Illustration Friday - RETRO

     A few weeks ago the Illustration Friday word of the week was RETRO.  I was too busy to put any time into it, but I sketched out a quick idea and this week I had the time to finish it. This is done with watercolor, acrylics, and colored pencil on Bristol paper with some digital enhancements.

     I love old-fashioned soda fountains!  Many years ago I was working in Winter Garden, Florida, in a beautiful little downtown Main Street area when, lo and behold, a soda fountain opened up across the street from my job.   The first time I walked in was like walking into the past.  There was even some golden oldies music playing on a radio, specifically "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."  I would treat myself to a chocolate diet coke over there a few times a week after lunch and before long I had five cavities.  That pretty much ended my daily treat routine.  However, at the soda fountain pictured above, the sweets have no calories and they are actually dentist recommended. I think this might be what heaven is like. 

Florence Delicacies

12 x 16 oil

I just finished putting the varnish on this one today.  It's ready to go into a show at Maria Stein in a few weeks.

Illustration Friday - TEMPTATION

I'd like to give a shout out to all the good dogs in the world who have refrained (as far as we know) from giving into temptation.  To all the bad dogs who were not quite so strong - we love you anyway.

Sketch done in Painter Essentials.

Ashley

This is a pastel of my step-daughter that I had started, and nearly finished, a few years ago.  In honor of her birthday, which was yesterday, and the fact that my theme for the month is flowers, I got it back out and finished it!  Hard to go wrong with such a beautiful young woman. 

Illustration Friday - NATURAL

Natural Home Remedies

There are a crazy amount of natural cough and cold remedies and what I sketched up here is just the tip of the iceberg.  I did this on Bristol paper with acrylics, watercolor pencils, markers, gesso, and just a little bit of digital enhancing with the highlights.

Illustration Friday - ZODIAC

The moon is in the seventh house.

Jupiter has aligned with Mars.

Peace is guiding the planets.

Love is steering the stars.

What do we have? 

This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius.

Originally I was trying to come up with an idea that contained all of the signs of the zodiac, but I have way too many other things to do.  I'm an Aquarius and so that's what I went with. It was quick and I had fun doing it.