Two snuggling minimalist bunnies, painted with a dark brown brush marker on watercolor paper.
7″x10″ Brush marker on watercolor paper.
This piece is SOLD.
Dec 242012
Dec 142012
I have been wanting to create at least one piece of art for the coming Yule, so in the previous two days, between housecleaning in preparation for a holiday visit, I created “The Longest Night”. It’s a drawing of a stag, representing the horned lord of the forest, pausing in the moonlight on the night of the winter solstice.
8″x18″ White pencil on black paper.
Nov 172012
In October I was approached about creating a minimalist painting of a wolf for a tattoo design. The specific concept was a wolf, walking up a hill, pauses to look back over its shoulder at the viewer. One of the things I love about the small minimalist commissions is that I can make multiple finished renditions for a single commission, so the customer gets exactly what they want.
Minimalist Wolf Looking Back 1 & 2Brush marker on white paper.
5″x7″
These are the first two renditions I created, which were offered to the customer at one time.
She liked the look of the first one, except for the placement of the head and the line of the outer cheek, so I created a third version for her to review.
Minimalist Wolf Looking Back 3
Brush marker on white paper.
5″x7″
The third version is the one she chose for her commission.
Aug 072012
Late last night I finished the butterfly drawing. It is 6″x9″ colored pencil on black paper, created for the COLORED PENCIL Magazine July 2012 Challenge, using their reference photo.
A monarch butterfly rests on the clustered blooms of a plant, waiting for the sun to rise.
This is the just prior WIP, with the butterfly finished, but not the background. Click the project tag below to see all the WIP.
Butterfly – WIP26″x9″ colored pencil on black paper
Aug 062012
6″x9″ colored pencil on black paper
This is for the July CPM challenge: http://coloredpencilmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/08/july-art-challenge-winners.html
This is, quite literally, the first time I have gotten out my full set of colored pencils in well over a year. I’m a little rusty, but the subject matter is very pleasant for reviving those skills. Whenever a take an extended hiatus from a particular medium or style, it usually doesn’t take very long to get back up to speed.
Butterfly – WIP 1
6″x9″ colored pencil on black paper
Aug 022012
Hello folks! These are two pairs of miniature paintings, commissioned at Clockwork Alchemy, which I will be putting in lockets as soon as they are approved by my customers. All four are slightly more than 1″ tall, drawn with a dip pen nib and then painted in an ink wash of the same color.
Dr. Who and Dalek – WIP 1
Mr and Mrs Purrrston – WIP 1
Apr 052012
8.5″x11″ dip pen and ink wash on watercolor paper
Steampunk artwork, created by first drawing with dip pen and ink, and then shading it using a wash of the same ink.
In a post-apocalyptic desert, a neo-bedouin warrior scouts the horizon in the early afternoon heat.
Project: On The Trail
Apr 052012
8.5″x11″ ink on watercolor paper
The actual drawing is in dark brown ink, but I scanned it in black and white. Overall I like this rendition a lot more than the previous attempt. The only detail that’s bugging me are her eyes, which are a little too close-set.
On The Trail – Inked
Project: On The Trail
Apr 052012
The first rendition of On The Trail ended up being ruined, so I had to start over. In doing so, I also decided to rearrange the composition a little. This is the pencil sketch before inking.
On The Trail – Sketch
8.5″x11″, pencil on watercolor paper
Project: On The Trail
Apr 012012
8.5″x11″ dip pen and ink wash on watercolor paper
This is an illustration for an interview with The Vagabonds to be published in Steampunk Magazine‘s upcoming issue.
The prompt for the illustration was silhouette, but I wanted to do something a little more interesting than a plain, solid silhouette. This is the result. I used mostly photos from The Vagabonds’ FaceBook page for information on their costumes and relative sizes, but I don’t think 100% accuracy was a requirement. ;)
