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Monday, May 18, 2020

Some assembly required

I've been playing around with some new acrylic paint pens from Artistro.  I love working in black and white especially when I get to play around with line work.  I may have gotten a little carried away with this one.


Year: 2020
Title: Some Assembly Required
16 x 40 inch, Acrylic on canvas







Here's a close up of the line work.


Sunday, April 5, 2020

a special sea turtle

My wife has a cousin who's young daughter is currently fighting cancer. She's undergoing her final round of chemo and for the next 6 weeks will be hospital bound and spending her birthday there as well.  My wife was putting together a care package/birthday present for her and asked if I'd draw something for her.  She loves sea turtles so I thought I'd try my hand at one.

Since I'd never attempted a sea turtle before I downloaded a bunch of pictures and made a few reference sheets for myself and then did a bunch of quick reference sketches a couple of which are featured below.

  I decided on not doing a full body illustration and instead focused on the head which has , depending on the species, super intricate designs.  The effect I was going for was what you might see while looking though your scuba mask.  I also opted  not to busy the piece up with a back ground, to keep the turtle as the focus, not needlessly busy up the page, and save a little time.