A Design Exercise

If a large sheet of white paper seems to stopper up your creative juices, try this.
Design a mandala!

Mandalas are simply disk or circle shaped symbolic designs.

When you see a circular shape it's usually easier to start making creative marks.

Simply draw a circle and start creating! I did some smaller "thumbnail" designs in my sketchbook.



Then I chose one and blew it up to about 6 inches across.



The fun part was painting. For this one I used acrylics on watercolor paper using an analogous color scheme.



Try this the next time you're feeling stuck.

Clique - Illustration Friday

"Clique"? Oh....., I thought it said "Cluck". ha ha

I was raised on a chicken farm and saw first-hand how cliquish hens can be. Ever hear the term "pecking order"?

Peas in a Pod

Petey Pea was never as big as his brothers. He couldn't wait to move out on his own.

Canned

This is the time of the year when you can your garden produce to prepare for the long cold winter, and this little guy wants to make sure he doesn't run out of his favorites.

Illustration Friday - Fierce

I'll be fierce in a minute......right after I take my little cat nap.

Walking In His Shadow

Illustration Friday this week has the theme "Baby". I did this piece for my illustration class. This is actually my son and his son walking down my driveway.