Thinking, That's All....

Guitar Series

2009-04-28T21:59:00.001-05:00

Acrylics and Colored Pencil on Bristol

2nd Piece

2009-03-15T15:11:00.001-05:00

14"x16" Acrylic and colored pencil

"Cloud Watching" in a Painting

2009-02-02T20:14:00.003-06:00

14"x16"

Acrylics and Colored Pencil on Bristol

Here's a better shot of the actual colors (Digital Cameras don't capture some colors very well), although this image is a little blurry:

Winter

2009-01-08T09:48:00.003-06:00

9"x12"

Colored pencil and Sharpie on Bristol

I finally posted something new! My inspiration has definitely been lacking for a while now... It's about time. This one came about after standing outside, thinking about how it hasn't been severely cold yet this season...

Winter - Snow everywhere, so cold outside you can barely breathe, bundled up as warmly as you can... Oddly enough, we've had more warm rainy days than freezing snowy ones here in the midwest so far. But it's only the beginning of January, the rediculously painful cold and terribly inconveniencing weather is still on its way... yuck.

In A Rut?

2008-10-09T07:16:00.002-05:00

I've been finding it hard to finish a lot of projects that I start lately... I'll get an idea, get excited about putting it on paper, and then halfway through, the desire to see it as a finished piece just disappears. And it gets put aside...and forgotten about. I emptied out one of my closets and rearranged it to be an organized art supply area, and amongst moving so many things, I found numerous pieces of art that I had created so long ago...and those, too, were unfinished. I wonder if other artists go through the same thing... not finishing so many pieces?
It's a lot easier for me to actually see a project through if I'm at an art workshop or class rather than at home on my own time. Away from the house, it's so much easier to immerse yourself in your work...the determination seems stronger. Surrounding yourself with other artists, even for only a couple hours a week, can do wonders for your creativity. I've been going to an open studio night at another artist's house, and it's actually helped me to be productive. Maybe that's all I needed to help me get back on track. And I'm making it a point to try to go every week now.
I want to do more artwork, be in art shows, hopefully even sell some pieces. It won't happen overnight, and the current economic state won't make it any easier. But at least I'm on my way to something...one step at a time...

Untitled

2008-10-04T15:29:00.000-05:00

9" x 12"

Acrylic on Bristol

Happiness Is:

2008-08-24T21:40:00.003-05:00

8"x11"

Watercolor and Acrylics, digitally edited

Tattoo

2008-08-19T07:22:00.000-05:00

9"x12"

Colored Pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol

Untitled

2008-06-27T03:09:00.001-05:00

9"x13" colored pencil, black Sharpie, and cardstock

Forgotten

2008-06-08T19:17:00.002-05:00

For Illustration Friday

9"x12"

Colored pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol

ipod series - next installment

2008-05-29T00:53:00.002-05:00

9"x13"

Colored Pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol

ipod series

2008-05-29T00:45:00.002-05:00

9"x13"

Colored Pencil and black Sharpie on Bristol

Original Piece

2008-05-07T23:02:00.003-05:00

14"x17"

Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol

(Had to use the digital camera... doesn't look as good, in my opinion.

The scanner won't do bigger than 9"x12"...)

Part 2....

2008-04-27T17:48:00.002-05:00

9" x 12"

Colored Pencil and Sharpie on Bristol

(and yes, I've noticed I forgot the guitar strings...)

"Fail"

2008-04-17T20:04:00.001-05:00

For Illustration Friday

9"x12"

Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol

Sakura 2

2008-01-07T00:50:00.000-06:00

9" x 13"

Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol

I realized I never draw males... so I decided to make

a "male" version of one of my favorites (although, he

does sort of look a tad angry or annoyed...oh well)

Scale

2007-11-13T22:49:00.000-06:00

For Illustration Friday

9"x12"

Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol

This week's topic instantly made me think of scales and body weight, and then onto the epidemic

of body image. So many girls trying to look like the models in magazines....

Trick Or Treat

2007-11-09T00:34:00.000-06:00

9" x 12"

Colored Pencil and Black Sharpie on Bristol.

I was hoping to have this one done by Halloween, but unfortunately, work got in the way...

Sakura

2007-10-12T10:18:00.000-05:00

9"x12"

Colored Pencil and black Sharpie

on Bristol

Star

2007-08-06T21:09:00.000-05:00

20" x 22"

Acrylic and paper on canvas

"Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star" - willis reed

Citrus

2007-05-15T23:50:00.000-05:00

14"x14"

Colored pencil on Bristol

For Illustration Friday

Another Nakamura

2006-11-07T20:49:00.000-06:00

I "copied" another Yusuke Nakamura....

The girl and heart are the same, but I added my own different

elements to it...

Colored Pencil

16"x20"

Man, I love this guy's work.....

Match

2006-08-23T15:42:00.000-05:00

They match...

For Illustration Friday.

8"x11"

Colored Pencil on Sketch Paper

Retouched...

2006-06-25T04:51:00.000-05:00

Thought I would enhance this one with a colored background, to make the image pop a little bit more compared to the original. ..I like it better like this (and it wouldn't hurt to bring this one back into the main page, being one of my favorites and all)

"Broken"

8"x11"

Colored pencil with the aid of photoshop

Painting on Glass

2006-05-25T13:57:00.000-05:00

Below are some very fuzzy, unfocused, slightly crooked snapshots of the glass cabinet doors my Grandma asked me to paint. It took a few weeks, not to mention 7-hour-long sittings per day, to complete (mainly due to numerous coats of paint because the paint company lied to me about the finish's opacity). I only wish you could better see the detail in the pieces, because I'm a bit amazed at how well I was able to detail it all. The glass doors were both just too big for me to be able to zoom in enough on the entire thing. After putting a clear varnish on the finished pieces, I laid them over a black sheet to get the effect had they been on the actual black cabinet.

Full shot

Left panel

Right panel

Mother's Day

2006-05-19T08:08:00.000-05:00

A watercolor and colored pencil piece I did for my mom for Mother's Day

11"x14"

Poppies

2006-05-07T18:58:00.000-05:00

Red poppies, for my boss's mom.

(Kinda fuzzy and crooked, but you get the idea...)

16"x21"

Colored pencil over watercolor

Spotted

2006-04-18T11:18:00.000-05:00

For Illustration Friday

A spotted Oriental Lily, whose spots are actually a little hard to see in the photo...

Colored pencil done over a watercolor wash

8"x11"

Colored Pencil Kitty

2006-01-14T23:46:00.000-06:00

His fur looks more realistic in the real-deal....(Stupid digital camera....)
8"x11"

Broken

2006-01-02T18:00:00.000-06:00

"Broken" an anime-inspired work with colored pencils. (My favorite to date)