"OLD FASHIONED'

'OLD-FASHIONED'

is Illustration Fridays word this week.

I DO like a cocktail and almost wrote out the recipe

for that tipple.

Here tho' is a gent with a rotary phone

and springy cord

acknowledging a rarity in his mail box.

dulled the whole thing down in Illustrator with sepia.

What else came to mind was something called

'ettiquette':

i thought of someone doing something nice

like holding a door open for a lady.

'QUINTET'

'QUINTET'

is not so big.

Watercolor on Canson Bristol

with collage borders.

I like the way the eyebrows bridge together

and the eye is eclipsed by the

singer's nose.

'GRATIS'

'GRATIS'

Acrylic and oil on paper.

The acrylic background of monoprint

and brushwork.

The bowl, bird , fruit and lettering

in alkyd oils.

Sometimes a stencil is the quickest way to 

conjure and lay down a simple

strong shape. That's how I arrived at the

bird's shape.

'MAKE UP'

'MAKE UP'

is a little oil on rag board.

About 8 inches square.

A Fabric design

Cute , huh?

Some more acrobats.....

'ACROBAT'

is this week's word on Illustration Friday.

I remembered this painting from several

years ago. It's called 'One Dog Circus' and the title was

faux-elegant in French.

I was going to the gym a lot then and was

doodling lots of nudes like this.

And, like this, most were humorous

and light-hearted.

Acrylic on paper; about 10 inches square.

Blue Gourds

A fabric design. Corel Painter.

PEARLS

A quick sketch using Corel Painter.

I want to make more creative backgrounds;

this one is done using the sponge feature followed by a smear with 

the palette knife feature.

COCKY

LOTS OF SWAGGERING

on Duval Street this week.

It's the bikers time to bring their  beautiful Harley's

into Key West. Generally nice folks who like the wind

in their face; and their faces cozied up to mugs of cold beer.

Perfect weather for this big fundraiser.

Key West has a bunch of wild roosters running around; they

hold their own against the stray cats. The hens and chicks fair worse...

Did this in Corel Painter.

'MY TALENTED FRIEND'

I LOVE IT
when I have an existing image for Illustration Friday.
This week's word is 'acrobat.'
The clown is letting his buddy hog the lights....

Acrylic, watercolor, watercolor crayon and type correction film on papers. About 8 inches square.

'PROVERB'

THIS WEEK'S 

word is "Proverb."

I didn’t want to illustrate a proverb, but illustrate the nature of shared oral history and wisdom. Just a doodle of different costumes and ethnicities with utterances passing through time from lips to ears. There’s even a learned robot and parrot who have absorbed some phrases.

Quickly in Corel Painter.

'DESSERT GODDESS'

POSTING THIS AGAIN

as

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY's

word is 'dessert.'

I love the convenience of having this 

pic' handy!

The original is oil on rag board with

collage of measuring tape.

Private collection.

'COMPANION PLANTING'

ACRYLIC on Fabriano 300 lb. hot press paper.

This is nearly an artifact: I used to work in the garden

when I lived in Laguna Beach years ago.

The title refers to the benefits of planting certain

types of plants near one another.

For example, marigolds benefit tomatoes.

'DORI'

'DORI'

is our girl. 

My buddy, Bill has a birthday coming:

he doesn't need a thing.

So today I did this alkyd oil sketch of

the greyhound as she lounged on the couch

in our library.

This is much easier than painting an abstract or fantasy subject:

just so I get the drawing correct.

9 X 12 inches; stretched canvas.