illustrations

Friday, 18 December 2009

Christmas carols

Playing some more catch up here. This was for IF: music which was a few weeks back... this turned out completely different from the sketch and original idea. It was meant to be a mixed media with paint and collage. Underneath all of that acrylic are the music notes to "Adeste Fideles" or better known as "O Come All Ye Faithful". I orinally intended for them to show, but... also made some adjustments with PS. Christmas carols are my favorites, especially this time of year. We used to go caroling back where I grew up around town (a small town). Chilly air, scarfs and mittens, 4 and 6 part harmonies... and then end the evening with hot cocoa. Good memories. Anyway, enjoy this mess of art... and Merry Christmas in 1 week!!!

Thursday, 17 December 2009

still catching up

I have more art to post still, but this was for IF: entangled (never got posted until now... ) I just laugh at how Alice got herself entangled in that silly unbirthday tea party with the crazy mad hatter!

this is a close up scan before it was finished... I didn't get to scan it before I gave it away to my sweet friend for Christmas

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

IF: "crunchy" & WaWe: "Let it Snow"

Henry trekked up the hill in the crunchy snow to meet his friends. With the first snow of the winter season came the tradition of sledging, snow-duck-angels, and new memories to be made...

Double dipping this week for IF/WaWe. I tried adjusting the color in PS but the accent/shadow areas are just very light from the scan... not like the original. Oh well. Lot's of new art to post... just have to find the time to do it amidst packing/moving. Oy!

Monday, 23 November 2009

the birthday prince

In 2 months my son will turn 2. He's definitely not a baby anymore... he looks like a little boy. My little prince :)

Saturday, 21 November 2009

WaWe character

On chilly evenings Samantha would find herself in another world when she snuggled up with an old leatherbound book filled with whimsical stories of far away lands...

This was really more of a rough draft to play with the colors and ideas. I rushed it a bit and so it's definitely not where I want it to be, but I'm really amazed at how looking at the image after it's scanned helps me see what I want to change and adjust.

Friday, 20 November 2009

WaWe & sneak previews!

WaWe (Watercolor Wednesdays) is a blog I am just starting to contribute to. Similar to IF with weekly topics... I'm a bit behind in the month, but the start of November was "Wild THing" and I've only just sat down to scan this watercolor into my computer, even though it was finished on the 7th!

http://watercolorwednesdays.blogspot.com/2009/11/wild-thing_5753.html

Working on some preliminary sketches for some illos I have brewing in my mind... delightful ideas! They're not very clear scans, but previews don't need to be in my book :)