A Sketchy Character

Update

2011-07-18T15:43:00.000-07:00

I do plan on posting more frequently to this blog in the future, I've been slowly scanning a lot of things in but haven't had time to format or develop the photos.

I have joined the Google+ community, which does not allow nudity in its TOS agreement. I don't know if that applies to figurative artwork, but I know that my blog photos are saved automatically into a Picasa album, which will also be linked to the G+ account. I have set that account in G+ to be private, but there is a link in my profile on G+ that points to this blog, so just to be on the safe side, I've set it to "adult." I apologize for the inconvenience, I know it's an extra step to view the pictures here. I think the whole thing is pretty silly, none of my work is of a prurient nature, but I guess it's what I have to put up with to be involved in a free service.

Standing Nude

2010-12-31T14:47:00.000-08:00

Since it's almost the start of the new year, I think I'm going to try to update this blog more frequently.

Standing Man

2010-09-13T07:56:00.001-07:00

Woman

2010-09-02T06:14:00.000-07:00

Sheep

2010-08-31T05:15:00.000-07:00

Sketch from life at the Woodland Park Zoo. Charcoal

Woman

2010-08-30T05:12:00.000-07:00

Ford 9 Inch

2010-08-25T05:16:00.000-07:00

This is an older drawing of some car parts that my husband had laying around.
Oil pastel on hardboard

Woman

2010-08-24T05:12:00.000-07:00

Woman's Back

2010-08-23T05:14:00.001-07:00

Woman

2010-08-19T05:34:00.001-07:00

Man

2010-08-17T06:48:00.000-07:00

Woman

2010-08-16T06:32:00.000-07:00

Woman

2010-08-11T05:15:00.001-07:00

Jane

2010-08-10T06:43:00.000-07:00

Cat Illustration

2010-08-09T05:14:00.000-07:00

I went to a cat show several years ago and this was one of the beautiful animals there. I was considering drawing several cats as illustrations and selling them as cards, and this was the first one that I completed.

Rapidograph pen on bristol hot press paper

Woman

2010-08-04T06:31:00.000-07:00

Woman

2010-08-03T06:54:00.001-07:00

Head

2010-08-02T09:40:00.000-07:00

Quick charcoal sketch

Woman

2010-07-28T06:32:00.000-07:00

Socks

2010-07-27T06:52:00.000-07:00

Micron pen and watercolor on Canson sketchbook paper

Woman's Head

2010-07-14T06:47:00.000-07:00

Small pencil sketch drawn in Canson sketchbook

Man

2010-07-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

Cat

2010-07-08T15:46:00.000-07:00

This is an old pen and ink drawing that I experimented with using a crosshatch technique

Arms

2010-07-05T06:38:00.000-07:00

Sitting Man

2010-07-02T05:44:00.000-07:00

Arms

2010-06-30T07:11:00.001-07:00

Mink Skull

2010-06-28T06:40:00.000-07:00

This was another assignment from my Scientific Illustration class. I believe it's a mink skull. We had to buy a little kit of things to draw, and I got this skull, the cornish hen skull, a frog skeleton, and a green beetle. This was drawn from life (or death, haha).
Gouache and colored pencil on mi-teintes paper.

Feet

2010-06-17T06:06:00.000-07:00

I find feet particularly hard to draw. They are a weird shape, and it's hard to get the proportions right.

Man's Back

2010-06-16T06:19:00.001-07:00

Foot

2010-06-15T06:11:00.000-07:00

Charcoal on bond paper

Arms and Legs

2010-06-14T05:19:00.000-07:00

Gesture

2010-06-09T07:08:00.000-07:00

Standing Man - Back

2010-06-07T07:21:00.001-07:00

Cornish Game Hen

2010-06-02T07:00:00.001-07:00

I attended a Scientific Illustration program at the U of W extension in Seattle several years ago. It was really fun and very demanding. This was one of the first things I had to draw, the skull of a cornish game hen. This was drawn from life, I think with Rapidograph pen and crowquill pen and ink.

Gestures

2010-05-28T07:07:00.001-07:00

Woman

2010-05-26T08:12:00.001-07:00

Female Torso

2010-05-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

Figure - Hands

2010-05-12T06:33:00.000-07:00

Blogger is not cooperating with me at all today.

Gesture

2010-05-11T07:18:00.000-07:00

Seated Nude

2010-05-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Oil Pastel

Gestures

2010-05-09T06:32:00.001-07:00

Female Nude Torso

2010-05-05T10:29:00.000-07:00

Charcoal

Gesture

2010-05-04T08:12:00.000-07:00

Pigma ink pen on bond paper

Seated Nude

2010-05-03T13:43:00.000-07:00

Charcoal

Female Nude

2010-04-30T16:44:00.000-07:00

Charcoal

Head

2010-04-29T07:21:00.001-07:00

Quick sketch from tv. Charcoal on bond paper.

