Fish Fish Fish

I hadn't drawn any fish in awhile so I thought I would fill a page in my sketchbook with them so that I did.

Llama

Yesterday I went to visit my Mom, while I was there we walked over to the neighbor's house to see their llamas. They have 4 or 5 black llamas who like to come up and sniff your nose. They are too cute. I took some pictures and when I got home I did a quick drawing. I used my PITT Artist Superfine Pen in my sketchbook for this drawing.

Old Sketches

I haven't drawn anything for a couple of days, sometimes things are just too hectic. I started scanning my old drawings this afternoon so I thought I would share this one with you. You can see a lot more of my old drawings on my flickr account. I drew this way back on 2/24/2005 when I was living in Phoenix, AZ. I was working in a data center and the job was very boring so I always brought a backpack full of stuff to occupy my time. We worked 12 hour days, that is a lot of time to fill! Most of the stuff that I took with me everyday I thought was important at the time but I no longer have most of it. It is amazing how quickly we go through material possessions and don't realize it. I still have the little Sanrio pouch, Koi Water Colors, Niji Waterbrush, Hello Kitty nail clippers, and some of the keys. I don't even have that bag anymore. I don't know what I was thinking using that sketchbook, the paper was horrible! Anyway, I don't really carry a bag these days but I think I am going to do a what's in my pockets drawing to see how times have changed. Feel free to join me in this. Draw what is in your bag or what is in your pockets, whichever is appropriate for you. You can post a link in the comments or comment on this drawing in my flickr account. I look forward to seeing your drawings!

Drawing 30 Rock

I drew this picture of Jack and Liz while watching 30 Rock on TV last Thursday. They were not easy to draw, they move around a lot on that show! The little guy in the corner is from a commercial. I used my PITT Artist Superfine Pen in my sketchbook for this drawing. 

Drawing The Sound of Ideas

I drew this while I was watching "The Sound of Ideas" I wasn't all that interested in the show but since it is a radio talk show that is on TV the people do not move around that much so they are a good drawing target. I think my favorite part about the drawing is the frame. This was drawn in my sketchbook with my Faber Castell Pitt Pen size S.

Drawing Greg playing guitar

I have so much trouble drawing Greg. I think I want the drawing to be really good so I over think it and try too hard. Do you ever do that? It is like I don't want to make him a cartoon but I do not have the skills to make him realistic. This drawing is on textured paper that I do not get along with very well using Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Ink Pencils and my Niji Waterbrush.

Daydreamer

Last night I had some time to play around so I drew this girl, the objects around her head are what she is thinking about. On one strand of her hair it says "Sorry I wasn't paying attention". I drew this with my PITT Artist Superfine Pen and used my Koi Water Colors and my Niji Waterbrush to paint it. It is available for sale in my etsy shop.

Terry's Yummy Salsa

The other day I was drawing in my sketchbook and Greg was eating some salsa that I made. He said "you should call this Terry's Yummy Salsa". This spurred me to draw a silly label design for the fake product. The salsa has roma tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, garlic, jalapeño, cilantro, salt, chili powder and black pepper in it if you would like to try to make it. I learned to make this salsa while living in Del Rio, Texas many years ago. I used my PITT Artist Superfine Pen for this drawing. 

Drawing people from the news

These are drawings of people that were on the news while I was watching TV. I am getting better at this, they pretty much look like the people they are supposed to be. I used a PITT Artist Superfine Pen in my sketchbook for this drawing. 

Drawing a jar of tea

A few days ago I was drinking Earl Grey tea out of a jar like I always do when I decided to draw it. Just a quick sketch, not too much detail.

Drawing David Letterman

The other night I drew David Letterman while watching his opening monologue. Drawing people who are on TV is good practice for drawing people in life because they are always moving. I think that you can tell who this is. I think I am getting better everyday. There was a time when I didn't realize my drawings were cartoons, then someone told me I was drawing cartoons and I was kind of surprised at first and then kind of relieved. I knew what I was drawing didn't look real but I never thought of my drawings as cartoons until that moment. It is funny how things like that happen. I live in my own little world.                                      

Drawing at the radio auction

Last weekend Greg and I went to a radio auction in northern Ohio. We went Friday evening for the preview then stayed in a cheap hotel down the street so we could make it there early the next day. The auction started at 8:30am! When we go to auctions there is always a lot of down time where we are just sitting around waiting for the items we are interested in to come up so I did a few little sketches in the notepad I was holding. I was keeping track of prices in the little notebook. First I drew the auctioneer, the drawing on the right. Next I drew one of the helpers, I got his eye totally wrong, I need to work more on profiles. Every time they brought up another horn speaker I drew it on the paper in the center, they come in such cool shapes and each one seemed to be a little different. I just used a cheap ball point pen for these sketches, it is what I had on hand. 

Drawing the news

This is when things get really really weird. The news came on and they were talking about construction so I drew a backhoe then I drew some of the people that were on the news. They are a little improvised because the picture kept changing. The one guy was a little too close to the backhoe so I just decided to incorporate him and make his hair blend into the dirt. The other guy became a bird. I used my Stabilo pens to add a little color. I really have no idea what is going on in this picture but it is fun to look at and it was fun to draw. I like it when my drawings make me laugh. It is very important for me to use cheap paper that I do not care about in a sketchbook, I am much more free that way. Who cares if you "mess up" a piece of copier paper. A piece of expensive watercolor paper is much more intimidating to me. After I am done with this little sketch book I plan to use sketch paper that can take a little bit of wet media, it will still be cheap, just a little thicker. It is making me a little crazy that I can't use watercolor on this paper.

Dinosaurs Dream of Pancakes

This is from last week, still drawing people but now things are getting a little weird. On the right you see a man daydreaming about a dinosaur who it dreaming about the man and they are both daydreaming about pancakes while the girl just gives them a funny look. Anybody want to try to interpret this? I was watching PBS at the time, I think it was a show about Jimmy Carter.

Drawing More People

The other day we were watching a show on PBS about Jimmy Carter and I thought it would be fun to try to draw people while watching the show. The people here are mostly composites of people they were showing because they kept showing different people all of the time and I couldn't keep up. The only one that is a real person is the little girl, she is supposed to be Amy Carter. I couldn't resist drawing the little hat and braids. I also really enjoy drawing people with facial hair. You can see that my people have improved quite a bit from when I first started. I am happy with my progress. 

I have been feeling handicaped though, there was an accident with my PITT Artist Superfine Pen a week or so ago and I have had to use other pens since then that have not quite been cutting it. Finally today I went to Blick and bought 2 new pens. I haven't used them yet but I feel better just knowing they are here. 

I signed up to be an affiliate with amazon so if you click on that link and buy a pen I will make a small amount of money. I will only endorse products that I know and love and would talk about anyway. I just feel that I should let you know this is happening so I do not feel like a slimy sales person. But seriously PITT Artist Superfine Pens are my favorite!