Recent Doodles

Painting that bookshelf was easy. It’s what all of mine look like.

His hair changed slightly in the process, but that’s about it.

QXR-5000 in a wintry display of vainglorious creativity.

I’ve started to do many sketches on tracing paper. Often, I’ll have all the elements (in this case each figure and the background) on separate sheets that I can layer. This helps me play around and get just the right placement. I can then trace the setup again and again, varying composition and color, which I lay down with colored pencils.

This is my first submission to Illustrationfriday.com. This week’s word (or concept, rather) is ’80s.’

Though not a conscious choice, I have relatively few night scenes. This painting, with its limited palette andtreatment of light, has made me interested in doing more now.

This piece was a special commission, and I did quite a few concept sketches before arriving at the final idea.

For this year’s Atomic Christmas, (See #1 and #2) I decided to go for a full out family portrait, something I’ve never attempted earlier. Also, we have the most recent appearance of the Little White Dog. (See his past guest spots here, here, and here.)

As I mentioned earlier, I am an avid enthusiast of murder mysteries; especially those old parlor mysteries. This painting took more than a small page from my favorite game.