jewels

i'm still messing around with watercolor. the piece i did today makes me laugh...it's just got all these clownish colors and it reminds me of kiera knightley in 'the duchess', though i swear it's not her. 

anyways, see for yourself.

watercolor - 7/31/11
jewels

true blood tonight! 

feels like nighttime

i was bad and bought some things from amazon. oh well, my excitement helps me in overcoming my disappointment in myself. *happy sigh*
i'm totally kidding. i haven't bought anything art related in a long, long time.

anyways, only doodles were accomplished today. though, they were plenty fun. :)

zinc

i almost thought i wouldn't get anything uploaded today! phew.

i'm incredibly excited because i've just come back from the art store and brought some goodies with me. i purchased:

• a new mechanical pencil (0.5 mm)
• a brush pen
• a stylo pen
• woodless graphite pencils

yay! i also bought a photo frame in which i have placed my captain america piece to give to my four year old nephew (who is a superhero fanatic). he saw the piece yesterday and was so excited about it that i just have to give it to him. 

and onto some watercolor practices!

watercolor - 7/29/11
zinc

oh, by the way, i was successful in regulating my sleeping pattern. :]

shotgun

well, it's now 6:30 in the evening and i'm still awake! i'm not gonna lie...this is killing me! especially when my bed is just a couple of feet away calling my name. 

anyways! i've doodled quite a bit today. 

and then, while watching constantine, this watercolor doodle was made:

watercolor - 7/28/11
shotgun

i was using a straw to create the watercolor effect and i managed to learn a lesson: never, ever, blow paint in front of your computer. unless you want a very colorful monitor, that is.  :)

hope everyone is having an incredible thursday! 

come at me

my dizziness is discouraging me from drawing...it's really annoying. 

anyways, i'm going to be trying my very hardest to stay awake all day in attempt at regulating my sleeping pattern. i've got to go pay for my fall semester courses seeing as how the school website is a complete failure. wish me luck!

watercolor - 7/28/11
come at me

because everyone knows mice are secretly badass.

scribbles and whatnot

so, after all those movies (especially all the period pieces) i felt like sketching.

here are a couple of them. :)

graphite - 7/27/11
sketches 727

oh, and i'm feeling much better. still a bit dizzy, but other than that i'm back to normal. 

dizzy

so, yesterday evening i woke up to a spinning room. even now as i type this there is a slight spin still. 

i woke up terribly dizzy and completely nauseated and have no clue why. i've been laying in bed like a log watching the strangest of documentaries and movies. really, i have. 

let me list them for whoever is reading:

• from ape to man (history channel documentary)
• the human experience (another documentary)
• princess kaiulani 
• jane eyre (the 1996 version)
• wuthering heights (apparently, i couldn't have one bronte sister without the other)
• fever pitch (with colin firth...because i'm a sucker for him)

i was almost going to watch national geographic's 'border wars', but decided against it. though, i did watch national geographic's 'the science of dogs'. i feel as if i'm back in school and just having a sick day. 

anyways, seeing as how my brain is twirling inside my skull i've decided not to draw today. or maybe if i'm feeling better later, i will. 

i came across some of my old work on flickr (which i had forgotten all about). i will be posting a couple in place of today's work. 

i hope everyone is having a beautiful, non-dizzy day. :)

graphite - 2008
incomplete

watercolor - 2007
warm

captain america

i would have posted this sooner, but i got sucked into playing halo with my sister. aw, man, i had a blast. i laughed so much that now i have the biggest headache.
anyways, i've been wanting to see the new captain america movie for some time now. (i've been hearing great things about it.) so, i decided to paint the patriotic superhero.
first i painted with acrylics, but after that failed i tried again with watercolors. i like the way it came out. :]

watercolor - 7/25/11
captain america

if you've seen the movie, please share your take on it! 

purpleshock

you know, i've been painting for the last 3 hours. and i had to scrap each of the paintings because they completely, utterly, horrifyingly sucked.
i am not even joking.
haha, anyways, here's the only one i was alright with. i really need to practice. draw draw draw!

