Graphite on paper.
Such a little room meant so much. I wonder what it is doing now.
Lamp at the Old Apartment
July 27, 2009 at 4:29 pm (pencil on paper)
Tags: apartment, art, artist, bedroom, closet, draw, drawing, dresser, eight ball, graphite, lamp, life, light, lighting, paper, pencil, picture, shade, smudge, stuff
Velvet Eggs
July 25, 2009 at 7:09 pm (ink on paper)
Tags: art, still life, ink, paper, fabric, pen, book, drawing, artist, vase, draw, egg, jen, ashmen, sketchm study, mark making, stonehenge, velvet
A sketch of a round vase, velvet, and four eggs on a table.
Trip Disney World, Part 3
July 24, 2009 at 4:24 pm (Sketches)
Tags: sketch, art, black, book, artist, white, ashmen, world, vacation, travel, disney, florida, memories, orlando, autograph, countries, epcot, world showcase, international
The most productive day of drawing was in Epcot. I tried to get a good sketch from each country featured in Epcot’s World Showcase. Here are the last of the pages I’m posting from my recent Florida vacation.
Epcot World Showcase:
Morocco:
Japan:
Italy:
This is my favorite drawing in the book. China:
Norway:
My Grandmother’s hands and bags on the ride home:
I realize these last three entries are more personal then I tend to get in my blog, but I’m very proud of my souvenier book. Thank you for taking a glance.
Trip to Disney World, Part 2
July 23, 2009 at 3:55 pm (Sketches)
Tags: adventure, art, artist, book, disney, doodles, draw, drawing, family, florida, life, line, memories, orlando, paper, pen, quick, Sketches, transportation, travel, vacation, world
Feel free to take me on your next vacation. Your memories can too be art.
Another bus ride:
Toy Story and Star Wars lines:
Lunch time Hollywood Studios:
A Toon Town home:
Lots of fish:
Tomorrow, I will conclude my posting of select drawings from an artistic Disney vacation.
Trip to Disney World, Part 1
July 22, 2009 at 11:02 pm (Sketches)
Tags: art, artist, autograph book, disney, drawings, family, florida, ideas, ink, life, memories, paper, pen, skecth, tourism, travel, vacation, world
This past winter my family and I spent a week in Florida. Instead of taking photographs, I purchased one of the autograph books popular in the Disney theme parks. I filled it with drawings instead of character signatures.
I’m going to devote a few days worth of blog posts to this tiny book. Here are some select drawings.
Standing in line:
Expedition Everest, a roller coaster in Disney’s Animal Kingdom:
Lunchtime:
Females in a crowd, waiting for show to start:
Another line:
Safari animal gestures:
Bus rides:
Pirate Restaurant:
It’s a Small World:
Tomorrow Land:
More sketches in tomorrow’s post.
Upright Zombie
July 21, 2009 at 1:31 pm (photoshop)
Tags: art, color, paint, drawing, artist, life, photoshop, zombie, undead, jen, ashmen, design, dead, character, horror, alien, skin, texture, jeans, brains, clavicle, topless
He’s a zombie planted by aliens. It happens.
I’m thinking of coloring her in, but I don’t want to taint her charm.
A Corner
July 20, 2009 at 4:40 pm (ink on paper)
Tags: sketch, art, ink, paper, pen, book, apartment, drawing, artist, draw, wall, jen, ashmen, door, home, corner, ceiling
It has been a while since I posted a sketch.
Little Red Riding Hood
July 19, 2009 at 2:43 pm (pencil on paper)
Tags: Anne, art, artist, copy, Dean's, draw, drawing, fairytale, Grahame Johnstone, graphite, illustrate, illustration, illustrator, Janet, life, little red, paper, pencil, riding hood, study, wolf, yellow
I am in the process of copying the works of Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. Before I move on to watercolors, I am studying some of their images in pencil. This helps me get a feel for the illustrations. The following image is from Dean’s Book of Fairy Tales, illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone:
Here is my graphite study of the above illustration:
Unfortunately, the two drawings are not the same. The skull is more evident in my copy. Also, the weight distribution is more natural in the original. Over the next few weeks, I hope less of my style shows through when copying their gorgeous depictions.
Flamingo in the Kitchen
July 9, 2009 at 12:18 am (colored pencil)
Tags: art, artist, bird, blue, cabinet, color, colored pencil, draw, drawing, flamingo, kitchen, life, martini glass, pink, prisma color, stove, tea kettle
The title says it all, really.
Colored pencil on paper.
