Ellen Degeneres caricature

This is the caricature my husband asked me to do. Gotta love Ellen D.

Magic Mike Caricature

I have so much fun doing caricatures!

My husband politely suggested I stop doing males that look like this.

He suggested Ellen Degeneres. So, looks like I'll attempt her next.

Illustration Friday - CHILDHOOD

This is an update - May 27, 2016

I finished this piece up with oils. No digital work because I wanted a piece that I could frame.

                                      

    

 This bottom one started as an 8 x 10 watercolor on clayboard and finished up in Corel Painter.
I took a photo of this awesome treehouse many years ago and I've always intended to get it out and add the kids. Here it is!
     If you're interested in seeing an even older version of kids playing in a tree click here. I am slowly but surely learning the art of children's illustration.    

Ms. Cow

A fun caricature that I did today of a cow that I drew in my sketchbook yesterday.

Just because I like cows.

Illustration Friday - VILLAGE

     This is the fountain in my wonderful home town of Greenville, Ohio. I've taken a few liberties. For instance, the fountain sits in our traffic circle and isn't usually populated with people. 

      I'm still working on this piece in my studio as a rather large pastel, but time was running out for me to get it posted to IF, so I took a photo, scanned it into the computer, and added the people and some other details. Now when I return to the pastel I'll have some extra reference material.

Dylan and Louisa

     I need more black and white images in my portfolio and I also need more illustrations that contain more than one child, so I'm practicing. I've pulled out some old snapshots and I'm getting down to business. This is done with a ballpoint pen and some ink wash. No touch-ups here. I did it on the back piece of cardboard from my watercolor pad. I had no idea how the surface would be to work on, but it was a nice smooth, sturdy piece of board so I thought "hey, why not?"  The surface was not great for blending, lifting color, or any of the watercolor techniques that I have experience with, so I really had to think about each brushstroke before I laid it down. Turns out I like the looser look of this piece, and how could I go wrong with these adorable kids anyway? My babies when they were babies.