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Daily Drawing Three

January 6, 2015

Daily03 One of my goals this year is to simply sketch more. I will try to post some of my sketches as I go along. This is one I did today. Nothing detailed, as I usually get pretty crazy with detail. I wanted to keep this one simple so that it would maintain that look of fun, movement,  and spontaneity.

Thanks for visiting!

Filed Under: drawings, Illustration Tagged With: children's book art, daily drawing, illustration, illustrator

Project Sneak Peek

July 12, 2013

RSissonProjectPartThis is a tiny portion of a drawing that I just completed for my current illustration project. Today I am transferring the drawing to watercolor paper and will begin the process of bringing three characters to life!

More to come…

Filed Under: drawings Tagged With: book illustration, character development, illustration, preliminary drawing, sneak peek

Bubbles and Stars

February 28, 2013

HannaWBubblesPenNInkAnother page from my sketchbook reveals a recent small pen and ink drawing from a photo that I took about 25 years ago of my daughter. She was blowing bubbles in the backyard of our small cottage in Lake Orion, Michigan.

I have to admit that the most intriguing element for me in the drawing process was the hair. I got caught up in the curls and shadows and time stood still while I doodled away!

Filed Under: artwork, childrens book illustration, drawings

Back to Sketching

February 26, 2013

Sketching and journaling are two important aspects of my daily life, however I haven’t sketched regularly in several months and I have suffered for it in my heart! So, I am back to sketching and feeling so much better these days. I try to do at least one little sketch in my sketchbook to keep fresh.

GirlReadingPenNInk

I love the feel of the pencils and ink pens in my hands, almost as much as I love the paintbrush in my hands. I thought I would share one of my recent sketchbook entries…enjoy!

Filed Under: artwork, drawings Tagged With: draw, drawing of girl, skectchbook, sketch

New Project Sketches

August 27, 2012

I’m working on a new project and wanted to share a sketch with you.

I shot some photos recently of some new friends of my husband and myself who are hobby beekeepers. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them “rob the hive” of some of the delicious honey. They shared a lot of information with me and I learned so much!

Hope you enjoy this little pencil sketch!

Filed Under: drawings Tagged With: beekeeping, bees, honey, pencil drawing, sketch

Pencil Sketches are Complete

May 4, 2012

Lilly CryingThe pencil sketches for “Lilly Vanilly’s Tea Party” book for my granddaughter are complete. I am now working on the inking process, then I will add color.

This pencil sketch is one of Lilly when she discovers a big problem and runs to her room. I am enjoying the process of sketching these pages and creating the characters. Lilly, of course, is based on my granddaughter, and her cat and stuffed dog, Puppygirl, are real in her life. The rest of the characters are fictional to make the story work. I am getting a kick out of telling a story with pictures! So much fun…

More to come soon!

Filed Under: childrens book illustration, drawings, Illustration Tagged With: childrens book illustration, granddaughter, illustration, sketches

More Curls in My Sketchbook

April 19, 2012

Drawing of young girl with curly hair.Ah, another quick image of one of my sketchbook pages. Yes, this is the same little girl from my previous post — just another view.

She had beautiful curls and dark, big eyes. I hope I was able to capture her well enough!

Enjoy…

Filed Under: drawings, portrait Tagged With: drawing of girl, fine art, people, sketchbook

Sketchbook Page – Curly Hair

April 18, 2012

Curly Hair SketchA few weeks ago I was shopping with a friend and spotted two women and a beautiful little girl with very luscious, curly hair. She was adorable. I asked her mom if I could have permission to take a couple of photos of her so that I could draw her. I gave her mom my business card, so that she would know my intent was honest. She was very gracious to give me permission.

I thought it would be fun to share this page from my sketchbook with you. I will be doing more drawings of this adorable little girl. I started this one with a very fine point mechanical pencil, my favorite sketching tool. Then I added some fine point Pigma marker. I have another view that I hope to work on soon, and hopefully I will capture more of her wonderful, curly hair!

Special thanks to the mom who allowed me to take the reference photos. I deeply appreciate it!

Filed Under: drawings Tagged With: curly hair, little girl, sketchbook

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