Illusration
August 28th, 2012 – Powerful 4 Hours!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.28, 2012, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Editorials, Illusration
On UStream for a second day this week and another very productive time was had. Watercolored a wedding caricature, inked an editorial cartoon, inked another cartoon for a client, penciled a cartoon for a client and penciled/inked/watercolor a Thank you card for a friend in the military. All in 4 hours. Hope to be as productive tomorrow on UStream, too! 🙂
August 27th, 2012 – 5 Projects in 5 Hours!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.27, 2012, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Illusration
Leave a Comment :caricature, Caricatures, cartoon, Cartooning, Daytona Beach caricature, Florida, florida caricature, Florida cartoon, jacksonville caricature, Jacob Smith, ocala caricature, orlando caricature, Rob Smith Jr, sketch, tampa caricature, Taylor Smith more...August 27th, 2012 – Manley Fuller watercolor painting.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.27, 2012, under Caricatures, Illusration
This is a painting of Manley Fuller who is president of the Florida Wildlife Federation. I painted five of these for those who spoke at a water and springs awareness event back on June 23rd at Silver River State Park. I’m involved with a great group of folks called the Silver Springs Alliance that sponsored the event.
August 25th, 2012 – Community Meeting Sketches.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.25, 2012, under Illusration, Sketchbook
These sketches are from a community meeting about water issues I attended this past Wednesday. I stood in the back, which will explain why I have sketches of people’s backs. Below is a photo from my vantage point.
To the left is Dr. Bob Knight, of the University of Florida, who spoke at the meeting.
August 24th, 2012 – Charles Lee watercolor painting.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.24, 2012, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Illusration
Charles Lee is the director of Advocacy at Audubon of Florida and came to speak at our event at Silver River State Park June 23rd. He spoke about how water is used. About 50% of our water resources in Florida are used to water grass. As Charles points out, grass is just for decoration and yet swallows up so much of our water. Something to add is that the decorative grass is also responsible for the poisons of fertilizer and bug killer being added to the soil that filters it’s way into our Florida water supply. His talk is below and was recorded by Live Oak Production Group.
This is another in a series of five watercolor paintings of speakers from a conference I was involved with this past June 23rd.
August 23rd, 2012 – Estus Whitfield watercolor painting.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.23, 2012, under Caricatures, Florida Outdoors!, Illusration
This is Estus Whitfield, who has been an environmental adviser to four Florida governors and one of the most respected of Florida environmentalists. He co-authored the Save our Everglades program that setup initiates to help clean water for the future of South Florida and it’s residents. He has also steered a series of other outdoor programs critical to the state of the Florida outdoors and all of us who live here.
I recently finished a series of paintings of speakers who spoke at an event I was involved at Silver River State Park back on June 23rd. The event was created to help educate folks about water and springs issues here in Florida. I’ll feature the 5 illustrations in the next week.
July 17th, 2012 – Recent Crocodile Illustration!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.17, 2012, under Cartooning, Illusration, What's New?
Leave a Comment :art, boat, book boat, book crocodile, cartoon, Cartooning, childrens book illustration, childrens illustration, crocodile, crocodile boat, draw, large, large crocodile, Rob Smith Jr, sketch, Taylor Smith more...July 12th, 2012 – Lion Illustration!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.12, 2012, under Cartooning, Illusration, What\'s New?
Here’s a book illustration of a lion I finished this past week. I’ve been real busy and have not been posting here recently. All kinds of projects have been coming in. Along the way I’ve been trying to get a Florida history book finished. When I planned to do the Florida history book, I didn’t plan on other artwork coming in. At first i was turning work down and then realized I was really risking my financial position turning everything down. So, I’ve been juggling it all. I’ll try to catch up and add some of the caricature and illustration work I’ve been doing!
June 11th, 2012 – Artwork Update – Progression of latest painting!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.11, 2012, under Cartooning, Illusration, Swampy's Florida
Here’s the step by step of the latest Swampy’s Florida print that will soon be available.
June 7th, 2012 – Artwork Update!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.07, 2012, under Cartooning, Illusration
Leave a Comment :art, cartoon, Cartooning, illustration, Jacob Smith, Rob Smith Jr, sketch, sketching, Taylor Smith more...May 15th, 2012 – Springs Alliance Forum in Jacksonville!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.31, 2012, under Florida Outdoors!, Illusration
Was with the Springs Alliance in Jacksonville for a forum about water with the St. Johns Riverkeepers. The event was at a Wyndam Hotel along the St. Johns River. There was a huge turnout. I was placed up front where I did the illustrations of each speaker as they spoke. Here’s the set from the top left across: Whitey Markle (Florida folk musician), Natalie Lyons Secretary of the Springs Alliance), Guy Marwick (Water expert), Lisa Rinaman (Head of St Johns Riverkeeper), John Moran (Photographer) and Bob Knight (U of F professor and water expert). The drawings are then presented to each speaker as a Thank You after the event.