Day 115

July 23, 2015 in emotion from afar, illustration, watercolor, splash, ink, drawing, adrawingaday, bursts, text, gouache, brain, heart

There are some things that are best left unsaid if nothing else will sprout from it. But it's nice to take a new meaning and make it your own. Happy Thursday!

Day 109

June 21, 2015 in cat, illustration, watercolor, adrawingaday, drawing, ink

This is Pickles at play. Happy Sunday fun day!

Day 106

June 16, 2015 in adrawingaday, bones, brain, bursts, creature like, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, skeleton, skull, spine, splash, voyage, watercolor, wanderer

Started thinking about nurture versus nature and emotions versus logic. Sometimes it feels like we push one out of the way in order to attain an intangible desire.

Day 105

June 15, 2015 in bones, drawing, creature like, skeleton, illustration, adrawingaday, gouache, bursts, watercolor, ink

Playful rendition of skeletons, including a conehead.

Day 104

June 13, 2015 in adrawingaday, bursts, creature like, drawing, illustration, ink, portrait, self portrait, watercolor, chilipepper

I got this idea for a portrait with peppers stuffed in someone's mouth while riding the train yesterday and starting off into space. Only now while browsing did I realize it's reminiscent (but not really) of Matthew Barney's Cremaster. It's interesting how most ideas are not original at all. We share a collective memory of a collective life.

Day 103

June 12, 2015 in ink, bursts, pig, minimalism, gouache, creature like, watercolor, otherland, drawing, brain, adrawingaday, illustration

A minimalist drawing sprouted a pig and a brain. I'd like to say I know why. In any case, happy Friday!

Day 102

June 11, 2015 in adrawingaday, bones, bubbles, drawing, gouache, illustration, splash, skull, skeleton, watercolor

Bought a new gouache yesterday and couldn't wait to use it! Took to illustrating a skull from memory and continued on with cosmic dots.

Day 101

June 10, 2015 in adrawingaday, bird, bubbles, drawing, feathers, illustration, ink, pattern, watercolor

I started this watercolor in a different direction and ended with the California Northern Flicker. I love how patterns are so therapeutic to create.

Day 100

June 09, 2015 in adrawingaday, bubbles, bursts, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, splash, symbol, watercolor

Watercolors are certainly becoming my favorite medium especially on days like today. A dribbling heart poised in mind.

Day 99

June 08, 2015 in adrawingaday, beak, bird, drawing, feathers, gouache, illustration, watercolor

A Jacobin fluttered into my mind ever since I saw a picture of them on National Geographic's Instagram here. Their feather collar in lush textures makes their presence acknowledged instantly. I just love their sassy nature.

Day 97

April 01, 2015 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, figurative, gouache, ink, portrait, splash, watercolor, illustration

I found this beautiful photograph by Matthieu Paley of a man drinking salty yak milk tea. This is my illustrative take on the image.

Day 96

March 30, 2015 in adrawingaday, color pencil, drawing, ink, mountain, otherland, splash, watercolor, environment

I want to start building more environments in my drawings so here goes my first take.

Day 94

March 27, 2015 in adrawingaday, boat, bubbles, bursts, color pencil, drawing, ink, otherland, splash, watercolor, gouache, voyage, constellations

I used an imprint from the previous drawing as a base here. Since I have felt pretty restrained by my head as of late I'm leaning toward more brusque strokes. Inspired by constellations I drew with my eyes closed, voyages I dream of taking, and colors I yearn for this Spring. Happy Friday!

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 84

December 08, 2014 in adrawingaday, bird, drawing, watercolor, american white pelican

A friend gave me a field guide book to the birds of California not too long ago, and I've been discovering so much in the book. Here's my more colorful re-interpretation of the American White Pelican.

Day 82

December 06, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, otherland, watercolor

An imagined landscape that convinces me I need to visit the Southwest soon.

Day 80

December 04, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, figurative, ink, portrait, watercolor

I decided to exaggerate the eyes, thinking of Modigliani and Frida Kahlo's technique.

Day 79

December 03, 2014 in adrawingaday, bubbles, color pencil, creature like, drawing, ink, pattern, watercolor

I started off by thinking of an MTA illustration by artist Marcos Chin. I've seen it on the train a bunch of times and I really enjoy it. You can check it out here. His use of lines to define all of the characters' contours is lovely and I wanted to play with that idea. But then I started listening to Radiolab and a story on the fight to conserve a bird called the Kirtland’s warbler and at some point I evidently thought of "The Red Balloon." There's also some 80's rock hairdo going on here. I went with it all.