Todays exercise is a Photoshop painting. Its been a while since I’ve dabbled in Photoshop. I’m working on color and light. Todays sketch is based on my favorite cereal and a rather disturbing commercial…

Well, Im learning to walk before I run by learning to draw faces plain and simple, no exaggeration.  I need to get used to the anatomy and views of each face before I can know what to exaggerate.

I noticed the other day while talking outfits with a friend of mine how our taste in clothing and accessories have changed back to the styles we hated wearing as a kid. Puffed sleeves, pleats, bows and collars; faux pearls, cameos, ribbons, the list goes on… Now, these are the very things I look for when I shop!

Spock Caricature Exercise

I recently gained possession of one of the best art books I’ve seen in a while, The Mad Art of Caricature by Tom Richmond. He creates the artwork for Mad Magazine-one of my favorite magazines since I was a kid! His art is amazing and now I get to inherit a small nugget of his vast wisdom! This is day one of practice and I’ve already learned quite a bit. Believe me, I am a long long long way from mastering this skill (long way) but the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Ill be posting progress. Here we go!

After a big Thanksgiving I am now in the Christmas spirit! No shopping or anything like that, just day dreaming and enjoying the spirit of the season, the winding down of the old year and the anticipation of the new one. I have a lot planned that Im excited about!

ink and some more Photoshop

I decided to cheer him up a bit by giving him a few friends to play with. I wonder where he’ll go tomorrow?

ink with a touch of photoshop

Todays exercise is a flying hippo or a hippo with wings. He looks a little sad though, perhaps he needs to take flight?

Photoshop color and ink

See what happens when you leave your shell for five minutes? Sea monsters are very sneaky creatures.