Caricature Giveaway Promo

Since I am 7 likes away from 200 on my Draw.Doodle.Decorate Facebook page AND I’m in need of a portable project.  I’ve decided that I will offer up a Caricature Sketch as a prize when I reach 200 page likes.  As long as you meet the following criteria:

• Must Comment on this POST with the “Caricature Style” you like (see below)
• Must LIKE my Facebook page (I will need to cross reference commenters to LIKERS...if you've already liked it...then just comment here if interested)
• Must be “ok” with me drawing a jpeg that you submit for Caricature and be “ok” with a blog post about it.
• Only open to US and Canadian residents (sorry, shipping gets expensive)

This is a $30 value and just think, you get it for FREE. 



Please let me know which “Caricature Style” you would like:

1. Crazy
2. Freaky
3. Sunglass
4. Theatrical
5. Wacky
6. Zany

CONTEST will end JUNE 23rd.  Then I will pick the winner.

Horse Racing….Place….Head

Well, it’s pretty slow going around here with this Color-Sketch.  But with the small tidbits of time that I could draw, I focused on the head last week.



These views help me the most, my “tree-view” expands to the “forest-view”.



I bounced between watercolor pencils and colored pencils a lot in the straps.



He’s getting there……The mane on this guy will either make him or break him!!

Interview at Jennibellie

Jenny’s a relatively new blogger (only 2 yrs) and she’s been doing regular-folk artist interviews for a year.  There’s a ton of information and inspiration at her site.  You will be impressed!

I answered the interview questions months ago….and never heard a thing….Possibly they just weren’t interested.

Until today….I saw that my interview is featured on Jenniebelliestudio blog.

Thank you Jenny…..Love your blog, your art and your style.  What fun!!

Petite Pixie…..drawing by Janet

This is the tiniest of the Pixie girls that Janet drew….hence “Petite Pixie”.



I wish Janet had a few more for me to color!  Haha



This is the colored girl prior to extra embellishment.



If you haven’t tried Sharpie Poster Paints yet (waterbased), ya gotta get yourself a few.  They are very opaque and keep their color even when applied over markers.



What a fun collaboration and I hope to get the chance to do this again.  Thank You Janet, your pixie girls are so beautiful, intricate and unique.  You’ve given me hours of enjoyment

Horse Racing….Place…Still

I evened out the horse color with a larger brush and a darker brown.  Which now means I have to “replace” the shadow lines.



Being super frustrated with my inability to draw the horses body consistently, I had to concentrate on something else.  I will need to go in and make the eye area more pronounced.  Glad this part came easier.



I love working in my kitchen….It gets lots of sun….all…day…long.  Natural light is always the best!



This is pretty much the standard look when I work…..the hard part is grabbing the correct pencil.  I’m surrounded by dozens of watercolor pencils mixed with even more regular colored pencils.  And there is a purpose to each.  At this point, when I’m doing more of the detail work…guess which pencil I grab?  Yep, the regular colored pencil one.



Now for the game……Can you spot the differences between the two pictures?

Pretty Pretty Princess….another Pixie of Janet’s

Here’s the 2nd Pixie Girl that Janet graciously allowed me to color.  It’s so nice to doodle with markers in this way. 



I find the expression on her face so interesting…is she gonna smile?  Is she happy? Sad?  No clue!



I love the pattern of the bigger squares up there banded together.  Added some petals to make the dots flowers.



I really should’ve added some white reflection to the lips…oh well!



How’s that for a hat??

Thank you, again….Janet, for letting me play this way!

Horse Racing….Place2

Worked the shading in more….just trying to show pant creases in a somewhat realistic fashion.



Since I’ve never paid much attention to the jockeys goggles, I just tried to make sense of all those black straps.



Gave the guy an ear, too.



Worked the knotted strap…which I have no idea what it’s used for.



This horse is a BEAST, so I stepped away from painting that portion.  His body is quite large and I’m trying to color it consistently……but I’m getting frustrated with the streakiness of this medium.

Horse Racing….Place

Started in on the pant folds….I always forget how to draw them until I stumble around a bit.



I’ll need to go in and darken the pants/folds on the bottom part of the leg to make it more realistic.



I had to bring in shadows/ contour so I blended a little red and blue into my light brown paint.  The cool thing about painting is blending!!  I didn’t need to buy a new tube of darker brown….I could just blend and make do.



The nice thing about watercolor is that some of the pigment can be removed.  The helmet was too soft looking and when the pigment was evened out it looked much better.

Pixie Princess……collaboration with Janet

My bloggie-bud Janet (at JKBees) draws the prettiest girls.



She knows how much I wanted to color them in… so….she emailed me three pixie girls to colorize!! 



I printed them out on watercolor paper.  I’ve never done this before and wasn’t sure how my printer would apply the ink.  But as you can see there were no worries in the printing department.



Since I’m working on such a big piece (Horse Racing drawing at 30’ x 40’), it’s so refreshing to work on a portable project.



Ran into a small problem though…..I water-colored the face, but apparently my ink jet printer isn’t using waterproof ink…..joy!!

Caricature Drawings….New Etsy Shop Listing

I love to take group photos!! But what I like even more is to change them up a bit….colorize and whimsize them!  It’s just fun!



I’ve included a new listing in my Etsy Shop:

I can personalize them in just about any way you want….colors, gestures, hats, glasses, pattern…..done in markers, watercolors, black & white or any combination there of.



All I need is the jpeg file and I can draw a 8 x 11 Caricature piece on good watercolor paper.  I will include a digital jpeg along with the original drawing upon completion.



For my Bloggie-friends (that’s you), I am offering a discount….use DRAW5 at checkout to get $5 off the personalized piece.  Regular cost $27 (plus s/h)….your price $22.



Remember how you dress for Halloween!



I’ve got 6 varieties posted in the shop: 

1. Crazy
2. Wacky
3. Freaky
4. Sunglass
5. Incognito
6. Theatrical

Wouldn't this be a fun way to celebrate Family or an Event?
Just don’t forgot to enter DRAW5 coupon code at checkout.