Recent Posts Tagged With 'line art'

• All The Same

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 09:30 in ink, bones, skeleton, banderas, wash, line art

  We are all the same.I was playing with images from a figure drawing book and came up with this montage of what we all look like. It is amazing how the human body works and it is equally amazing how it is put together. The bones in the hand are fantas...

• Across The Street

  Posted on Saturday March 21st, 2009 at 08:07 in drawing, Color, illustration, watercolor, ink, watercolour, banderas, lizards, line art

  During some idle time, I sat on my porch and sketched the house across the street on a very hot day last September. Simple subject, sketchy lines and a cool glass of wine made this exercise very relaxing. OK, OK!. Maybe I had more than one glass of ...

• Roseville Tower Theater

  Posted on Friday November 23rd, 2007 at 13:55 in ink, roseville, line art, tower theater

  This old theater marquee still stands in Roseville. The facility is now used by local actors for plays and other events. I remember this building when I was little. At night, the bright lights made the downtown area beautifully exciting. The building...

• Cool Springs Station

  Posted on Saturday November 17th, 2007 at 10:45 in arizona, ink, drawings, route 66, cool springs, line art, kingman

  The rebuilt Cool Springs station is now a gift shop offering souvenirs and one-of-a-kind Cool Springs memorabilia. Cool Springs is located about 20 miles west of Kingman, Arizona on Route 66. After driving many miles through "nothing" you arrive at t...

• Extreme Environment

  Posted on Saturday October 13th, 2007 at 09:15 in extreme, trees, ink, drawings, line art, rapidograph

  This healthy tree has survived the heat, cold, wind, rain, snow and altitude and somehow still seems to live forever. This drawing shows the extreme environments in which living things survive. I drew this several years ago and gave the original away...

• San Francisco Apartment

  Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 09:10 in san francisco, ink, drawings, apartment, faber castell, line art, japantown, micron

  Sketch of a very neat apartment building near Japantown in San Francisco. These are lots of fun to draw because there is so much to draw. This building was very well kept and newly painted. I used Micron pens with Faber Castell "Shades of Grey" brush...

• Summer Nightmare

  Posted on Saturday August 25th, 2007 at 13:10 in visitors, ink, illustration friday, line art

  This piece of art was done for Illustration Friday and the theme of Visitors. There is nothing more horrifying than to have visitors come to see you "unannounced"--with smiling faces, children, junky camper, a crummy looking boat and their dogs. And...

• Oak Tree Discovery

  Posted on Saturday July 14th, 2007 at 12:05 in watercolor, ink, watercolour, line art, oak tree

  I made a startling Discovery. I discovered this watercolor rendition of a beautiful old oak tree. I posted the ink version in September 2006 and had planned to post this color version but forgot it in my stacks of art. With that explanation, I hope y...

• Old Auburn Historic

  Posted on Friday July 6th, 2007 at 09:36 in drawing, watercolor, ink, historical, sketch, pen, watercolour, auburn, line art

  This old structure, is located in the heart of Auburn, CA at High St. and East Placer St. It is beautiful and unique in architecture. Built in the early 1900s, this historic building for many years housed a liquor store on the first floor and and a...