Kids in Orange

Felt like drawing in orange that day in the park.

WhiteFoot

Here's some more drawings of my African wild dog fellow. A while back I'd picked up a big book on African wildlife in the bargain section at Barnes and Noble and I love flipping through it and looking at all the critters. There was only one photo of these guys in there but it was enough to inspire me. I decided to slim him up a bit more, I really like the lankiness of wild dogs. Their splotchy markings and big ears are fun to play with design-wise.
BTW, thanks to everyone who have left comments, it's always fun hearing from you guys : )

Parisian and Pooch

From this week's narrative life drawing session at work (Thanks to Aaron for getting that going again : )

Ahurrr??

A quickie, maybe more of this guy later...

Frowzy Lion

New Year, New Sketchbook

Scribbles of a little girl I saw in the park.... kinda messy, but it's the first page of a brand new sketchbook and that's always exciting.

Lil' Cowgirl Update: Done for now...

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Lil' Cowgirl: In Progress

Not quite done yet...but getting there....

Giant Eland

One of my favorite animals at the zoo.

Lil' Cowgirl

Just a doodle, maybe I'll paint it later....

Great Scot!

While rummaging through some boxes I came across this rough pre-design character I did for Catscratch. He changed a bit in the final design but the general idea is still there. I colored him just for my own enjoyment.

Post-It Painting

I was just going to post this little post-it doodle but after scanning it in I got a bit carried away and before I knew it I'd colored over it....oh well.

Horse Scribbles

The Dog-Lion

It was a nice day and I was out doodling in the park during my lunch break when I hear the pitter-patter of paws on pavement. Looking up I was surprised by the sight of none other than a Dog-Lion, yes half dog, half lion. He was quite distinctive as he came loping by and I furiously tried to capture him on paper before he disappeared. (Digitally painted later)

The children in the park were very fascinated by him as well.....
.....I think Dog-Lion enjoyed the attention.

Ponytail Post-It Gal

Pssst, post-its are magic......and quite fun to draw on...
(just one of many things I've learned during my adventures at Nickelodeon ; )

Same zoo trip, Bigger big cat

Snow Leopard Cubs

Probably the main reason I went to the zoo that day....

An Experiment in Gouache

So I had an urge to paint something traditionally and since I like the gouache tool so much in Painter I figured I should try out the real stuff. Having never used gouache before I decided to start with something simple and this silly fellow volunteered as my test subject. Thought I'd share the process:

Just my blue sketch, always my favorite part : )

This was my color study which was done on a xerox with watercolor-which explains the folds in the paper. I did a couple of these but I liked this one best.

And this was the final result in gouache, painted on a scrap piece of matte board with the lines done in ink. My conclusion: I'm pretty rusty at painting traditionally but I had fun playing with the gouache. It was fun trying to think through my mistakes without having an undo button. Overall it was an enjoyable experiment.

Kids

Took a break from the horses to sketch my other favorite subject....

Just a donkey