Monday, April 25, 2011

Illustration Friday - Bicycle

judging by the wheels someone must have driven this bike into a ditch and banged into a tree. I found it very hard to draw a bicycle, I also find it very hard to ride a bicycle, probably because I never learned until I was in my thirties

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Illustration Friday - Journey

We had a wonderful vacation in Newfoundland last summer. Being an island it's a little difficult to get to but it's well worth the journey
I painted this using tube watercolours but I added white gouache to most so it's more of a gouache

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Illustration Friday - Bottled

It's always risky to release a genie, better to keep them bottled

Friday, April 1, 2011

Illustration Friday - Duet

Dino and Frank. Sinatra had been a star since the 40's and Dean Martin since the 50's, then in the 60's they appeared together as the best known members of the Rat Pack along with Sammy Davis Jr and Joey Bishop, the ultimate Las Vegas lounge act, back when smoking and boozing and chasing "broads" who were not your wife was cool and stylish