I love this illustration from the book The Hundred Dresses (page 14). The original artist, Louis Slobodkin, actually studied as a sculptor before finding his way into illustration. I had to warm up with a colored pencil sketch and then a still-not-very-precise study before I was ready to try copying the whole illustration. My finalContinue reading “studying Slobodkin’s illustrations”
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drawing: royal raindrops crabapple tree
Year two in my yard for this tree. Last year this tree grew five branches straight up, at least a couple feet above the rest of the tree. Then, this year, those same long branches started putting out new growth from their tall ends, which made them all flop to the sides from the weight.Continue reading “drawing: royal raindrops crabapple tree”
golden leaves
Watercolor on paper, 5×7 inches.
drawing: big cis plum tree
When I bought this tree last fall I thought its leaves were sparse because they had already been dropping with the turning season. Turns out, nope. The tree was just unhappy enough in the nursery conditions that it only had a handful of leaves, and a number of bare branches. It is starting to settleContinue reading “drawing: big cis plum tree”
the woman in the moon
This piece is an outgrowth of my “Unfinished Woman” drawing. I liked the circle within her hair as a geometric feature, but decided that the positioning wasn’t right to use it as a halo. So here I re-envisioned it as the moon. Pastel on hardboard, 7×10 inches.
bundled up
Pastel pencils have become my favorite drawing tool. Smudge-able, erasable, and in full color. This drawing was inspired by my having to bundle up a lot like this just to go down to my basement art room during the winter months. I have a space heater I can turn on once I get down there,Continue reading “bundled up”
adding a little color
I decided to add a little color to this drawing from my post “Unfinished Woman.” I used a blush brush to apply the color very lightly, and I think the finished product has kind of an illustrator’s feel to it. Pastel on paper, 7×10″
mind and heart 