Autumn Watercolor/ pencil sketch

A few weeks back we went hiking at a nature preserve outside of the city; here's a sketch and a small watercolor piece that came from that outing.

Scenes From The Sketchbook 10/10/11

I have said it many times that I sometimes love working on the roughs of pages more than the actual finished page. This is fun and helpful in working out problems, but sometimes it can be an excuse to never finish a project ( or start it!).

Here's a selection of sketches from the last few days. The thumbnail pages on the top are done on 4x6 blank index cards, and the rest are from 9x12 sketchbook.

Recent Sketches " Shade/ Mephisto and Obsessive Heart characters

I haven't posted much, but I have been sketching away. Here's a buncha faces looking back atcha!

Mephisto, Shade (kind of on a kick with this character lately) and some warm-up sketches I thought were pretty cool.

Shade The Changing Man

I've always been a big Ditko fan; and oddly enough I've not drawn too many of his odder character creations. This is a more modern version of Shade, the 90's Vertigo version,which I thought was a great series.

Any way, here's a quick pencil sketch of Shade The Changing Man.

Crusher Creel

I have always liked the Marvel villain The Absorbing Man. He went toe to toe with Thor, The Hulk and the Avengers. One of my favorite Avengers stories is one by Roger Stern and John Byrne. All Creel wants to do is escape and find some peace and the Avengers thwart him at every turn. "Damn you eyes!" he cried. Always stuck with me. Great character, will probably revisit it later and make a full blown piece of art with Creel.

Darkseid just thrown in for good measure. All sketches done with Noodler's Ink.

Batman Sketch

Cheri gave me a bottle of Noodler's Ink and I did some sketching with ink and brush today. I like it so far. Rich and black and delutes well w/ water to make nice, flowing washes. A+!

Watercolor Landscape Painting 7/2

It has been wayyyy too long since I painted a landscape painting. Been focusing too much on one aspect of my art lately. Trying to keep in mind what my Fundamental's teacher at the Academy said constantly, cheesy as it was, it was true "variety is the spice of life and the spice of the artist".