watercolor - 7/24/11
purpleshock

and now i shall munch on some flamin' hot funyuns...the best chips in the world. 

playtime

need to loosen up a bit. :)
6 in the morning and i haven't slept. ohgod,ohman.

weiner

i think i'm going to start on some drawing challenges. my drawings are wavering and it's annoying the crap out of me.
i feel like my brain is getting in the way. (give me a second to laugh at that)
it's so nerve wrecking staring at a blank sheet of paper and thinking about what to draw. i'm psyching myself out.

anyways, i'm going to be looking into some drawing challenges. OR if anyone has any challenges, please feel free to leave it in the comments and i'll see if i can do it. or any celebrities they'd like to see drawn...i just need to get back into the drawing saddle.

alrighty then! onto the drawing for the day:

pen - 7/22/11
weiner

hope everyone is having an amazing friday!

ləv

i have not slept. i stayed up and watched camp rock. yes, that disney movie. and, yes, i'm lame.
some productivity, though! i drew a small sketch using a photo reference for the poses and then uploaded it to add digital coloring.
it's different, but i need to try different things.

photoshop - 7/21/11
ləv

mila

so, when i was younger all my drawings consisted of just portraits. i would use reference photos of celebrities or people of interest and just draw them. i've been trying to stray away from that and get more of a unique style.
but it's been so long since i last drew a portrait and i wanted to see if i could still do it. i can't.

anyways, i tried drawing mila kunis (mainly because i just finished watching the entirety of 'that 70s show). it turned out looking nothing like her, but i still enjoyed working on it. kind of nostalgic, i guess.

variety of pencils - 7/20/11
mila

and it's upside down, because i liked it better that way. :)

hermione

i'm in a bit of a rush, so i'll just get on with the piece for the day.  :)

photoshop - 7/18/11
hermione

hope everyone is having an amazing monday!

great

color pencils - 7/18/11
great

i had a story behind these two friends, but i can't seem to remember it. i just remember the redhead screwed something up. that soulless bastard. (i'm totally kidding, by the way. gingers do have souls.)

heavy

i stayed up last night doodling :]
there are a few other doodles that i would like to further work on, but we'll see.

photoshop - 7/16/11
heavy

flippin tables

（╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

this made me laugh extremely hard. 

colors

i wanted to do something a bit more traditional with some new pastel pencils of mine. i have to say, i really enjoy them.

pastel pencils - 7/15/11
colors

oh, and today was a busy, busy day! i got to see the new harry potter film. and i cried a number of times.

yes, i know. i'm a dork.

hope everyone is having a beautiful friday! and the night's not over.  :)

royalty

alright, cutting it close today. (not really...i've got to create some suspense in my life.)
this piece was kicking my butt all day. it started off as a black and white sketch. then, when i began playing around with it, it changed form completely. then sprouted color. then she and i began debating her plain jane coloring. and she won and became purple royalty.

photoshop - 7/14/11
royalty

well, it worked out in the end. i've always been extremely fascinated with people with purple hair. there's always got to be a story there.
i would dye mine purple, but i haven't got a story behind it. and dying it without a story puts purple haired people everywhere to shame. maybe someday. :)

catwoman

my nephew likes the old school batman series! no joke.
i'm glad, because i get sucked into it too. yesterday i sat with him while he watched it and was inspired by catwoman (julie newmar). anyways, i woke up today and started working on this.

photoshop - 7/13/11
catwoman

this cutout technique is extremely new to me. it started as me putting base colors to later blend, but since i suck at that, i decided to try this out. hope you enjoy it as much as i did making it. :)

lazyday

doesn't today feel like a lazy day? because it does for me.
i'm not up for drawing much today, but here's a little sketch i did regardless.

pen - 7/12/11
sam

here's hoping everyone is having an amazing tuesday.
now i'm off to play some super meat boy.  :)

sunburn

don't you hate when you scratch your skin, momentarily forgetting you're sunburned? yeah, i'm not a fan.

