I got some gouache paints for my birthday this year and wanted to take them out on a spin to test them out. We are about to move into our first house, so I decided to make some art for my son’s bedroom.
I kept the color scheme simple for each piece, and just used a main color plus black and white to tint and shade the paint.
(Inktober 2017)
I wanted to do something inventive for the Inktober challenge this year, so I decided to design some creatures inspired by the official prompt list.
I started by writing down each prompt in my sketchbook, and listing a few animals that each prompt brought to mind. For each creature design, I did studies of the real-world animals used for inspiration. Finally, I designed a hybrid animal using a mixture the traits of the real world animals.
(Inktober 2016)
For the Inktober drawing challenge in 2016 I decided to try out a new artistic medium — sumi ink. Many traditional sumi brush paintings draw their themes from nature, so I decided to do daily paintings of the creatures of Como Zoo Park Zoo and Conservatory in Saint Paul.
Each painting was created with sumi ink and a bamboo brush, white gel pen, and black multiliner pens of different sizes.
Time lapse videos of each piece are posted on my YouTube page. Prints of the artwork are available for sale, contact me if you are interested.
