"Etude" watercolor

This was a study at first of just messing around with the cool colors of blue and violet on a piece of scratch watercolor paper. I wanted to throw in a portrait to add some "gravitas". I have some reference photo's that I have taken over the years and in the folder I found this photo of a girl. This girl just felt right in the color scheme.

"Symbol 5" pen

What is the symbolism?

"Carrion Crow" pen

O' crow O' crow

your carrion is gone.

The hunter has left

because the season done.

Where wilt thou scratch

until your brood has hatched?

"Cowboy" pencil

Sometimes the simplest marks can convey the essence of the subject.

"Ponds Trail" charcoal

This is a small sketch of a from a trail that surrounds 3 ponds close to where I live.

"The Poorman" watercolor

I read a story in which birds and Valentines Day combine to predict the marriage prospects of young women. It was said that if a red breasted robin flew over the head of a young women on Valentines Day, it meant that she would marry a sailor. If a sparrow flew over head, it meant that she wound marry a poor man. If a gold finch flew across, she would marry a wealthy man. Now I am neither a sailor nor a wealthy man. So does that make me a sparrow? Well anyway my family can best answer that.

"Chateau dans les arbres" watercolor

This small watercolor is of a Chateau just outside of Nantes, France. I took artistic licence by taking the ruble of of the castles ruins and reassembling it to create a more noble or romantic building.

"Chicken Strut" watercolor

It has been way too long since my last post. Life seems to always come upon you and steal your time away. I know what you are thinking, "Another chicken big surprise" This is a watercolor started out as a sketch using a calligraphy dip pen. We are doing the whole calligraphy thing right now in my 2nd year art class. I think that it is pretty fun. This is something new for most of the students and they can really get into it.

"The General" pen

This is one of my goofy creatures that started out as a doodle of a bird.