Empty- Illustration Friday

Empty- Illustration Friday. Empty is what mailboxes have become since the dawn of E-Mail! I have to admit...this word sparked five pieces. I chose two to show you. Take a look at the one below also!!!

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Empty Without You! Illo Friday

Empty Without You! This is the second piece I did. You will have to forgive the crude colour fill in...I am still expecting my new technology to arrive and can't do programme downloads until then.

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Aging Ford- Illustration Friday #80

Aging Ford- Illustration Friday. This is coloured pencil and graphite. I knew everyone would choose old people as their subject and I really wanted to do a "rite of passage" but I got this book about painting weathered textures and wanted to try to get the same effect in pencil. I have yet to try my new watercolour pencils...anyone use them yet? How are they to work with.

Tranquility in Pink- Illustration Friday Part II. I'm still working on my web page...here's another addition. 

Karma Miranda- Illustration Friday

Karma-Illustration Friday. A Little known fact about Brazillian dancer/singer Karma Miranda was that when she wasn't doing shows she liked to hang out at the markets and predict which fruit had good karma! I know this would look better in paintshop or illustrator...truth is I am in flux with computers right now. I use my work computer and my home computer is in storage. I work from home...so why have two hooked up?! Now we are switching to laptops and I am waiting for those to come in before I switch everything back over. Soooo forvive the crudeness of the drawing...the copier does not do some of the detail justice!

Metropolitan-Illustration Friday. Stumped by my own word. AND two of the sketches I came up with were done similiarly so I set them aside. 

Sport- Illo Friday. "Obviously Harold knew the stakes in this newly invented "Extreme Sport;"but, had he anticipated the cat?!" 

Illustration Friday - "OOOOh, Sparky the Firedog...our Heeerooo!"

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Black and White- Marcel and Mime. I performed stage and street mime for years. I had met Mr. Marceau in 1983 when he did a show in Syracuse, NY. His inspiration was my reason for choosing this unusual vocation. I became quite popular in my day. I also was a clown and toured with several children's theatre shows.
This old fashioned hand dotted pen and ink. Double click on picture for larger view.

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Summer- Rehoboth Beach. Summer, to me, is Dolle's Salt Water Taffy on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk in Delaware. OK...the Thrasher's fries are better but go straight to the arteries! LOL!

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Digital- Illo Friday 6-3. I'm getting there. I have to hook up and un hook up equipment now so the Wacom has been down. I bought a new digital camera...besides the digital camera I use for work that I need every day. Plus the new scanner/fax/printer. It's getting very crowded! So...please tell me what you think!

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Envy-Illustration Friday

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Aquatic II. 

"Aquatic-King Neptune" Illustration Friday 5/27

Aquatic-"King Neptune." This is a pen and ink I did in 1992. I was sooooo excited when this topic came up! I LOVE working with sealife and all things "aquatic!" I have been expiramenting with adding colour to some of my pen and inks. Do you think it adds or takes away when color is added to pen and ink pictures?

Nourishment- Illustration Friday 5-20

Nourishment- I Fri's topic for 5-20. I wasn't sure I would be able to finish this by friday since I added so much detail. Plus we are having a lot done to the house and things have been chaotic around here. Sooo here it is in graphite until I can ink it and color later. Do you think it is too much?

Mischief II Re-do, Ok I finished with the black layer. Does the blue give the fur the shiny look that raccoons have to their fur? Whadyathink?

Mischief - Illustration Friday. I hope I didn't ruin this. I am expiramenting with scanning, getting the color where I want it, adding ink, re-scanning, etc. I think this might be over done. I stopped in the middle of the fourth layer of fur.Please let me know what you think.

Ambition-I-Fri

"Ambition."Illustration Friday's Challenge.(Pen and Ink with Sakura Micron.)
Sea Turtles always amazed me. The minute they are born they know that they have to get to the sea. Across several feet of sand they travel as fast as they can so they won't get eaten. Now that's ambitious!

Daring III. I just got my new scanner and am loving the difference in my pictures! So...please check out the other two "Daring" pictures and let me know what you think. Now If I can just get the Wacom to work with the scanner...and get a paint programme...I'll really be in business! 

Daring II. Nonny was the bravest person Binky Boy knew...she dared swim with the sharks!!