Lion in the jungle for Illustration Friday theme is Jungle

More on my elephants

I'm plodding along on my elephants, depending on the weather and how busy my graphic design studio is. I'd really like a good 5 or 6 hours to work just on this!!!

My Dad has been up for the month visiting us kids (six kids in all!) and the weather has been close to 100. It's finally cooling down this week. so I hope to get back to this for a bit!

My submission to Illustration Friday. theme this week is "Robot"

Didn't think I had any robot images, but then this one popped into my mind! I'm calling it "How to build a Robot".

Hope you like it!

IPad sketching

I've been doing a bit of sketching on my iPad lately and I'm having loads of fun. Here's a quick sketch I did while on vacation. Sketch Club ap

Elephants in graphite and charcoal

version 1

version 2

I've been fooling around in graphite and charcoal for a month or so and started this portrait of two elephants. It's going slow, slower than I thought. Their skin is so complex! I started with pencil and now I'm adding charcoal to get the tone right. Lots of blending with a stump as I go along, and removing highlights with a kneaded eraser. I'll keep posting as I go along.

version 3

iPad sketching. Illustration Friday theme: Surveillance

Each time I pick up my iPad to do some sketching, I have a different experience. This is a really good thing! So much to play around with i8n only one app so far. I can imagine the fun when I download more apps. This one was done all on one layer with one brush. Done in Sketch Clup with stylus

Drawing my Dad

Check out my "Colored Pencil Tips" blog to see my drawing of my dad on gessoed masonite. Too much fun! I've included some tips on there for this surface.

http://coloredpenciltips.blogspot.com/2013/05/drawing-my-dad.html

Illustration Friday theme: "tension"

Here's my entry into IllustrationFriday.com's weekly challenge. The theme is "tension". We've all been there, with that new puppy! Have a good laugh!

Created in colored pencil and pen and ink on Bristol board.