Pterodactylus illustration

This is a sketch of a Pterodactylus  that I added color to with watercolors.  Looks like I am on a dinosaur drawing streak.

Dinosaur illustration

This is my watercolor illustration of an entirely made-up dinosaur.  

Diana goddess of the hunt

This is my illustration of Diana the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon.  In mythology she has the power to be able to talk with and control animals.  I have always had an interest in Mythology.  Once again, my Canon scanner bleached out the colors.   I am going to purchase the watercolor friendly scanner my friends recommended.

Talented Illustration

This is the illustration for last week’s Illustration Friday topic, Talented.  I just finished it this weekend.   I have been suffering from bad scanner syndrome.  The watercolors I have been creating are not scanning well.   Lighter colors are washed out so scans even with Photoshop adjustments are not looking much like the originals.  My new Canon printer does not seem any better than my old Brother printer.   I read that an Epson scanner is supposed to be the best for watercolors.   I’ll have to try that out, next time I buy a printer.

Little Red Riding Hood Illustration

This is my illustration of Little Red Riding Hood on her way to grandmother’s house.   Red Riding Hood’s grandmother lives a long way from town.   The village seems safe compared to the dangers of the forest.   Her grandmother should considered a cottage in the village.

Animal Pirate Illustration

The printer is being fixed!   I am posting this very old illustration until I have scanned in my new work.   This illustration is from my undergraduate days a long time ago in a State far, far away.

Greek Goddess Athena illustration.

Still working on that Red Riding Hood illustration; my Brother brand printer is not helping, it is on the fritz, inoperable, kerflooey, malfunctioning and just not working.  This post is an old illustration I created in oils.   Using some inspiration from a modern art painting, I created the background.   I imagined a more contemporary version of the Greek Goddess Athena as the figure in the foreground.

The princess and the dragon illustration

This is an illustration I created in oils some time back.  The colors and composition turned out the way I had imagined the image.   I always liked the way it turned out.  Working on a Red Riding Hood illustration at the moment.  Hope to have that posted on the blog next weekend.

Snow white illustration

I used an old Snow White sketch of mine to create a finished illustration. The illustration is created using oil paints and a little bit of just about everything else conceivable.  This illustration took forever to dry.  I might try some more images from classic fairy tales in the future.

Watercolor space ape

Take your stinking paws off me, you dang dirty ape!  That is what you would say if you encountered this primate character in the shadowy swamps of a distant alien planet. I had some fun creating this space ape.   I used markers and watercolors to make the illustration.  The ape comes from some comic ideas I have floating around in my head.