Legs

2010-04-28T06:02:00.000-07:00

Charcoal

TV Head

2010-04-27T06:28:00.000-07:00

Charcoal on bond paper

Female Nude

2010-04-26T08:07:00.000-07:00

Charcoal

Head

2010-04-23T05:04:00.000-07:00

Charcoal on bond paper

Nude Female

2010-04-22T04:59:00.000-07:00

Charcoal

Back after Hiatus

2010-04-18T06:08:00.000-07:00

Charcoal on bond paper

TV Head

2010-03-01T06:56:00.000-08:00

Charcoal on computer paper

Nude Woman

2010-02-26T08:23:00.000-08:00

I was experimenting with a different paper at this drawing session.

Head

2010-02-22T06:03:00.001-08:00

Charcoal on newsprint

Toothbrush

2010-02-13T08:20:00.001-08:00

Ink and watercolor on Canson sketchbook paper

Male Torso

2010-02-11T07:58:00.000-08:00

Squash Sketch

2010-02-08T16:40:00.000-08:00

This was a pencil sketch for a small squash painting.

Woman

2010-01-30T06:03:00.000-08:00

Charcoal

Cat

2010-01-27T06:24:00.000-08:00

A quick sketch of my cat sleeping. Charcoal on bond paper.

Woman

2010-01-13T07:02:00.001-08:00

Charcoal drawing of lying woman

Glass

2010-01-10T05:02:00.000-08:00

Glass on a mirrored table. Pigma Micron pen on plain paper.

Nude Woman

2010-01-02T15:40:00.001-08:00

Head

2009-12-24T15:43:00.000-08:00

Conversation

2009-12-23T07:37:00.000-08:00

Quick sketches of a couple of car guys talking shop.

Woman

2009-12-22T17:43:00.000-08:00

Charcoal
24 x 36

Woman

2009-12-02T07:13:00.001-08:00

Charcoal

Nude Male

2009-11-24T12:42:00.000-08:00

Feet

2009-11-18T08:26:00.001-08:00

Self-Portrait

2009-11-16T07:58:00.000-08:00

I look sad in this drawing, but I'm not. I was holding my sketchbook at a weird, uncomfortable angle, and after a while I noticed my neck muscles tensing up and my chin starting to quiver. This was drawn in pencil on cheap sketch paper.

Head

2009-11-10T14:53:00.000-08:00

Feet

2009-11-08T08:40:00.001-08:00

Man

2009-11-06T09:14:00.001-08:00

Head

2009-11-05T16:34:00.000-08:00

Quick gesture sketch from tv. Charcoal on bond paper.

Man

2009-11-04T18:02:00.001-08:00

EDM 20 - Draw Something "Dad"

2009-10-05T05:55:00.001-07:00

I looked for a tie, but I couldn't find one.

Woman

2009-08-24T09:11:00.001-07:00

Still Life

2009-08-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

Line Drawing of some glassware on a mirror.

Woman

2009-08-19T08:00:00.001-07:00

Whiskey Bottle

2009-08-18T08:09:00.001-07:00

Preliminary sketch for a possible painting.

Lying Male

2009-07-27T06:53:00.001-07:00

Legs and Arm

2009-07-27T06:52:00.001-07:00

Bruce

2009-07-27T06:50:00.001-07:00

Man's Head

2009-07-27T06:49:00.002-07:00

Standing Figure

2009-07-27T06:49:00.000-07:00

Head

2009-07-27T06:47:00.001-07:00

Lucy

2009-07-27T06:46:00.001-07:00

Man

2009-07-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

Woman

2009-07-14T06:59:00.001-07:00

TV Head

2009-07-14T06:58:00.001-07:00

Woman Torso

2009-07-14T06:57:00.003-07:00

TV Head

2009-07-14T06:57:00.001-07:00

Lorraine

2009-07-14T06:56:00.001-07:00

TV Head

2009-07-14T06:54:00.001-07:00

I'm back after a long hiatus! I've been putting in a lot of extra hours painting, and posting to this blog was put on the back burner for a while. I really want to keep up with it, though, so I'm trying something new by preparing several posts in advance. I hope this will work better for me.

Downtown Seattle

2009-05-13T07:17:00.000-07:00

I was downtown this weekend snapping photos and took a break to draw this little sketch. Drawing landscapes is hard for me, but I do enjoy it. This is right across from the Seattle Art Museum. I was inspired by the awesome Urban Sketchers blog, the best drawing blog in the world! and also by Seattle's own Gabi Campanario, who blogs at the Seattle Times.

Sitting Woman

2009-05-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

Pencil on Canson sketchbook paper

Man

2009-05-08T05:59:00.000-07:00

Feet

2009-05-04T20:41:00.001-07:00

Pencil on Canson sketchbook paper

EDM 14 - Draw What You See in the Morning

2009-05-01T04:51:00.000-07:00

I had to laugh about this one! I wake up in the dark and don't see anything until I go into the bathroom and turn the light on, so that's what I see. A very uninspired drawing, I must say. I also have a hard time drawing scenes in my small sketchbook, it's very difficult for me to make everything small enough, so it doesn't all fit on the page.

Micron pen and watercolor on Canson sketchbook paper

Jars

2009-04-29T19:31:00.001-07:00

I make homemade cat food and store it in these jars.