san antonio was fun. i had no idea the zoo was as big as it is. we walked through it all day and still only got to see about 3/4 of the whole thing. i was able to sketch a few things. here's a page from the day:

mechanical pencil - 7/10/11
zoo

sketching animals at the zoo was another assignment from carla sonheim's 'drawing lab'. i'm having a lot of fun with this book. there's nothing stressing about it and i'm less critical of my results. :)

an assignment i had done before this was some blind contour giraffes! now, if you don't know what blind contour is...its real simple. its just drawing with a continuos line without looking at your paper. 

sharpie pen & photoshop - 7/8/11
blind contour giraffes

 i was supposed to try this out with other animals as well, but i forgot. :( i'll probably get to it another time.
these next ones were done just for the fun of it...while listening to the doors. ah, jim morrison.

anyways, happy monday!

alright

so, there's been a very spontaneous out of town trip to san antonio. since my mom and sister are on vacation (and i'm an unemployed bum), it was decided we needed to leave town and visit the good old alamo. so far, i've just slept thanks to my terrible sleeping pattern.
there is an upside! that book of mine (drawing lab by carla sonheim) has a couple of assignments that ask us to go to a zoo and draw. now, back in my hometown we haven't got any zoos so this is an ideal opportunity. i'm pretty excited about visiting a zoo, even when my family isn't. :(
anyways, i should be back home by monday and i'll be sure to upload all i got for the weekend!

have a great weekend!! :)

cats in bed

so, i got my book yesterday. looks fun!
here's the first assignment. drawing cats in bed. (i think a chihuahua made its way in, though.)

pen & markers - july 7, 2011
cats

i've got pro cropping skills, don't you think? you can't even tell.

guero

the best dog ever.

acrylics - 7/6/11
guero

he moved cockroaches away when you asked him to. he'd never bite. even when being fed, he'd be sure not to nip at your fingers. he would never bark unless something foreign entered the yard. he was great with kids and the smaller dogs. he had the most beautiful brown eyes ever seen on a dog and the best short, soft, floppy ears. and i miss him terribly.

guero 

5/17/01 - 6/24/11

elephant in the room

i love that my four year old nephew loves to draw and paint. he's progressed from scribbles to shapes and now identifiable objects/animals. a lot of the time i let him make random organic shapes and i'll create something out of it to amuse him.
we created an elephant fish a while back and now i've recreated it. :)

color pencils - 7/6/11
elephant fish

also, today is my lovely mother's birthday! so, in the most elegant way i can sing this via the internet:

happy birthday to you

happy birthday to you

happy birthday dear mom

happy birthday to you!

:)

donna

i slept the whole day. in exception to when i woke up to eat some tortilla soup. because that shit is delicious. :)
meet donna:

oil pastels - 7/4/11
donna

i had a lot of fun making this one. i hadn't used oil pastels since high school, i think.

drawing lab

micron pens - 7/2/11
eric forman

i drew a lot today. you know when you just get those bursts of energy and your hand just wants to keep going? yeah, me neither. i guess the lack of employment really frees up time for me. i want to keep up with the pace of drawing something everyday. which is why i just bought a book with creative exercises to keep me going.

here's the link to the book (drawing lab) on amazon.

it sounds extremely interesting and i can't wait to get my hands on it.

funfunfun

okay, i had a lot of fun with the red queen so i continued on.  :)

photoshop - 7/2/11
patches

redqueen

i'm trying to mess around with color more, but since i don't have sufficient lighting for my camera to pick up color very well i'm going to practice with photoshop. i've never been very good with it, especially when it comes to colors, but i did have fun coloring this old sketch i made about a year ago. this was the result:

photoshop - 7/2/11
red queen

(btw, recyciops.deviantart.com is my deviantart acct)

fourinthemorning

my sleeping pattern is off whack after staying up watching iron man 2 on netflix last night. so, i'm awake at four in the morning messing around with markers and paints. terribly so, might i add. these next sketches are of our family dogs, martini and allie.

prismacolor markers - 7/1/11
martini

watercolor - 7/1/11
allie

because i don't have a scanner, the colors never come out right (they're taken with a regular digital camera). at lease with the first one i was able to discard the color information.

rip guero 5/17/01 - 6-24-11