DSP - Three Wheels

I really wanted to draw a passenger leaning out of the car madly and futilely grabbing for the tire but I couldn't make it work within the 30 minute limit.

I apologize to the person whose canyon photo I referenced.  This picture is nothing but personal practice.

DSP - Tomb Guardian

I love small rabbity creatures with great gnashing teeth ffft fffttt

Daily Spitpaint - Riot

I joined the Daily Spitpaint, to get more sketching in.  I do a lot more work from life now, but not nearly as much idle creative play.  The Daily Spitpaint is a Facebook group which posts several daily topics and participants create a speedpainting in 30 minutes or less.  It's not only good practice, but it's fun too.

Haunted

Something I was working on in April.  An expansion of an earlier sketch that was rejected by an art director.  I threw some colours on but I didn't like them.  I might give 'em another try.

Cloud Woman

Another sketch.

Journal - Corbett Bike

Sketched from the cafeteria on the 2nd floor of Corbett, a lonely bicycle.  Next month it will have many friends.  I dug out a brown PITT pigment pen for this.

Journal - SUB

I have discovered the warmest room on campus, and it is the SUB quiet room.  Here's a view from one of its windows.

I'm kind of looking forward to spring, when I can draw things that aren't at the U of A.

Doppelganger

An illustration for the children's e-zine Spellbound:

The Spring 2013 theme is "Changelings and Doppelgangers" and you can find it on sale here.

Journal - Humanities

It's really not much of a sketchcrawl if it only lasts a couple hours.  I was still feeling productive after lunch, so I went to Humanities to see what was there.  I like the banners.  I got a used book at the book sale, and discovered a hare sleeping near the bike racks.  It was a good Sketchcrawl.

Winter

Goldberry

A late Christmas present for a friend who is a Tolkien fan.  Pen & ink, 7.5x9.5".  Now that I have the new transfer technique down, I'll probably be doing more work like this to sell at Artwalk.

I'm pretty happy with it. :)

I used one of Faestock's gorgeous gown photos as reference for the folds.

Journal - Antique Mall

I went on the January Sketchcrawl with the local Urban Sketchers.  This time we went to the Strathcona Antique Mall, a warehouse of junk and treasures.  I was very tempted to buy this silk kimono robe.  The price was right, but the fit wasn't.

I brought it home as a sketch instead.

Candycanesaurus

The candycanesaurus lives on the doughnut islands of Great Lake Cacao.

Forest Altar

Dug out my old Col-erase pencils.  I don't normally like working with them, but I had a hankering to do some sketching with something other than graphite.

Pumpkin Blimp

So the Fairy Godmother saw Cinders off in the Pumpkin Blimp, headed for Adventure with a capital A.

Maybe sometime I'll write the rest of the story.

A Magic Teapot

This was an illustration done for Spellbound Magazine, a fantasy magazine for children.

It is in the Winter 2012 issue "Rings and Magical Things" which is available for sale at this link. If you have or know children 8-12 years old who like fantasy art and stories and read e-magazines, you might want to get a copy or even buy a subscription. I was very impressed with the quality of work inside, and I'm not easy to impress!

A Dream - Rough

A quick rough sketch based on a dream I had.

Worm Attack

Sketchcrawl - City Market

After coffee and lunch I wandered over to the north side of Churchill Square. I had been planning to sketch some sheep that were in a paddock in the ice rink/wading pool area, but I had forgotten to bring a hat and gloves. It was much to chilly to hang around outside. Instead I went into City Hall to check out the City Farmer's Market.

I sketched a vegetable booth and had a very short chat with a face painter who had a little table below me. She got some customers while I was there, which was nice to see. I bought a bag of Spartan apples, dark red and covered in powdery yeast and went home to roast some pork for a party we were hosting later in the evening.

Sketchcrawl - Downtown Library

Went out with the local Urban Sketchers again. This time we met at the Stanley A. Milner Library downtown and scattered to sketch around Churchill Square.

Here are some snow-covered basketball nets on the south side of the library:

I liked how lonely they looked.