I love squirrels

Squirrels are one cool animal! They don't eat garbage like other types of urban wildlife. They chill out in the trees, they are cute, they are smart and do the little tree shuffle to escape predators. Come on! Who doesn't know the squirrel tree shuffle? Where the squirrel hides on the opposite side of the tree so you can see it, and then when you look behind to tree to see what is there, she shuffles around the other side.... once again eluding you.

Of course, many of them can be seen on the road... flattened.... it is very sad. But I still blame that on their risk-taking behaviour. (Of course I love that Geico commercial with the squirrels causing the car accident)

Pretty much, squirrels are awesome. I think it would be cool to have a pet squirrel... but squirrels are too cool for me.

Simple Animals

I was just having some fun with markers. I will post again soon... I have been so busy that I have forgotten about my poor blog.

I dare you not to smile... these are so fun :D

Still playing around with the brown paper

I'm not so happy with this, but I try to post as much good and bad stuff as possible.

The lonely bar.

Mother and Daughter

I have a story behind this one... kind of.

The Mother is limited.
She is alone in her responsibility to protect the child and she is powerless to the world.
She will forever be unable to keep her daughter safe.
She is aware of this, and prays for her child.

The Daughter is precious.
She has only her Mother to protect her. She has choices and decisions.
She will forever look to her Mother for direction, though her Mother is imperfect.
The Daughter is aware of this, and prays for her Mother.

Angel

I noticed I haven't been as interested in art as I usually am. I feel like I am not doing what "I" like. So I decided to just let myself go and draw whatever I felt like drawing. This is what I came up with. It kind of looks like an angel, though I wasn't intending for it to end up like that. I also don't know what is going on....

Enjoy :)

He's so fluffy!

I woke up this morning and I realized how much I want a dog. I just love taking dogs for walks. It makes me feel so relaxed and is one of those "little things" that should be enjoyed. 

If I could have any dog, it would look like this...

Cats

I decided to spend my morning drawing cats. I have never owned a cat (I am allergic), but they are sooooo fun and cute. Every time Dan and I go to the zoo, I am always confused about how to draw the larger cats, so I thought if I took some time and completed some cat studies, I would feel more confident.

I found this random flickr account with all of these cute kitties jumping around. I used many of the photos for reference.

A Toronto Zoo Moment...

I would like to give a shout out to all of the dads I saw at the zoo yesterday sporting little girl backpacks.  It is dads like you that make us daughters feel special (though a ride on your shoulders doesn't hurt)!

Reflecting

I just don't know what to do with myself lately. It is funny how when you have the most free time, you are the least productive.

I really want to improve my drawing skills. I feel like there are just SO MANY talented artists out there and I cannot compare. I also was hoping to keep my Master's Research Project going. Sadly, I still need to figure out the navigation (evil php)... and I know it is going to take me a few months of learning before I can get something together that functions.

I feel like everyone has jobs already and I really just need to take some time off before I am ready to know where I want to spend my time. I am sure I'll figure myself out soon enough.

Squigglemorph

This is a little creature I drew in Baltimore during the annual meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators. It was surprising to see how many illustrators there were and how few of them brought their sketchbooks. Maybe they are sick of drawing since they do it for a living?

Of course, my sketches had nothing to do with medical illustration. So who am I to say anything!

Sunbathing

I got home from school today and pretty much just worked outside on our balcony. It is a beautiful day and I think I have a major sunburn.

I couldn't help but draw another pretty lady. I am really enjoying drawing girls.

Enjoy :)

Hawaiians

My sister and my brother-in-law were married this past week in Hawaii. I couldn't help but be inspired to draw some hawaiian girls.

Sadly, I am not comfortable enough yet in watercolour to try out skin tones... so they are all super white!

I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them :)

B-day Card

It was Daniel's mom's birthday today and I tried making a card for her.... I decided to make little caricatures of their family (plus me on the side!). I think it resembles everyone a little bit... I think it still needs some work though...

Anyways! It was a nice break from all the hard work! This picture makes me happy :)

Oil Pastels

Another attempt at a relatively new medium. I saw Julie had been using this gesture drawing website instead of life drawing... so I decided to try it out. It is pretty cool actually.

Anyways... I never go to life drawing... so hopefully if I use this I can grow into a well seasoned artist... though I doubt it!

Here is my 2nd attempt... the first I choose not to disclose.

Snow Males

Monster Bunny!

My computer is broken...

SOOOOO SAD!

I tried using some of the Adobe software and all of a sudden.. photoshop died. I tried reinstalling my collection... it took from 8 to 12 midnight... then failed.

I was very angry and upset, but I drew some pretty fun stuff while I was waiting.

Let's all hope that my computer feels better soon.

Fun stuff!

Here are some monsters and kids I drew yesterday. I am really starting to realize how much I love drawing. I know I am not the best, but I think my heart is in the right place.

Pumpkins!

Dan and I went to Hutchinson Farm yesterday to pick out pumpkins! I was inspired to draw even though there was no one there but us and it was cold and rainy.

Dan and I went to visit my sister's family and my brother. We had a lot of fun and both my sister and brother wanted to try out their mad art skills! Below are their portraits of me. The one on the left is by my sister, Alison. Right is by my brother, Jason. I was surprised at how great my sister's was, she was always very talented in art when we were younger. She did it in about 5 minutes... and after 10+ years of no practice, I think it looks pretty great!

A couple weekends ago, Dan and I decided to go out and draw people. Of course is was about 11pm on a Friday night, so we figured mall sketching was a no go. We ended up sitting outside of a nightclub and just drawing people there. Surprisingly, no one really minded us! The girl below wearing only her underwear was modelling in front of cars while some little old man took pictures. We took full advantage of her poses!

Last but not least is a bunch of random stuff I have done...

Enjoy :)

Couldn't resist!

Dan and I went for a drive around tonight just for fun after watching Thumbalina... Dan didn't like the movie... or my singing... These are really just for fun :)