IF: Boundaries- Green Octopus

Study for a lady/"monster" themed piece!

I also felt this fit with Illustration Friday's "Boundaries" theme because I like how her hair is sort of a tentacle and how the boundary between what is her and what is the octopus....

Lady in a Ruffed Collar

Lady in Waiting with Unicorn

Masquerade

Three New pieces at Bear & Bird Gallery

So many apologies for the lack up updates! I've been SWAMPED with tons of projects and art this month, I've been making art every day, but not having too much time to scan/post pics!

I wanted to do a quick post about my three pieces at the Bear & Bird Gallery in Lauderhill, FL:

Bear and Bird Gallery

inside / upstairs at TATE'S 4566 N University Drive

Lauderhill, FL

All the artwork is 8x10 or smaller and priced for gift giving. Local, national and international artists with a wide range of styles!
...
Top three Reasons you don't want to miss the Small Stuff 4!

#1: Awesome art for great prices, really great!
#2: It is cash and carry, so you get to take the artwork home as soon as you buy it!
#3: Start your holiday shopping right BEFORE Thanksgiving, that way you can feel like you're ahead of the game. Art=awesome gifts.

Show runs January 6th though and open Mon-Thurs 11-8pm Fri & Sat 11-9pm & Sun 12noon-6pm

My three pieces!

$70 each

Contact Bear & Bird Gallery
amanda at bearandbird dot com
for purchase details

Another shark week mermaid

Another bathing beauty!

I warned you! ; D

Bathing Beauty study I

I am getting more and more obsessed with vintage ladies wearing swimcaps with flowers on them, so you might see a few show up in the next few drawings!!

Chocolate Cupcake

Just a sneak peak of one of my finished cupcake ladies! You'll have to buy Vol III to see the rest finished- ha ha!
; D

Lady Godiva- first drawing of 2010!

I enjoyed seeing all the equestrian groups in the Rose Bowl parade this morning (on TV, even though it was short driving distance- too many crows & too early for me!)... seeing all the parade horses was my inspiration for this drawing!

Cleaned up Can Can girl

I decided to do another pass of my Can Can girl sketch from Paris, and clean her up a little!

When in Rome

I had penciled in this drawing when I was down in Rome, but since it was at the end of my sketchbook, I can't remember if I posted her or not. Anyway, I remember I hadn't colored her in, so I went ahead and inked/ colored her so I could post her the way I meant to!

Leopard Print

Lady with mink stole

From this awesome book of 1920s fashions- I think I like her hair the most!

Inspired by Horst P Horst

Such beautiful and elegant ladies in his photography ! 

Skeleton lady

 

Skeleton lady- sort of "day of the dead" inspired

cool lookin' lady

I got a whole stack of awesome vintage/random photographs at Melrose Trading Post (one of our local flea markets) with a whole assortment of characters this weekend- this is based off of a pretty rocking woman in one of the photos with a huge afro and a blazingly awesome pink dress- I need to do more drawings/studies of her in color... The top one is just a drawing of her, the bottom one I tried to simplify the silhouette of the character more...

One of these days I want to set up an "inspiration blog" with found images/ photos/ just random things that inspire me visually- that'll be a photo I put up on it for sure!

Olympic opening ceremony sketch

Just a quick sketch from watching tonight's Olympic opening ceremonies- loved some of the women's costumes and the overall amazing choreography!

Red Bird

End of April

Quick lunchtime sketch- end of my hummingbird notebook too! Time to start a new Ex Libris Anonymous sketchbook!