The Hobbit Trailer

My Dad requested this image so I sketched it for him this afternoon at my parent's house and he scanned it.
Happy Hobbitses!

Next in the song bird/ monkey series

This image was done on watercolor paper which reminded me how badly watercolor on good paper scans. The previous studies were on drawing paper and scanned very well. So the debate is- better digital image or frame-ible art?

More Studies

Another Study

The cardinal/gibbon. First in a set of studies for my next painting.

The Project

Study for Jane and JC

A study for a new painting which will have two of my heroes- Jane Goodall and Jacques Cousteau. I pretty bad at getting likenesses just right so I knew it would be even more difficult to simplify them in to recognizable characters. So, step one.

Random fact, Did you know they were both born in a year of the dog?

Paintings on canvas

I like small paintings. So I'm finally doing them (these are 6x6). Mostly using a 0, 00, and a 5/0 brushes. I've been floundering all summer on what I should be working on and while I'm sure that flailing is still ahead- I do feel like I'm onto something.
I couldn't have latched onto it without having had a really good talk/ advice session from a friend at work. Which once again reminds me how much energy I draw from engaging with good people.
I'm sure much of my problem has been stagnating alone in my own brain for too long!