Big Cupcake

I'm feeling inspired by food art, still lifes, etc. right now. I did a bunch of cupcake sketches in my sketchbook a while back and now I have begun to choose the ones I like best to make into final pieces. This is a drawing of my first one. The dimensions of this particular piece are 14"x17." Color to come later.

IF~Breakfast

This week's topic was a perfect opportunity for me to do some food illustration. I immediately wanted to do sweet breakfast foods. Medium is graphite/Photoshop.

IF-Diary

In progess illustration. Not happy with the color yet so here is the line drawing, which was done with mechanical pencil and also sepia toned in Photoshop. The first thing I thought of was a boy breaking into his older sister's room and sneaking a peek at her diary. I'm a fan of compositions that bring the viewer into the piece. Here I show him getting caught in the act (the boy looking devious).

IF~Giant

For Giant I have a drawing of a girl with a giant coffee cup...sort of poking fun at oversized coffee drinks. I would like to add color and possibly have a cafe setting...

Illustration Friday Topic for 6/25/10~Paisley

I've recently discovered the website Illustration Friday and their weekly challenges that they post to artists. This week's topic is Paisley, and I felt that a paisley design would work great on a bird. I hope you enjoy!

My Contribution to the Ripple Blog

My sketchcard contribution to the Ripple Blog to help animal victims in the Gulf Oil Spill. It is something I did quickly; just a drawing of a hermit crab hiding in her shell and sitting in an oily puddle. Pen & Ink (Sharpies and Indian Ink to be exact) over graphite.
The size of the card is 2.5" x 3.5".

Please visit: http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com/

My work at RoCo...

I have been participating in a show for the past couple summers at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. I first went in 2008 just to view the art and then in 2009 I decided to submit work (my Society Finch piece). For 2010 I decided to do something a bit different...with a style I am playing with and really enjoying.
The first piece I created is of a Koi Fish:



and the second one I created is of a Peacock:



Apparently they have sold, which I am happy to hear, and the money (each piece is sold at $20) goes to support the gallery.
It is interesting to hear which one people like more!
Please visit http://www.roco6x6.org/ to see more work from the show!