"EXOTIC"

COREL dooodle.

IF/ 'VANITY'

"VANITY" is 

the word-of-the-week on

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY.

This unique flower sprouts little mirrors

from its center.

This little guy is all eyes!

Faster!

Out for a spin.

LIFE DRAWING

Once a month

for three hours.

I pasted scraps of Canson papers

on left over foamcore.

Then I could just walk around the model

to grab a pose.

Ha! They sure look like different models...

"TWO PEEPERS"

"TWO PEEPERS"

on a blue background.

How have I put white into this tiny piece?

Let's see: the birds are transferred  

typo film. The mosaic pattern is tiny

acrylic brushwork.

Oh yeah; I cut through the blue background

to make the strigil designs up top.

A little colored pencil colors the top bird and triangle below him.

About 6 x 4.5 inches.

"YUP!"

THIS PAPER

carries a lot of color

and some

calligraphic brushwork.

I just turned it into a landscape

by adding a sun-ball and leaves.

He is content with his roll across the sky.

Acrylic and pencil on collaged

scans of antique tile.

Typo film for bright lettering.

"BUD"

I REDUCED

one of my paintings to its

simplest line form

and printed an edition of 25 prints.

Added various collage stripes along one side

and

a little colored pencil.

I know so many veterinarians now!

'SILENT'

ALL  STAGE SOUNDS

have stopped unexpectedly

as

Brunhilde storms out of rehearsal!

Who will replace the diva? Who? WHO? WHOOOOO?

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY's word is "SILENT."

Drew this today....in Painter 12.

Remember : EGOMANIACS are easier to draw when they've huffed off-stage!

"SOUTHWARD"

THE WEATHER

in Key West is breezy and bright.

Parrotheads are in town for the sun and music

and it's nicely social at our gallery.

As my other recent posts,

this is a smaller work on paper board.

Embossing, oil pastel, watercolor and ink.

TRIOS

TRIO EQUIVALANT. 

Acrylic and watercolor.

OR THREE SINGERS.

Acrylic and watercolor.

"SUN, TOO"

WATERCOLOR

on transparent gesso.

"SUN"

WATERCOLOR

on transparent gesso.

'SUNSET'

Acrylic, watercolor and typofilm.

"STRIPES"

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

has spoken:

this week's word is 'stripes.'

She could not change her spots, and had been assured

by her friends (principally the zebra and bumblebee) that all males

adored stripes.

"Doesn't it make me look, err, heavy?"

The bee and zebra eyed each other's forms.

The buzzing friend's eyes were inscrutable,

but the zebra spat out a large mouthful of grass

and snorted,"Nonsense!"

NOVELTY ACT

A Juggler.

Acrylic and watercolor.

Monumental wedding gift

Painter.

Coffee's ready.

SCARY!!!

Pretty in Pink for

Illustration Friday!

"SCARY" is this week's word.

IT'S FANTASY FEST

IN KEY WEST.

We close the gallery:

it's pretty incredible

people watching.

We hide out at night like the

smart cat.

ETHANOL

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

word-of-the-week

was(!)

"FUEL."

'Thought of this last night.

A GOOD DAY

"AGAIN"

Collage of painted papers

with digital image, stamping

and 23 carat gold.

A varied series of collage with this sweet dog.

MY HUMBLE OPINION

Collage of papers

and

digital image

with 23 carat gold.

I'm doing a series of collages 

with this image.

'MISTER FLOWER'

Acrylic and watercolor.

About 6 inches square.

MINI-KING

Everyone likes presents!

"IT'S GOOD TO BE KING!"

3.5 inches square.

TINY GARDENER

'MOON GARDEN'

Acrylic and typo film.

Wee:  3.5 inches square.

"TRANCE"

SEE how irregular

the edges are?

I want to show 'em before they're 

covered by the frame.

Oil enamel, acrylic, ink and watercolor.

'PRO SHOP'

MY DOGS

aren't fond of tennis balls...

This one is.

What's wrong with this collage?

'Got my "N's" wrong.

Acrylic, water color, pencil, ink.

MONOGRAM

I'll use my

initials for my

profile photo.

BIRD SONG

PLAYING

in Painter.

He plays a simple song

to the bird in thanks for

the feathers.

EVENING LIGHTS

Yves and Alan

have a great garden.

There are all sorts of well-loved

and well-placed plants

in the deep, long lot.

Even water lilies!

We strolled over with our cocktails to join them there.

Alan had suspended scores (!) of tiny votive lamps

among the shadows. Bewitching!

Some final sunbeams on the glossy leaves 

were easily confused with the tiny flames.

Mike the sproodle guards the beaujolaise.

"NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH"

MAKING COLLAGES

to fit some

double rag mats

(which will cover the uneven edges);

this is called

"The Best Time of the Day."

THE LOST PEARL

ONE

of the neat options in Painter

is a 'mirror' drawing tool.

The face structure

and

radiating leaves are drawn with it.

You can position an axis point

(or multiple points!)

in the composition and rotate its angle.

I dragged it off the picture

to finish the lettering, etc.

Three Tree Moon

What it is. Painter 12

The future...

An exotic fortune teller.

Painter 12.

SEATED NUDE

PAINTER quickie

I'M NEW HERE...

I'M NO HUMAN

but I'll have a look.

'SCATTERED PINATA SPIDERS'

"SCATTERED"

is the word of the week from

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY.

'Drew this, this morning in Painter

'cause I'm on vacation.

Pinata Spiders are great:

you can play with them or eat them.

But I think little bunny boy

was hoping for candy corn.

Green Wood Smoke

Some wood

does burn green.

We used to cook with cut alder wood from the creekside

north of San Francisco.

'Must be thinking of firewood

because I want it to get cool enough

to light one in the evening.

88 f. yesterday.....

Thank you note...

The fine folks

at the

LEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY

are getting ready for this year's

Beastie Ball

and

Holiday Market.

Those people love their animals

and know how to have a good time!

This guy was a quick doodle attached to a note.

Oh, "K."

Here's "K."

"HURRY, HERALD"

THOUGH HARDLY GREEK,

this messenger has the

quality of black-figure painting

on ancient pottery.

The silhouette is

established and details removed

by scraffito technique.

In this case, I drew with a sharp eraser

in Painter 12. 

CANYON POOL

SPRITE

The winds of Autumn

begin to stir the garden.

PLAYFUL ALPHABET

PLAYING in Painter

'til

I heard the wine being opened.

That was right around 'U.'

Huh, skipped 'K,' too! I'll give that letter its own post.

PIRACY!

RECENTLY

I dedicated a humorous nude

to the client's husband.

"Could you make it to 'The Bikini Thief,' please?"

It was their anniversary.

You'll notice Corel Painter has not improved my spelling...

Astronaut with Ranch-style House

The week's word is

'CONTRAPTION.'

Anything that is tagged with that derogatory moniker

usually flies and is new-fangled.

But if you're a kid in your yard in

 the '60's,

your best bet to fly is a cardboard box.

The colander helmet: optional.