Illustration Friday- Mask

If you were about to dive into a giant puddle of mud you'd wear a mask too. and floaties. gotta wear floaties.

in color

Here are the colored finishes of the sketches I previously posted. There's nothing like breathing life into your drawings by coloring them up. I love it!

How time flies

Amazingly it's been a month since I last posted! Sheesh. Well, here's a couple sketches from a commission I've been working on... It's been a really fun gig.

dressing up

Hooray for October!

I just love this time of year ... hope you have a great October!

pause pics

It took me twice as long to finish Pride and Prejudice yesterday because I HAD to keep pausing it to draw characters. Here are some of the inspired sketches...

nothin' but fun

Continental Man

This week's character theme was "Continental Man" ... and I couldn't help but think of a continental breakfast ... so I combined them :) My friends Dave, Adrien and Jeremy are posting their designs too. Go check 'em out!

http://drawingsbydave.blogspot.com/
http://adriensbrain.blogspot.com/
http://animite.blogspot.com/

wrestler

I was invited by Dave James to participate in a weekly character theme. "Wrestler" was the challenge in honor of the new movie 'Nacho Libre' (which was hilarious, by the way, for all you who've not seen it yet). I'm hoping to take this 'ere macho nacho man and paint him up in the near distant future. Thanks for letting me play too, Dave. This was a lot of fun!

pigs pigs pigs

pigs
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I'm tired of not posting, I feel so lazy! So I'm actually going to post twice in a week, amazing huh?

I've been drawing a lot of pigs lately because my children's book is full of 'em ... here are a few from my sketchbook.

illos

illos
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I've started working more in the "learning materials" industry. The people I've met and I get to work with are some of the nicest and talented individuals I've ever known. I'm one lucky girl.

Here are a few illo assignments I did recently...

Chamelions

Chamelion
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

Here are some chamelions I painted in watercolor & gouache over the last couple months. I'd painted a similar composition with red-eyed tree frogs years ago and decided that the frog painting needed a companion on the wall ... I wish I had a picture of the frogs to show you ... sorry.

Duh... Brothers

DuhBrothers
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

more character fun

slurp

slurp
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I came up with this creature design from a random squiggle...

characters ...

people
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I drew these yesterday ... just having fun.

The Tax Man

JoeTax
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I did this caricature a week or so ago...

wrinkled

wrinkled
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

just having a good time drawing wrinkles...

"Me Good Arrrrm"

pirate
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

Blimey! It were good to paint yesterrrday, it'd been a long while. This 'ere matey was sittin' in me sketchbook just awaitin' to be done up all pretty.

one angry ent

AngryEnt
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I couldn't help but think of a disgruntled ent-like tree creature when I saw this photo ...

zoom

zoom
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I enjoyed playing with shapes on this little guy ...

Generations

Hands
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

I've been preparing for a trip to Virginia for a couple days and I haven't had time to draw anything new... (I'm hoping to find some delightful characters seated in the plane around me so that I might have hours of amusing drawing material to work from)... So I thought I'd post this oil painting I did a year and a half ago of my best friend and her grandma's hands. It's one of my favorites.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Toof

Originally uploaded by katiemcdee

I saw a kid today at the bookstore with some missing teeth... It made me think back to when losing a tooth equaled more mula than I could accumulate in a month, and I always spent it all on the ice cream man... ah, those were the days. sigh.

Commercial Drawing

GuyinShorts
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

Ah, there's nothing better than drawing during the commercials. This guy just popped out of my pencil tonight!

Enchanted Forest

Murals
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

This is a mural I did last year (it's so weird that 2005 is now last year). It was floor to ceiling on every wall and commissioned by a wonderful couple who wanted to turn their granddaughters' play/bedroom into an enchanted forest. I had a great time transforming an entire room!

I thought I heard something ...

OldManandCat
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

This drawing goes out to the little critter that likes to loiter outside my bedroom window and make annoying sounds at 1 in the morning which freak me out to the point that I actually grab a flashlight and go outside to see "Wha' in tarrrnation could be makin' such a racket?!" Alas, I have never caught the culprit. Someday ... someday.

Gouache is Posh

ClarkGableGouache
Originally uploaded by katiemcdee.

A few months ago I took a Gouache class and this was my first attempt to tile with the paint. It was tricky, but I'm happy with the result. Now I need to try tiling with color.

Welcome to my Blog!

Hi everyone! This is my first post on my first Blog and I couldn't be more excited to start updating it with news and random illustrations.

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