pastel goddess

Conte crayon on toned paper.

in costume

Some quick brush pen drawings based on old photos of people in their Halloween getups.  I like how different the two mouse costumes are, and the kids dressed as cows are pretty creepy.  You can't see it in the drawing, but the cat mask involves a ping-pong ball (split in half), a gumdrop, a candy corn, and lots of Scotch tape.

gemini

Recent sketch for a future painting.  Revisiting the twins theme + a somewhat irreverent take on the old memento mori.

Now in COLOR! Sort of.

I came up with the idea of adding color to this because I figured, rightly, that this would make it easier for the viewer to see the two faces separately (also:drama!).

For this one, I just thought that the bubble had to be pink, then decided to do the girl's hair as well.

These were drawn, as usual, in pencil, then I did the details in color pencil.  I still have a huge much-loved set of aquarelle pencils that I used all the time when I first bought them... in middle school.  They have been rather neglected in the intervening years, and I think I should use them more.  Also, the creamy background color is the actual color of the paper in my sketchbook.  I'm now thinking about scanning all of my sketches, even the ones in plain ol' pencil, as color files.

mountains, masks, and Muggsy

the bag

wild creatures

Morgan at the computer.  I didn't finish drawing the keyboard because that type of shit bores me to tears.  Also, I should include the disclaimer that MPJ does not actually look this dumpy and schlubby most of the time (slouch + pajamas = somewhat unflattering).  Lastly, yes, it is a small chair, made to look smaller by both the angle and by Morgan.

The first two are sketches for future paintings ("Since when do you paint?"), and the third is just a sketch I worked on until my neck got too sore (I was standing in the doorway of the room the whole time).  Why yes, I was aware that I use far too many parentheses.  Live with it.