commission: toby

     

artist’s way III: week 1 • artist date

For my first artist date, I took time to simply sketch. It was simple and relaxing. I used reference images from my simple 365 photography project. I sketched quick vignettes of natural textures, man-made patterns, flowers and plants, etc.     And apparently, my little cat also found my sketching time quite relaxing.

annual abridged: 365 good days

  After a year of sketches, I wasn't super interested in another daily project of doing something.  I wanted a break, but I liked the idea of keeping with an annual daily project.  So, I decided on a year appreciating something--well a lot of somethings, in fact 365 somethings. Living on Terceira and working at...

commission: ewok

My client had a wonderful Maine Coon cat, Ewok.  His cat passed, (as super sad, we know pets do) and he wanted a small piece of his awesome cat. I love how badass and angry he looks.

from sketch IV

This is my second set of black and white ink sketches drawn from reference images.

from sketch III

Back in 2012, I took on a 366 sketches project.  The thing is--after a while, 33 drawings, 79 drawings, 165 drawings, 283 drawings--my imagination would wear thin every so often, and reference images were very helpful as a source for inspiration when my mind would just get blank.