Nude Dancer

Happy Blogiversary to Me-e-e-e...

One year ago today I started this blog with hope--that I'd actually draw more regularly and improve-- and a lot of trepidation. It's been a whole year and I think I've made some progress. :) A big part of that has been all the great comments that people have left here: thanks to all of you! And I'm especially grateful to regular visitors like Patrick, Mel, Artfish, Daryl, Chris, Dan and more--your support via those little comments has made a huge difference! Thank you!

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Illustration Friday: Red


















The often scary and always fun-to-watch Hazel Bailey, played by Alison Newman, on "Footballers Wives." Just a fast one as I was running out of time...grrr. But had to give it a try!

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She's Cranky


















Did a little scribbly sketch today when I was supposed to be working. Then I had some fun vectorizing it in Freehand and adding color in Photoshop.

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Hands














Decided 2007 is the year I finally learn to draw decent hands. So that's all I've been working on the past few weeks...

Belly Dancer






















For another Drawing Board thread.

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Drawing Board Jam: Anais


















For the January Jam, at the Drawing Board forums.

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Drawing Board Jam: Charlize


















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Vector Nude Again












Husband insists this is the better version, so I'm throwing it out there. I thought the simpler treatment was the best way to go. But this one is looking better to me now. Ha—so maybe he was right.

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Illustration Friday: Phoenix






















Pat Phoenix played the unforgettable Elsie Tanner on the British series "Coronation Street."

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Purple Vector Nude











I was struggling with a pencil drawing I was doing, got disgusted with it and just re-drew it in pencil with some quick shapes. I liked the result enough to scan it and use it as a template in Freehand...this was the result. It was interesting to duplicate the rough pencil lines using the bezigon tool...a lot of interesting changes happened. I'd like to do this again sometime.

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Season's Greetings


















Ha--you find the most interesting things when you do an end-of-year cleaning of your studio... I wish I'd found this last week, but oh well. I did this many, many years ago. (Anyone recognize who she is?)

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Happy Holidays To You


















. . . and have a Photoshop cookie. :)

To art bloggers everywhere, and to all who stop by my humble blog--Happy 2007. :)

Illustration Friday: Mask

















Made from cut paper.

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SketchCrawl
Anyone from the Lansing, Michigan area interested in getting together for some sketching on Saturday, Dec. 9? I'm really intrigued with the idea of a worldwide SketchCrawl...see info here.

Drawing Jam: Leslie


















For November's Drawing Jam on the Drawing Board.

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Happy Stock Photo Girl

















For work I often have to search through stock photo sites for stuff for the jobs I do...I often come across photos, like the one I used as reference for this drawing, that I grab and set aside. I liked this pose because it was unusual, and I am trying to challenge myself more, subject- and pose-wise. Scribbled it up in non-photo blue pencil and scribbled more in black fine-point marker.

Note to self: you need to draw a LOT more hands. And next time, try not to make the head look like it was pasted onto the body, please. Thank you.

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Caricatures








Caricatures are something I never do, but I think I might do more, after having finished this attempt. I don't think it was particularly successful (but fun, nevertheless.) The middle one kinda fell flat, but I'm not altogether unhappy with the first and third one.

They were done with marker, scanned and color added in Photoshop. Part of a caricature thread that has been going on for nearly a year and many pages, over at the Drawing Board forum.

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Drawing Jam: Anahi


















For the October drawing jam at the Drawing Board. I am becoming much more interested in watercolor these days; just slopping paint around is very therapeutic when you're swamped with work!
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