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My sketches during the #GOPDebate! – January 28th, 2016

by on Jan.29, 2016, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Illusration

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This is a grouping of sketches I made during Thursday’s GOP debate. I took out the political references. Those can be found on my political site. The set is (clockwise from left) Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, J.E.B. Bush, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Ben Carson.

Below is a sketch I did of the earlier debate. Here’s the first showing of candidate Jim Gilmore.

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Sketching the Democrat Debate – January 17th, 2016

by on Jan.17, 2016, under Illusration

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This is a mosaic of some of the sketches I did during the Democrat debate tonight. I’ll have to do more of this for more debates and the like. There are captions involved, but my working hard to get in no political debates or discussions here, I omitted those.

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#DailyInks #28 – Finished New Painting! – November 28th, 2015

by on Nov.29, 2015, under Florida Outdoors!, Illusration

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Here’s the finished painting with the small amount of inking for definition.
Getting some rest and up next for the rest of Sunday is my annual Christmas card.

Inking, again, with the Tombo and the Precision 7.

 

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#DailyInks #24 – Inking ‘Welcoming Friends’!

by on Nov.25, 2015, under Illusration

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All inked and ready for watercolor!

This newest painting is set in an exclusive area of Brevard County in Florida. Thanks to, my friends, the Cronkhite family I was able to take photos in the area. I used those to construct this illustration. More to come!

The finished painting can be seen during the 4th Anniversary open house at The Knowledge Exchange December 4th in Palm Bay, Florida.

 

 

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#‎DailyInks‬ #11 – Inking a Crusader!

by on Nov.11, 2015, under Cartooning, Illusration

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An illustration inked today while attending a meeting of a great group watching over our Florida springs, the Silver Springs Alliance.

Inked with Kuretake brush and PITT medium pen.

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#INKtober #12 – Angry Rider! – October 12th, 2015

by on Oct.12, 2015, under Cartooning, Illusration

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Part of a larger project involving an angry motorcycle rider inked tonight.

Used to ink are a PrismaColor brush pen and a medium PITT pen.

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September 14th, 2015 – My newest painting of Blue Springs State Park

by on Sep.14, 2015, under Illusration

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The setting for this painting, ‘Welcoming a Friend’, is Blue Springs State Park in Volusia County, Florida.

This watercolor painting is 16″ x 20″ and includes critters you might find at the park. Including the Florida State Butterfly, the Zebra Longtail.

This painting will soon be available as a print.

 

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August 30th, 2015 – New Painting- ‘Song in the Clay Springs’.

by on Aug.30, 2015, under Illusration

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This is my newest watercolor painting, ‘Song in the Clay Springs’. The painting setting is the Clay Springs in western Seminole and northwestern Orange County. Today commonly referred to as Wekiva, or Wekiwa, Springs.

This is being commissioned by, Orange County School board member, Christine Moore to hang in the halls of Clay Springs Elementary School.

My first approach to this was to focus on the spring area and just decorate with critters. Then I rethought how little children today rarely see, something I grew up with, happy little animals. So I switched my approach. Tough for me because I want to educate about springs and water. I think children need to see happier pictures than the images today that lean to the grotesque.
 
Christine did want me to include the Florida black bear, used as a mascot for the school. Here’s the bear, a bunny, a raccoon and to help tie into water, a turtle. Also included is the state bird, the mockingbird and state butterfly, the zebra longwing. There’s also a block of limestone jutting from the ground that the turtle stands upon.
It took great restraint to add far more to this painting. I wanted to define so much more logical areas that would be in shadow. It would have make some areas so dark, that the image would have looked darker and the focus of the banjo playing bear would have altered. So, i back off. Way off. I’ve been trying to pay attention to other paintings and I’m sure learning more as I paint far more and with better materials.
I also got a bit more surreal with the background than I have ever done. The leaves don’t connect, the trees meander off, the leaves on the ground are ill defined. All to try and do something different for me – Keep the focus. Hopefully this works without the deep shadow needed under the limestone rock, for instance.
This will be available as a print soon.
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August 13th, 2015 – My newest painting- ‘Silver Springs Play’

by on Aug.13, 2015, under Illusration, Swampy's Florida, What's New?

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This painting includes the famous Bridal Palm at Silver Springs State Park, here in Florida.

This painting will be available as a print soon.

 

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