Elise preparing to catch some zzz's.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 176 - 2.13.2017
color pencil
A Drawing A Day, Day 159 - 2.17.16
Day 159
An essentially faithful portrait of Ely after feeding time. :)
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 156 - 2.3.16
Day 156
Starting a series of drawings inspired by found pictures. Here's the first!
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 146 - 12.9.15
Day 146
in illustration, aim, figurative, people, adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, watercolor, heart, ink, bursts
This is a sketch for an idea I have about changing our aim.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 144 - 11.24.15
Day 144
in ink, drawing, cat, adrawingaday, color pencil, illustration, bee, portrait
Ely envelops the stinger.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 143 - 11.23.15
Day 143
An elaborated sitter.
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A Drawin A Day, Day 142 - 11.22.15
Day 142
Skulls and lulls.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 141 - 11.20.15
Day 141
Splashing some watercolor around to loosen up the ideas.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 126 - 9.25.15
Day 126
in adrawingaday, bones, brain, color pencil, creature like, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, ink, skeleton
A year ago I started combining the brain and heart to create a singular organ. I'm sure this has been interpreted in one way or another many times, but I've grown attached to the image and its symbolism for my own reasons. Mainly I'm drawn to the balance we struggle with between reason and emotion, logic and madness, love as something magical and intangible while at once being something practical and controlled by chemicals in our brain. I'm still exploring this and am excited to see what bubbles up.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 120 - 8.28.15
Day 120
in pencil, pattern, creature like, bubbles, ink, brain, bursts, drawing, adrawingaday, cat, illustration, color pencil
Sometimes you just need to play and feel like a kid again and see what happens.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 119 - 8.21.15
Day 119
in heart, color pencil, illustration, pencil, bird, adrawingaday, drawing, hand, ink
Yesterday I heard someone share a composer's advice for breaking a creative road block- give yourself permission to fail. So here it goes again. It's a struggle to remember this but every time I do let go, I feel that much happier. Perhaps nothing comes of this idea as a whole, but maybe a stroke will trigger something else.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 118 - 8.20.15
Day 118
I had a craving for drawing an abstract, patterned being.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 113 - 7.1.15
Day 113
in color pencil, adrawingaday, skull, bird, illustration, brain, crow, heart, drawing, skeleton, bones, ink, creature like
I don't know why I felt like combining these bones and organs together today but here they are. To me it looks like a skeleton cheer leader. :)
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A Drawing A Day, Day 108 - 6.18.15
Day 108
Today called for a super quick drawing of an abstract being.
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A Drawing A Day, Day 107 - 6.17.15
Day 107
I haven't drawn Ely in a while so I decided to stylize him. Tempted to call this Ely's Infinite Rump.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 98 - 4.9.15
Day 98
in adrawingaday, bursts, color pencil, drawing, figurative, illustration, ink, portrait, splash, beard
I had to draw this striking Swedish crofter I found through the Commons. Splashing ink mixed with color pencil is definitely becoming my favorite combo. Happy Thursday!
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 97 - 4.1.15
Day 97
I found this beautiful photograph by Matthieu Paley of a man drinking salty yak milk tea. This is my illustrative take on the image.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 96 - 3.30.15
Day 96
I want to start building more environments in my drawings so here goes my first take.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 95 - 3.28.15
Day 95
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It had been some time since I drew a portrait in person. While studying, my friend let me draw him which I thought would provide a good and steady pose. But I forgot how much one actually moves around when reading and taking notes. Ha! Never the less it was a fun drawing.
Read MoreA Drawing A Day, Day 94 - 3.27.15
Day 94
in adrawingaday, boat, bubbles, bursts, color pencil, drawing, ink, otherland, splash, watercolor, gouache, voyage, constellations
I used an imprint from the previous drawing as a base here. Since I have felt pretty restrained by my head as of late I'm leaning toward more brusque strokes. Inspired by constellations I drew with my eyes closed, voyages I dream of taking, and colors I yearn for this Spring. Happy Friday!
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