Esther

I've had Esther's head painted for about week now, but haven't had much time to work on the rest. I didn't have a color scheme in mind for the background but I liked the soft desaturated purples and pinks in her face so I made a big batch of different shades of purples for the foggy sky. They are looking similar to background of my Waterbirth painting. Now that I have to wait for it to dry a bit before I move on to the next step, here are some progress shots.


The first few thick brush strokes for the background.





I got Waterbirth framed with Kate at Random Custom Framing in Highland Park. I love this silver box frame and I found a liner that matched the background purple perfectly. I will turning it in to Billy Shire tomorrow for Baby Tattooville!

Michelle

One more at my Flickr.


Michelle

Playboy Mansion

Recently, my friend Danielle invited me as her +1 to a pre-party at the Playboy Mansion for the ESPY's. I'm not a big sports fan but who could resist an invitation to Hugh Hefner's house?


The front of the house.


The tennis courts are behind the Greek and I.


The front lawn ornament.


I don't know why he has his star at home.


A pink bunny.


Lots of catered food and drinks, including a sushi bar.


The highlight of the evening was meeting Carlton Banks!

Going Large

I wanted to paint bigger heads without committing to a whole background (just in case I couldn't make it work.) While the flat angle of the top head made me frustrated, it was actually easier than paintings smaller heads. Each head is about 5.5" which is large compared to my regular 2" heads.



So for my next painting, I've drawn out a fairly simple composition using the drawing of Esther on an 30" x 18" panel and will be attempting my first big figure in a long time.

I found this huge bee on my way to the studio today. I saw gold wings glistening in the sun on the concrete sidewalk as I walked. The BODY of the bee is about 1"

Quickies

I'm a little behind on scans. Here are some from the past week. Ara and I are working on a postcard set that will be available in October. It will feature five of my drawings and Ara's writing debut!

More drawings at my Flickr.


Celena


Jacob


Melanie


Alexa

If you have requested stickers, I will be mailing them out after I return from Baby Tattooville.

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I have received over a hundred sticker requests in the last couple days! Amazing! Here's a little secret...I will be sneaking in a new Lucky Little Lark sticker with your Anra request.

Brothers

These boys are named after my cute little cousins. Click here for my Flickr.


Robert


Alex

Baby Tattooville!

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Ara made this flyer for me.

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Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

Ara took my zero and turned it into a hero.


Prometheus


Esther

Percy and Nicole

A couple more at my Flickr. Nine more to go to reach my first goal of 55 drawings for Baby Tattooville!

As a reminder, please pass along our Art Scholarship Contest to your students and children under 18.


Percy


Nicole

Classy Cars

Today there was a car show outside our studio (as Ana illustrated in the previous post). Here are some pictures I took.








Robin & Wonder Woman were also in attendance.

Priscilla

I'm saving some of the more detailed drawings for my show at Billy Shire in Spring 2009. I might keep this one too. To make my goal, I have to do extra drawings to make up for the ones I'm keeping. A couple more at my flickr.


Priscilla

This is what's going on outside of our studio window right now!

Meridyth and Alexandria

A couple more new ones here.


Meridyth


Alexandria

Dinner with Sushi

Last night at dinner, Ara said 'wouldn't it be nice if Sushi could eat with us at the table?' so we made it happen! We considered taping a fork to her paw, but that would be silly.

Piper and Pip

Click for Flickr.


Piper & Pip

Iphy, Tiffany, and Stephan

Iphy


Tiffany


Stephan

Broken

A couple weeks ago, I dropped my camera while sneaking into a haunted house with Mere. I made the mistake of buying from Circuit City, so now it's going to take weeks before they figure out where I'm supposed to send it to be fixed under the warranty. The first place I sent it to informed me that I sent my camera to the wrong repair shop because I purchased an "extended-warranty, not a warranty-warranty."

In the meantime, painting updates will be via cell phone pictures.

Since I now own a band saw, table saw, and electric sander, I've been playing with cut-outs of my characters. This is the first one.


He looks like an Arthur, maybe?

...And a painting in progress.


This one is driving me crazy.

Anra Drawings

Ara and I worked on these two together, passing it back and forth between other projects.


Anahit


Pebble

This one is from today, another quickie. All the drawings are in my Flickr account.


Tatyana

Sushi’s Room

Sushi wants you to see that she also collects art. Here she is posing in her bedroom next to her favorite pieces. On the left is an old postcard of farm animals getting married that Ara gave her, and the other a little Brooks Salzwedel painting.

Cornelius

Monica and Chloe have been adopted! I feel like the cat lady, only I'm surrounded by drawings of children. Meet the newest addition to my family!


Cornelius

Anra Children’s Scholarship

We’ve put together a scholarship fund for children ages 12 - 18 with $2,000 in prizes. Students can submit artwork in any medium for us to judge. To get more information please download the form below:

Six

I just uploaded six new drawings into my flickr account. The new drawings are at the end.


Sammy

Petunia

Petunia

Quickies

Photo by Ara, French tips by 'Laura.'


Mildred


Clara


Andrew


Jeremy, a not-so-quickie.

Monica

Monica

Caleb and Harriet

All of the drawings can be seen together at my flickr account.


Harriet


Caleb

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