Sketch Book Saturday

It’s been a busy time!

We had our annual musical production this week at work, and it was all hands on deck. I was in charge mostly of costume design for the principal cast, which was a lot of fun but time-consuming (and stressful). So unfortunately this week was so busy and I found myself so tired from all of the running around that I didn’t have much time to draw. I feel my portfolio glaring at me from under the pile of books and coloured paper on my couch for being so unproductive.

Just so I don’t feel too terrible, here are some old sketches I did in the summer just before my holidays. I coloured up one way back in January, but I’m not too crazy about it (it was my first attempt at using the tablet). My friend Ashley liked the first one so much I decided to gift her the original (since I insist on handmade presents for everything and am then officially the worst in the world at finishing them. Sorry Ash). Since I’m going to frame the originals and send them away to new homes,  here are the (slightly fuzzy) scans. Have a happy Saturday!

Autumn Frolic

Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Sizzle me timbers! And in other matters, sketch submission sites.

Sizzle, sizzle, bacon twizzle.

I really like drawing pin-ups. I don’t know why this is. I do know I played with Barbies until I was 11(…ok 13. But who’s counting, right?). I find them fun to do. Almost as much fun as my new obsession…sketch websites. Oh yes. The ones where you have a daily or a weekly or a fortnightly or a yearly topic and everyone sends in their sketches and then it’s a whole barrel load of fun where you get to comment and like and look at eveybody’s submissions. I love them. Which brings me to my next obsession…portfolio stalking. 

Yep. I love spending hours and hours and hours trawling around on the internet looking for other artists and going through their portfolio books to see what they’re at. I can’t tell you how excited I get when I find one that I really like. I get really inspired by it and I also like the feeling of connecting with other people who are as obsessed with drawing as I am. I think I should have a secret second occupation as a talent agent, I’m that good at unearthing. Maybe something to think about…

Anyway! Yes. Today’s post. Based on this week’s theme for Illustration Friday (which is kind of cool and I think it might be one of my new favourites). You can find them here: www.illustrationfriday.com or you can check out their partner website Illustration Age at: www.illustrationage.com. I also love sketchdailies, but even though they have a website (wwws.sketchdailies.com), it’s actually much more fun on their twitter feed, where you can see the sketches and artwork rolling in on a minute by minute basis. It’s like Christmas come early if you’re a portfolio sleuth (!) like me. 

This week’s topic for Illustration Friday was Sizzle…and feeding into my current obsession with drawing long-lashed girls straight from the chorus line at the Copacabana (it’s a real thing) I decided to draw a pin-up. Wrapped in bacon. Even though I don’t personally eat Oink Oink or Moo, I am still partial to a bit of bacon-y smelling goodness. Happy Tuesday!

Sizzle Close-Up