horses
Someone recently asked me what I draw when I don’t have any reference. I answered that I usually draw horses from memory, having drawn them constantly as a kid. These below were done with reference, though.
Skull
Sometimes I look over at my Claudia Nice books and think to myself: “Shit, I really suck at watercolour painting”. Time to get the paints out and do a study. This is a skull that I bought for Joel a long time ago.
Providence
In June, Joel and I roadtripped down to Providence, RI for the ICON conference. While Joel spent the afternoon attending panels, I decided to go plein air sketching. Below is the result. I was smart and brought my folding stool, sketched in the park across the street and finished the watercolour in a cafe nearby.
Joel and I at the ICON closing night party
Hand drawn cards
Sometimes I think it’s funny that I started a greeting card company because I basically have never bought a greeting card in my life: I have always drawn or made them by hand, which I suppose makes sense. Some of my friends and family are fortunate enough to get an original hand drawn cards (I hope they think so too!).
Here is a selection of illustrated cards:
This card is a French language play on words. I wanted to congratulate my friend on becoming a lawyer, and the French word for lawyer is “avocat”, which also mean “avocado”. Hence, an avocado in a party hat. Done in ink and pencil crayon.
We dogsat my friend’s dog over the winter while her family wintered in Mexico. This is a birthday card featuring an illustration of her dog in a Mexican sombrero.
This is a simple “raising a cup” to my friend for graduating from law school.
