Tag: art
May 8th, 2012 – Caricatures for the Golfing Crowd near Jacksonville!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.10, 2012, under Caricatures, Cartooning
Was in JPnte Vedra, near Jacksonville, drawing golf enthusiasts at the Players Club at Sawgrass Country Club. GREAT crowd! They each had so much to say about themselves and I got to really work out my creative juices in the storytelling of most of the drawings. Here are some photos!
April 2nd, 2012 – Artwork!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Apr.02, 2012, under Cartooning, Editorials, Swampy's Florida
Got a bunch of artwork done today in a couple hours. Two editorial cartoons, a bike drawing and the next Swampy’s Florida webcomic.
March 21st, 2012 – Book Cover: hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.21, 2012, under Books, Illusration
Leave a Comment :agatha, agatha christie, art, book, Books, hickory dickory death, illustration, Jacob Smith, Rob Smith Jr, Taylor Smith more...March 19th, 2012 – Book cover – Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.19, 2012, under Books, Illusration
This version of Agatha Christie’s Three Blind Mice has a Mike Ludlow cover. The wiping away of the film on the pane is amazing painting work.
March 14th, 2012 – Artwork!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.15, 2012, under Cartooning
Leave a Comment :art, book, cartoon, Cartooning, childrens book illustration, childrens illustration, drawing, illustration, Jacob Smith, Rob Smith Jr, sketch, sketching, Taylor Smith more...February 24th, 2012 – Swampy’s Florida Storybooks: Trilby’s Flower.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Feb.24, 2012, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida
Here are a few pages from the new Swampy’s Florida Storybooks” Trilby’s Flower that I’m introducing at the 2012 Pine Castle Pioneer Days. Come out and say Hello! I’ll be drawing and painting live Saturday after 3pm and all day Sunday.
February 18th, 2012 – Caricatures all day!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Feb.20, 2012, under Caricatures
Drew at two events today. One for Hospice of Marion County and the other for a private event in Maitland.
January 12th, 2012 – Hiking and Sketching!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.14, 2012, under Florida Outdoors!, Sketchbook, What's New?
I joined the Thursday morning hiking group of the Florida Cracker Chapter of the Florida Trail Association for, what turned out to be, a strenuous 6 mile hike through San Felasco State Park. There are many more photos at the Swampy’s Florida site. You can see those by clicking here.
Along the way I got some sketchin’ done, too. Not as much as usual. Below are a couple of the slight scribblings I made along the way.
While hiking it’s always good to be prepared for emergencies by carrying a well stocked Pez container!
We found ourselves in an empty bed of a cypress swamp.
This should be under at least some water. Below is a lonely cypress knee.
January 5th, 2011 – Look out for the Frog Detective!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.07, 2012, under Illusration
Here’s the birthday illustration I made for my father this year. Reading a Mike Shayne mystery novel inspired me to combine the detective with the frog. This is a watercolor painting, 11″ x 14″.
Below is a photo of my father on his birthday caught in the act of retrieving a glasses case from his shirt pocket with his requested steakburger ready for consumption.
January 5th, 2012 – Watercolor Caricature
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.06, 2012, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Florida Restaurants, What's New?
Above is the mysterious Marie who asked me to create the caricature she’s holding. I did the whole thing at Bubbalou’s Bar-B-Que in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Look for a post about it on Swampy’s Florida next week. The restaurant was a great meeting place to get the artwork done and for good food.
Here I am in the midst of getting the caricature done.
December 25th, 2012 – Christmas Visits!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.04, 2012, under Cartooning, Friends, What\'s New?
My last Christmas visits had me a bit closer to home and a chance to see lots of Christmas lights. Above are lights in Leesburg at Venetian Gardens and in Downtown Ocala. I just wish I would think more of taking photos when passing along Christmas cards. Something to work on next year!
After nearly 30 years got the opportunity to meet with a classmate in high school, Steve Brewster. He was also a fellow artist at the time. Now he lives in Gainesville. One of his hobbies is showing old horror movies on Blog.TV. You can tune in here on Saturday nights to see Steve in action.
Steve also has a mutual interest in cartoon toys and has his own collection. I did a drawing of him during the meeting.
Below is another classmate, James Holding and his wife, Susan. Though, James was a few years younger than me as we went to through school. I tutored cartooning with James when he was attending Robert E. Lee Jr. High School.
James still cartoons to compliment a business he is in as a biblical apologist. You can see much, much more on his site by clicking here. Click here to see some of his animated spots on YouTube.
The annual Christmas Eve visit to, my dear friend, Lucile Fair, is always fun. A month before her 104th birthday and she is as full of energy as ever.





















