MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

The complete series of Christmas paintings for the holiday season!

 

 

WELCOME, CHRISTMAS, BRING YOUR CHEER!

 

 

"Well, in Whoville they say - that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day."

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!!

 

This is what I painted my mother for Christmas!

 

Done on 12x16 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.



“LES INCOMPETENTS”

 



 

"Pack… my suitcase???"

 

It’s time for a series of Christmas paintings for the holiday season.

 

Done on 11x14 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

YULE LOVE IT!

 



"We wouldn’t want to scare the dickens out of peoples."

It’s time for a series of Christmas paintings for the holiday season.

 

Next up, is what the French call "les incompetents".

 

Done on 11x14 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

 

 

 

 

 

WHERE’S THE TYLENOL!

 

 

 

"We're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny f-in' Kaye!"

 

It’s time for a series of Christmas paintings for the holiday season.

Done on 11x14 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

 

 

The next will be out soon. And I think, Yule love it!

 



"Yoiks! And away!"

Done on 11x14 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

"I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque."

Done on 11x14 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

DO THE MARIO

 

 

"Swing your arms from side to side
Come on, it's time to go!
Do the Mario!
Take one step, and then again.
Let's do the Mario, all together now!
You've got it!
It's the Mario!
Do the Mario!
Swing your arms from side to side
Come on, it's time to go!
Do the Mario!
Take one step, and then again.
Let's do the Mario, all together now!
Come on now, just like that!"

 

Done on 9x12 canvas board with gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

PHILIP J. FRY

 

 

"Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you."

Done on 8x10 canvas board with grey gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.



DO OR DO NOT

Done on 8x10 canvas board with grey gesso, graphite, color pencils, and acrylic paint.

THERE HAS BEEN AN AWAKENING

StormTroopers, desert, ships, droids, X-Wings, Lightsabers, Tie Fighters, the Millennium Falcon!

I’m so hyped on watching the Star Wars Episode 7 teaser trailer! It all looks very exciting!

The drawing above is of Daisy Ridley from the teaser, no one knows what characters she is playing yet. Interestingly though, something I found drawing this piece, is that her desert goggles have StormTrooper helmet lenses on them; Very interesting, indeed.

Done on 8x10 canvas board with gray gesso, graphite, and acrylic paint.  

MOCKINGJAY

So, I just got an airbrush….time for a painting with the obligatory flame job and intense light rays.

Well, I got that checked off the list.

Done with acrylic paint and color pencils on 9x12 canvas board.

EXPERIMENT 626

 

 

My first foray in airbrush painting.

 

Done with acrylic paint and color pencils on 9x12 canvas board.

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

"It's a perfect night for mystery and horror. The air itself is filled with monsters.

Done on 11inx14in illustration board, gesso, acrylic paint and pencil colors.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!!

ANTHONY

 

 

 

Wishing you into the cornfield!

 

 

Work in progress for a painting.

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!!

HALLOWEEN DRAWINGS

Here are some quick drawings to celebrate the holiday!

STITCH-ULA

 

WOLF-STITCH

 

LILO THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

 

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!!

CAT'S EYE

This piece is a portrait of the itty-bitty Troll from the 80s Anthology horror movie, “Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye.”

I always had a fondness for this little guy who tried to steal Drew Barrymore’s breath away.

“Get him General!”

 
Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

Pencil Stage

Spatter effect stage

Acrylic wash stage 

Detail

Photo Reference

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

 

pencil sketch stage

Acrylic wash stage

"Right. I'm the chosen one. And I choose to be shopping"

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

Did anyone happen to catch the "Simpsons" Halloween Special tonight?

Tonight the Simpsons fully parodied "A Clockwork Orange."

I made these drawings a year ago.

"ONE OF US ALWAYS LIES."

 

 

 

"But which one?"

 

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

Purple People Eater

 

 

 

Does anyone remember this 80s kids movie starring Neal Patrick Harris?

 

 

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

Sarah

"I move the stars for no one."

I’m having a little fun with grey scale work.

Done on 11x14 illustration board, gesso, spray paint, acrylic paint, and graphite pencils

"...Okay."

 

 

 

 

I’m a little late on the praise of one of the best video games of all time, “the Last of Us.”

It truly transcends the playable media. The characters are so rich; I don’t believe I’ve ever cared so much in any other video game.

Bravo, Naughty Dog.

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.



RIP Robin Williams

Let me tell you a story.

This was shortly after “Aladdin” was released, I was very young, and my family went on our annual Thanksgiving holiday to Walt Disney World. One of the trips was to “MGM Studios” (now it is called something different), and out of the many of attractions my parents brought me on, one was very special. It was the newly opened “Disney Animation Studio” in Florida, and visitors were allowed to go through the studio.

The tour started off with a start film starring, Robin Williams. In the short, Robin Williams explained in his own comedic way how animation worked; he even became an animated character in the process, a lost boy, if I remember correctly (“Hook” was already out by then).

Then after the show was over, the group I was in was brought into the animation area, and through display glass, nose pressed up right against it, I saw animators at work. And from that day I wanted to be a Disney Animator. I bought books and taught myself how to draw.
Now, maybe the art bug would have bitten me another way. But, when I think about this point of origin of my art, I always thought of that day as a big influence.

And it might not have been influential if it wasn’t for Robin William’s zany enthusiasm.

Naturally, I am one of many people who grew up watching Robin Williams. Even at that very young, impressionable age, I knew who he was. Christ’s sake, he was “Popeye” to me; he was “Mork,” from Ork. The man just played the most lovable character in the biggest animated movie of all time at that point.

He was a man universally known through many generations. When this man showed up, you felt like he was part of the family, the truly funny uncle you never had.

The way Robin Williams hosted that film help break down the door of something very complicated and through his excitement help made a young boy understand that all you need to do is draw and you can make this happen.

 I will miss Robin Williams a lot. The man still had much life to live and many laugh left to give. His legacy will be his films which we will watch countless times and smile.

Though, importantly, I will always remember him as the man who helped usher a little kid into a world he wanted to be a part of.

I still draw because of that short film he hosted.

Thank you, Mr. Williams from helping put a pencil in my hand.

Rest In Peace.    

"IT'S A TRAP!"

Love Admiral Ackbar!

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

DOBBY, THE HOUSE ELF

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

Dissection of my Work of Progress

I tried to put together photos of my Work In Progress of my latest work, “Rocket Raccoon.”

1: I start with an under-drawing drawn in black Prismacolor pencil.

 

2: I go over the drawing with an acrylic wash with a mop brush, Purple for the background and Burnt Sienna for Rocket.

3: Then I render the drawing with layers of color pencils. I start with blacks to add shadows and work the values to dark colors to lightest.

 

4:  Next, I add highlights to the eyes, fur and suit with acrylic paint.

 

5: Nearly done, I reinforce the black again making it bolder and fixed up the details.

 

 

6: I flick black acrylic over the drawing using a toothbrush dipped in paint for the spatter effect. I cover area with paper towels that I want clean.

 

 

7: Finally, Rocket Raccoon is finished, and I could have stopped right here, but I felt I should add one more thing.

 

 

8:  I drew in an outline around the character with an orange pencil color to bring the figure out of the background. Though, I don’t know I needed it.

 

 

 

Done on Bristol 11in X 17in board with Acrylic paint and Prismacolor color pencils.

 

Thanks, everyone for checking it out.