Day 120

August 28, 2015 in pencil, pattern, creature like, bubbles, ink, brain, bursts, drawing, adrawingaday, cat, illustration, color pencil

Sometimes you just need to play and feel like a kid again and see what happens.

Day 119

August 21, 2015 in heart, color pencil, illustration, pencil, bird, adrawingaday, drawing, hand, ink

Yesterday I heard someone share a composer's advice for breaking a creative road block- give yourself permission to fail. So here it goes again. It's a struggle to remember this but every time I do let go, I feel that much happier. Perhaps nothing comes of this idea as a whole, but maybe a stroke will trigger something else.

Day 116

July 28, 2015 in illustration, adrawingaday, pencil, brain, heart, gouache, ink, drawing

Continuation of the brain and heart theme. I'm pushing myself to draw even when I'm not sure what to do.

Day 112

June 29, 2015 in adrawingaday, abstract, creature like, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, ink, pencil

I took to a larger paper today and stretched out my lines. It was a time to abstract ideas I was holding on to as too precious a thing.

Day 95

March 28, 2015 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, figurative, ink, pencil, portrait

It had been some time since I drew a portrait in person. While studying, my friend let me draw him which I thought would provide a good and steady pose. But I forgot how much one actually moves around when reading and taking notes. Ha! Never the less it was a fun drawing.

Day 93

March 26, 2015 in adrawingaday, bones, bursts, drawing, gouache, ink, pencil, splash, watercolor, wolves, wolf, attack, feeding

After watching Lulu Miller's Creative Morning's talk I decided to take on some of her tips. You can say this is my brain yodeling to the paper and I'm glad it happened. When I started the drawing I was too attached to the original photograph I had found. Now you can see traces of this initial drawing but it's more like a trail a mouse would leave in the snow.

Day 92

March 25, 2015 in adrawingaday, drawing, ink, pencil, portrait, watercolor, pug

I had an impromptu drawing session today, drawing on my friend, Kirsten's journal cover. It's a portrait of her dog, Bailey. Turns out he dislocated a disc so it's especially meaningful today. Wishing a quick recovery for this cute pup!

Day 85

December 29, 2014 in cat, portrait, drawing, adrawingaday, pencil, cat interrogation, watercolor, ink, color pencil

I call this "Cat Interrogated." :)

Day 76

November 14, 2014 in ayotzinapa, adrawingaday, drawing, ink, pattern, pencil, protest

It's been moving to see more and more people both in Mexico and Mexicans in other parts of the world protest what's been going on in Mexico for the past many years. I've been learning more and more about Ayotzinapa and feel sad and ashamed at the country's actions. All of this has also put into perspective my own family's reasons for moving to the states and what life could have been like for my sister and I should we have stayed. My hope is that we will finally come through with a more transparent government.

Day 73

November 11, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, ink, pencil, bones

From thinking of the new Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, I remembered visiting the Bone Church in Kutná Hora when I was in college. I was happy to find some pictures I took from that visit. It's amazing to see the ornate nature we create with ideas of death.

Day 72

November 10, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, figurative, ink, pencil, spine, dream

This is a frame from a dream I had. Although strange imagery, when decoding dreams it all makes sense.

Day 70

November 08, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, figurative, pencil, portrait, skeleton, carey merrick

Inspired by Carey Merrick's (elephant man) skeleton. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been in his day.

Day 37

September 25, 2014 in adrawingaday, creature like, drawing, figurative, pencil, skull

A simple sketch of random thoughts today.

Day 35

September 23, 2014 in abstract, adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, pencil, pattern

I started the drawing upside down but a quarter of the way through it felt right to turn it upside down. Can't believe how long it has been since I worked on a patterned piece like this. I felt so much nostalgia for my days in college studying with Barbara Rossi and Karl Wirsum. They were part of the Chicago Imagists group and are just amazing people and artists.

Day 34

September 22, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, ink, pencil, sea life, anglerfish

This is a super quick sketch of an anglerfish. It's terrifying (from my perspective) the way they mate here, but fascinating all the same. Definitely will revisit this and take more time on a watercolor. :)

Day 31

September 19, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, ink, pencil, sea life, cuttlefish

Giving the cuttlefish another go with more time. But the watercolor will also come to be. These fish look so different from every which angle and light. Loving them. :)

Day 29

September 17, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, ink, pencil, portrait, pig

Thought up some great ideas for drawings today! But for now I kept this to the point more or less. :) Loving piglets right now.

Day 26

September 14, 2014 in adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, figurative, ink, pencil, portrait, skeleton, skull

Started to think up new characters. This is a first attempt. Essentially, noticing my interest in skeletons and combining different animals, I thought to bring them all together. This one is paired off human to human, but you get the point. :)

Day 25

September 13, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, figurative, ink, pencil, elephant

Today I remembered someone telling me about elephants walking to their graves. I then checked out images of the young and of the old elephants. It seems they're truly one of our emotional comrades. Here is a an article with some interesting facts.

Day 24

September 12, 2014 in adrawingaday, bubbles, color pencil, drawing, gouache, ink, pencil, portrait, sea life, splash, puffin, mackerel

This headline definitely got my attention today- "A Dozen Puffins Will Get You 800 Mackerel: Inside The Weird Economy Of Zoos." Or maybe the puffins will get those 800 mackerel...