Mr Bears green form of travel

Mr Bears very green form of transportation.

A bit of a stretch for the theme but other than a little hot air a pretty green form of travel. Will he recycle the balloon?

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Spring, is it really here?

Spring rain brings...... Warm feet for all?

From the wet coast more here.

 

What I'm Working On

I sketched these little bubbies a while ago. I'm prepping for my big annual trade show and I decided that i needed to bite the bullet and watercolor them so they could go on a banner.

That's what I'm doing this week, designing banners, this is number five of six. I was hoping I'd be done Wednesday. Tomorrow for sure! Back on the horse ;)

A challenge - Capture the character of your pet in an illustration

I love my cat and have been trying to capture her in my illustrations. So I challenge you to illustrate your pet. It should be fun and it's an easy challenge....This was one of the first ones that I did. Juliet has some siamese in her. She's all black but with a lanky body and she's the most affectionate cat I've ever owned.... Have fun with this challenge!

Sophie's Stuff

I am working on illstrations for a children's book about a little bunny dealing with clutter. Would appreciate any comments.

Favourite Art Materials

Hi Everybody. I am so happy to be part of this blog.

Above is a watercolor and colored pencil painting that I did recently to represent me as a character. I like otters and I like to paint, seemed like a good match.

Arches watercolor paper is my preference. Anywhere from 140 to 300 lb. cold press. I've try out other papers from time to time but always end up back with Arches. It seems to be the only paper that can take how rough I can be with it. I like to rub away and scratch into it, glue things on it, and have been known to take very fine sandpaper into a wash for a textural effect. Prismacolor is my favorite color pencil; they have a rich creamy pigment. And lastly, my first choice for watercolor pigments are Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors, then Da Vinci Artist's Quality Watercolor, and at the moment I am fairly happy with Holbein Artists Watercolor. Anyone else really meticulous about their brushes? I can't walk into an art store without having a good look at brushes (though I am always on the look out for a premium drawing pencil). Having said that, I take very good care of my brushes and have brushes I still paint with that are 15 years old.

Winter Wonderland

A little piece done in watercolor, ink pen and colored pencil. Around here it looks much like this!

Young Bunnies on the Ice

A little illustration I just finished, inspired by today's snowy Ohio weather!

Little Red Riding Hood

Something I did as an exercise in a children's book illustration class. I would appreciate any critique-thanks.

Undersea "S"

I created this for an alphabet book about nature. Each item illustrated begins with the letter s, to form a large letter S. (School of fish, squid, shrimp, sponge etc)

WW Return

Pumpkin Eaters?

Hello Watercolor Wednesday! I have been trying to get back into the routine of creating and it has taken me a while just to do this one...and it's late. But I thought it would be better to participate when I can than not at all.

And, WOW! You guys have been knockin' out some cool stuff. And there are new members who are awesome ...And I guess time waits for no man.

Day at the beach

This a 5 x 7 watercolor, titled 'Follow me'. We don't have many sandy beaches in Maine....but we have a lot of rocky ones! These kids are my two boys.
I love all the submissions so far! So much imagination!!!
Debbie

Final Prairie dogs

The image is brighter than it scanned in as a jpg.

Alphabet Letters

I'm still working on this one--the jackel looks like a mule deer and the cow needs help! Did you know that there's no animal starting with "x"? If you know of one, please let me know. For a long time now, I've wanted to work on something with an alphabet...thanks for the challenge, Roberta!

SPRING

This is one of my very favorite springtime illustrations, as you could probably tell since it is gracing the headline banner on my blog. Hope everyone is enjoying some gorgeous spring weather as well. =)

Experiment

I fell in love with a huge spotted Great Dane a week ago at the PAWS Mardi Gras parade! The owner was kind enough to let me take several photos, so I've been playing with using him as a character. His little rider is "experimenting" with a pony ride.