Class Portrait Doodles
The squares on the left are all experiments with different watercolor wash techniques. Today, I flipped to this page of the sketchbook and couldn’t stand how empty the other half of the page looked with
February, Michigan
Today’s sketchbook exercise was inspired by this painting by Dutch artist Jan Mankes: As you can see, I changed my colors quite a bit, but the composition quite little. I just love the original with
Color Profile: Gamboge
Recently, frustrations with watercolor have lead to practicing, and I used the excuse to create a little illustration centered around the newest tube of paint in my watercolor collection: gamboge yellow. Gamboge is fun because
Victorian Street Performers
This week, I was inspired by an old Victorian photograph of two street performers, and assigned myself the task of illustrating them as characters. Here’s the photo for side-by-side comparison: It was a really fun
Missing the Coffee House
I find myself missing the coffeehouse experience, which is odd, because I’m not the sort of person who found myself hanging out in coffee houses casually. In fact, my last job had an associated coffee
Family Crest
For this little sketchbook exercise, I just approached the idea of a family crest using a curated color palette as my jumping-off point. I tried to match this palette from a designer named Erika Firm
Alternate Book Cover
This drawing was started a while ago as a side doodle, inspired by the drawing prompt: “An alternate cover design for your favorite book”. It’s really hard for someone who loves books as much as
Bookshop Sticker Sheet Progress
Just a quick post today, with a sticker sheet in progress with the theme of a little book shop. My first, showing a bakery, is nearing finished at this point, with color and everything, and
Ram Champion
I added marker to this old drawing of a ram this morning. I’m not sure if I like it better with or without the color, but here it is! It’s cold and wet and gray
Snake in Olive Branches
I’ve been stretching my hands the last few days between my big projects with this drawing of a snake twined around some olive branches. Most of that work was in marker, but I finished by