Half finished House

I've been working on this painting for a few days now (by which I mean for four hours or so two days ago, and half an hour today) but there's still quite a bit to be done. Things like his other shoulder, finishing his hair, the cane with the Vicodin bottle perched on it, and changing the flourescent orange background I started. It's gouache (a wonderful paint that's somewhere in between tube watercolors and acrylic paint in consistency for those unfamiliar to it) and it's (obviously) Hugh Laurie as House. There's a caricature show coming up in the near future, and I wanted to have something to add to it. I'm hoping to finish this and start/finish one of Eddie Izzard (in a dress!) before the deadline (in about a week!) so wish me luck.

Also, there's a ridiculous amount of parenthesis(es?) in this post.

More park sketches

Two more sketchy things

First off, a rough caricature of House I did at art night. By the way, my scanner mutilates colors, so the colors aren't quite as harsh in the real thing.



And here's a picture of me today. As you can probably tell, it was rainy and I was very unhappy.

Newest craft project

The beads were getting tiresome, so I started covering cheap vases with magazine clippings. I really like the effect, and I'm pretty happy with what I've got so far. Here's the three I've made, two with cherry blossom patterns (the flowers are drawn on craft paper) and one with a subtle leaf-and-berry pattern. They've been coated with a sealer, and are so far proving pretty sturdy. If I get the method perfected, and get an interest, I might start making ones to sell on Etsy or otherwise.

More craft than art...

I love to draw, but really my passion is simply to make stuff, whether it be drawings, painting, or jewelry or random things I don't even have purposes for.

In this case, here's a bracelet I made of paper beads today. I haven't made paper beads since I was about 8, but I had a lot of free time today and didn't want to go anywhere for fear of spending money, so I spent most of the day reading and doing this.

More Caricatures

Just a few more caricatures I've drawn lately that I've liked. I think I've gotten better at linework and bodies, but still have a long way to go before I can get exaggeration right.



This one I just liked for some reason.



He asked to be skydiving, and I was pretty proud of myself for pulling it off.



These two had just gotten engaged two days before, and she was very VERY excited about it. She asked for the ring to be in the picture, and for her to be smiling. Then she mentioned the engagement at least once a minute. They seemed pretty happy with it, even said they were going to use it for their announcements.

Koi Mistress - WIP

Just something I worked on for a couple hours last night.