Gray Paper Sketches

I've been back at it with the gray paper lately. I've been trying out a white colored pencil for the lights instead of the white conte that I had been using. I like that I don't have to worry about it smearing and that I can sharpen it to a nice point more easily, even though it's not quite a bright as the conte.




For anyone looking for gray paper sketchbooks, as far as I know no one is making them right now. Mine is a thick stack of gray cardstock from Staples that I got wire bound at the Staples print and copy center.

Siren and The Council

Two more new illustrations! The first will sing your flesh away so that she may eat your bones and the second is a proud tribe of great blue and gold predatory birds. Both are oil on board, about 14 x 18 inches.

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Salsa Dancer

Kind of reminds me of a vintage produce label. I like that.

Oil, 16 x 20 inches
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Pretty Ladies

Sketches from the coffee shop.

Stormy Weather and Great Balls of Fire

Two more new illustrations. An amphibiously traveling tortoise character leads some humans to shelter, and a mysterious shape shifting fire creature makes a rare appearance. Click to enlarge, as usual.

Bruce

An experiment in the style of J.C. Leyendecker. One of my favorite artists for inspiration.

Oil, 14 x 18 inches