Today was somewhat rainy this morning, and instead of being able to sit on the porch to sketch, I decided to lay on my bed, listen to the thunder, and draw an angry man in the rain. I liked the way this one came out. It was fun to sketch. I'm not quite sure on the colors, but it was a nice exercise.
In my continuation of exploration of the watercolor medium, I decided to sketch out a picture of my father, who I am missing rather heavily right now. I didn't really like the way the picture came out, it didn't all mesh the way I was hoping, but was a good exploration, and it was nice to look at pictures of my family and be reminded about how priviledged I am to have such kind parents.
I was making a post on my writing blog and decided to make this little illustration to go along with it. There is nothing better than a nice qtip in the morning!
As promised, upon returning from Maine I would post some of the sketches that I did while there. Unfortunately, the trip was so busy with appointments and research that the time to really sit down and do sketches was limited, but, I snuck in a few. The first one was when my wife and I were stuck in a terminal waiting for our flight to leave for Maine. I began drawing the guy that was sitting across from me, but my wife got mad and said, "Don't draw people, people will see you looking at them and think you are planning some type of crime." So, I drew something non-suspicious, the toe of my sandals....it was a pitiful sketch...so I was glad that the plane boarded before it became more painful.
Finally, once I got to Maine, when time allowed, I drew the TOKEN LIGHTHOUSE picture that every artist draws when going to Portland.
My son and I went to get the oil changed in the car today. It took forever. I started sketching a sad guy. My son suggested that I add a mullet, and it really made the picture work. This is the mullet-master.
We started laughing hard enough that some of the patrons of the shop started looking at us funny. We disregarded them and kept drawing. This civil war picture was our next doodle. While we were drawing, my son said, "Draw a big bird in the sky", I took him literally, and drew "big bird." We laughed and laughed. It was a good day at the oil change shop.
I don't know where this guy came from. I started playing with the eyes, but then it started to look too yoda-like. I decided to throw elongated scales all over him, and liked the texture. I don't particularly care for the sketch, but liked the textured skin.
As one can see from the posts, I'm still taking pictures of most of the sketches, sorry about the folded paper. This one was a result of me trying to find something in front of me during the production meeting. I actually like the way this one came out. The shadow on the table from the phone was a pleasant suprise.
