine | sketchbook | watercolors
For this week’s Illustration Friday topic, “parable”, I went with a more well-known one and tweaked it some. I was searching for images of ugly animals to draw, when the Aye-aye caught my attention. I’m not sure I would call it ugly though, to be honest, compared to some of the others. One reason I keep doing these Illo Friday challenges is because they force me to research and learn things I may not have known too much about. Granted, a search on Google could never compare to a real, honest-to-goodness learning experience, and if I could fly to Madagascar right now and study the Aye-aye, you bet I would right now. What I did learn about this fascinating little lemur is that it is an endangered species. I also learned, unfortunately, that this virtually harmless critter is feared by the native peoples of Madagascar, who believe it is a demon who brings bad luck and death. For instance, some of the natives believe that it can use its elongated middle finger to drill a hole in it’s human victims and kill them. The truth however, is this elongated finger is used to pierce a hole in hollowed out trees, where it actively searches for and hunts grubs, its main source of food. Sadly, the natives who believe the Aye-aye is evil, will kill it to prevent danger from coming to their villages. Hopefully, someday soon, those who believe this harmless beast, who is also facing habitat destruction, will evolve in their thinking and realize the Aye-aye isn’t out to get them at all. It’s not a good situation to be in, being a victim of too much, as well as too little progress. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place! If I could invent my own parable, it would be “no superstition is a good superstition”.
*mixed media in A4 watercolor Moleskine, 9/2010
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2010Sep 12tags: art | drawing | hummingbird hawk-moth | illustration | insects | moleskine | watercolors
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