Tag: Silver River
May 27th, 2014 – Today on the #Drawing Board: Prepping a studio caricature!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.27, 2014, under Caricatures, Florida Outdoors!
Here are the pencils for two people who volunteered at Silver Springs State Park to clean up the Silver River and area around it. it’s figured they’ve raised some $3,000 in cans collected.
This is the pencil version that I’m sending in for approval. After approval, I have another step for prep and then adding watercolor. I’m sure to post the finished artwork in the next couple days.
I have a painting to also paint and plan to do both at the same time.
January 7th, 2013 – #DailyInks #7 – Turtle
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.07, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida
As i signed a couple sets of Swampy’s Florida books for the Silver River Museum to sell, I added a critter or two along the way. You can get your copies by going by or contacting the Silver River Museum. Click here to learn more. Here’s a turtle resting along the waters of the Silver River.
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 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.
June 5th, 2010 – National Trails Day!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.06, 2010, under Florida History!, Florida Outdoors!
Headed over to Silver River State Park about 5 miles. Above is a sketch from across the Silver River at the boat landing at the end of the River Trail.
After that I took the Fort King Military Trail. Below is a sketch from that I added color to.
At the boat launch all these little children were squealing about seeing a turtle. The softshell poked more of his head out and part of his body. He was a huge sucker. I pointed out to the little folks that the turtle was about the size of a little red head there and he was probably hiding under the launch to keep away from hungry gators. Their eyes got all big and scampered back so they might spot the shy critter again. Below is as much of the turtle I could get in a photo.