Werewolf of London - Rough

Just a rough sketch based on the Warren Zevon song.  Turns out I really like Warren Zevon.

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.

Steampunk Cinderella

The last Haturday gave me an idea for a Steampunkish retelling of Cinderella.

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!

Haturday 2

Cat Chef

Finished the cat chef sketch!

Journal - LRT Sketches

Journal - Zenaris

I had to go downtown for a dental appointment and stopped for lunch at Zenari's for the first time.  I'm not usually one for panini, since there's always one ingredient or another that I object to, but Zenari's does make a good grilled vegetable panino.

A Dream - Rough

A quick rough sketch based on a dream I had.

Haturday

Something I thought of while writing my morning pages. A ricockulous hat design a week!

I love hats. (Probably won't do this every week, some Saturdays are pretty busy.)

Meowthfield

For a friend who suddenly got into Pokemon and dragged me along for the ride.  I had to do this. :)

Christmas Ornament Designs

Every year my friend and her mother, who does woodworking, has some people over to paint Christmas ornaments. A couple years ago they suggested that I design some fantasy-based ornaments, but I didn't manage to get to it until this year.

These will be cut out of wood and painted, hopefully approximating what I've done digitally. We'll see. I'll be posting the results, if there are any, in late December.

Flower Owl Girl

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 - Coffee Shop Guy

The group met partway through at a cafe to show off sketches and have lunch.  This guy was sitting behind us.

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.

Character Sketches

International Self-Portrait Day

 

Actually managed to paint an acrylic self-portrait this year. One that looked sort of not unlike me. Last year the painting was so bad that I had to scrap it and do a speedpainting in the evening when the light had completely gone.

This is the fourth year that I've done this.  You can see other people's portraits in this thread on ConceptArt.org. This is the second year that I've done a self-portrait from life and not photos. I would like to do an ink or pencil crayon portrait sometime but it has to be done in its entirety on November 1st and I think those media are way too slow to do something with.

This year I tried to do a very stylized, flattened portrait and although I'm not sure it entirely worked out, it was something new and I actually quite like the original.  I had to assemble the scan from five different pieces, since it was too dark outside to photograph it properly.  I might play around with this style of portrait some more.

It'll be interesting to do this for six more years and see the changes both in myself and my artwork.

For reference: 2009 2010 2011

...Man I need a haircut. 

Hallowe'en Ghost WIP

Not quite done with this Hallowe'en pic, but I'll post the WIP anyway since it's blocking up later blog posts.

Flower Girl

Glib Ghost

Humanoid Warrior

Journal - Pub Night 2

Another random patron from pub night.

Journal - Pub Night

Pub night at the Sugarbowl. Drew some random people sitting behind our table.

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

Brought some of my chalk pencils in to try them out.  I think I'd prefer them a bit softer, but this isn't bad considering that I never use them.

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

Another one of my less-than-awesome sessions. 

Life Drawing

The latest life-drawing session.  The model never showed up and one of the regulars kindly stepped in.

Unicorn

Alien Landscape

Abstracts

Abstracts are fun to play with!

Voice of Spring

I should finish this one up sometime. It feels like it might be a good acrylic painting or vector wallpaper or something.

Flower Princess

Sketchcrawl - St. Joachim Cemetery

The second sketch I did at Sketchcrawl 37.  This was across the road at St. Joachim Cemetery.

Sketchcrawl - Mausoleum

I went out for Sketchcrawl 37 with the local Urban Sketchers group.  It was a lovely October day for hanging out at the cemetery.  I didn't think I'd be able to show as I spent half the night in Emergency with my husband who had food poisoning, but after a long nap I looked at the weather and thought I'd better get out to enjoy it while the getting was good.  In the end I'm glad I went, as the local sketchers were very nice and I got some great sketching in.  I will probably be making this a regular outing.

Flower Scorpion

Water Sprites

Cat Chef

Pigeon pie!

Outhouse Monster

Sketching before bed.

Life Drawing

More like 20 minutes, since I had to move and then had one false start.  I think I rely on knowing facial structure from certain angles too much.

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

I really had a hard time at this session overall but I think that the face turned out pretty well in this one.

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

Life Drawing

This week's life drawing session.

Journal - Catnap

This is the cat of my husband's former boss.  We were at his house for a board game party.  A good time was had by all, even if someone pulled over a cabinet downstairs and I lost big-time at Hansa Teutonica.

Journal - West Ed Food Court

I drove out to Spruce Grove to pick up my painting from the competition exhibition, and on my way back I stopped at West Ed for lunch.  Ate some sushi, bought a suey choy and some cheap jeans.