Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A Winter Full of Sketching: Part III

 I have basically been working on three projects this winter: building out my studio space, sketching for summer projects, and wrapping cardboard cutouts with fabric.

Of the three activities, only one of them features interruptions from a certain little gato.  These are those stories - one page at a time...








'Adorable' little helper.


Many more pages to come!

Thursday, February 22, 2024

A Winter Full of Sketching. Part II.

 Yet another page from my sketchbook.  The gato was on my case in record time.

It started off as a promising session.  The cat was napping two rooms away.







One more.



It didn't take long before she sensed that A) I was being productive, and B) I wasn't being productively paying attention to her...




It took just a few minutes to accept that this session was finished.  Until next time.

Monday, February 19, 2024

A Winter Full of Sketching. Part I.

 As the Winter slogs on, I have been working on my studio, occasionally working in my studio, and generating a bunch of sketches at the kitchen table.  I will show these off in small increments over the next several posts.

I try to fit 6 of these little thumbnails per page in my sketchbook.

Slightly larger detail shots.







My ever-present 'helper'.



Prepare thyself for a truckload of upcoming sketches.... 

Thursday, August 24, 2023

A Little Bit More About Money-A-Tize As It Makes Its Debut In Citizen Beige

Money-A-Tize has been hanging around my studios for several years now with just a few details to add and a little bit of color to add. 

Just to spice things up a bit I threw in a couple of cool blues to serve as a counterpoint to the majority of colors being warm tones.  They stick out nicely/obnoxiously.






On to the batch of imagery for the second layer.  Time to hit the sketch book(s)...

After I have selected which drawings/doodles I want to use, I add them to the canvas.







A few more lines to tighten things up a bit...

Now it's time to add the first few colors to the second layer...





The second layer is in desperate need of some green tones.


Let there be green!










Getting really close to being done, but there are still a few problem areas I need to address.


Money-A-Tize as seen in Citizen Beige...





Until next time...