Illusration
Here’s my #Inktober #23 illustration: W.C. Fields & his kumquat farm & trouble!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.24, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
Drawn live during the ‘Man in the Swamp Report’ a bit earlier today on my Swampy’s Florida page.
Kaminsky did a terrific job of including the short tale in a large story of trekking the US so Fields can retrieve his money from various banks as bad guys were stealing it just ahead of him. This book is part of a 24 book series. Each features a major celebrity in Hollywood that hire P.I., Toby Peters.
The watercolor version is $35
to the first who sends a request.
Later $50 on Etsy.
Materials –
Pen: Zebra Onamae Mackee Double-Sided Name Marker – Fine / Extra Fine Twin Tip – Black Ink
https://www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Onamae-Mackee-Double-…/…/10841
Paper: Canson (100510941) XL Series Watercolor Pad
https://amzn.to/33idn6G
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If you would like to help cover the costs of pens, paper, etc.:
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#Art #Artlife #WCFields #Alligator #kumquat
Book Review; ‘A Fatal Glass of Beer’ by Stuart M. Kaminsky
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.24, 2020, under Books, Illusration
A Fatal Glass of Beer by Stuart M. Kaminsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I believe this chalks up to my favorite of the Peters tales. It does seem far fetched, except Fields lived a bit of a far fetched life and did deposit money in banks all over the place. Gets one to wonder just how the Fields family got all of that money from such a list of banks.
Kaminsky was often excellent at getting the voice of the celebrity starring in his books of Peters. Huge exception are his two Rockford Files books. Here, I can hear Fields voice throughout the book. The banter is terrific and full of Fileds well known outrageous storytelling. Peters is played down quite a bit here. Almost a co-star despite the book being in first person.
The story of why there is, essentially, a great chase is ridiculous as is the ending, but stilla great book.
About Florida: One of the stories Fields tells is of having a kumquat farm near Homosassa and that being ruined by alligators. The tale is told and sounds as Fields. i know no truth to the story. Extremely well done and thought out by Kaminsky, including using an actual Florida location and such location as kumquats are usually grown!
Bottom line: i recommend this book. 8 out of ten points.
My #Inktober #22 – Sleepy Kitty ! – Black and white.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.22, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
#Inktober #22 – Sleepy Kitty !
No pencils. No plan. My favorite way to work!
Later $20 on Etsy.
Here’s the watercoloring I did last night during the live broadcast!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.21, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
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. . . . . #Art #Artist #Painting #Watercolor #WatercolorArt #Cute#Inktober #18 – My #illustration: Off to get Ice Cream!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.19, 2020, under Illusration
#inktober #17 – Off to get ice cream!
No pencils. No plan. My favorite way to work!
My #Inktober #14 – A Flower for Kitty !
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.14, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
My #Inktober #11 – Curious Friends
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.11, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
Here’s the drawing I did Saturday at the 3pm Ha-Ba-Da-Bee- Critter Music!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.30, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
These will involve this page, my Cartoons by Rob Smith, Jr. page and my Swampy’s Florida page and an Etsy site.
My drawing from the Facebook live session on August 15th!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.05, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration
My Ha-Ba-Da-Bee drawing from the live August 15th program!My newest #watercolor #Painting now available through an auction !
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.03, 2020, under Illusration
Here’s the watercolor version of the pencils I showed a few days ago.
I created this specifically for this auction. It’s a fund raiser to continue trying to do something about a mess involving a dam, the Rodman, that makes a mess of a river, the Ocklawaha, and costs taxpayers very significantly.
The original painting is of the three best known to document the Ocklawaha river over the past 3 centuries: Sidney Lanier, William Bartram and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (‘The Yearling’).
The auction is happening here: https://explore.webpdq.com/auctions/?ult_auc_id=589
There’s more there, too, to bid on.
A print version will be available through Fine Art America after the auction.
Of course, I’m also available to create other paintings and you can send me a private message about that. Due to the mess we are in, I am very much keeping my prices even lower than usual to work with you and trying to cover my bills. Let me know if I can help!
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