Chou

The latest ink drawing: Chou!

Dessa

An ink drawing I did of a friend's most excellent dog recently.  I also made a watercolor over ink version.

American Crow Sketch

 

Fun quick ink on paper sketch

Conch Shell and Bird of Paradise Coloring Blanks

 Tropical themed coloring! Bird of Paradise flower and a Conch shell. 

Chelonian Sketches

Some ink sketches of common Minnesotan turtles.  Clockwise from the top: Snapping, Painted, Soft-shelled.

Green-Cheeked Conure

Green-Cheeked Conure, Water Color over Ink

Red-Lored Amazon Parrot and Barred Owl: Water Color over Ink

Two drawings I did recently for some presentations.  The ink drawings were sketched, then scanned and printed out in smaller versions which I then water colored for the final product (which allows me to try again if I mess up the coloring).  I really like the final look of water-color over ink, and scanning and printing copies of the ink drawing lets you try out a variety of color options without losing the original! 

Budgerigar (Parakeet)

A budgerigar I drew for a Thank You card.  Hoping to eventually do a series of pet birds similar to my song bird drawings

Song Bird Art: Bluejay and Cardinal

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Warbler)

We've had a ton of these little dudes hopping around the place lately.  The poorly edited-in yellow shows where the name comes from.  
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Pet Portraits: More Fuzzy Dogs

Two dogs I drew over the holidays

Pet Portraits: Ria

In memory of Ria. 

Recent Greeting Cards

Two cards I've drawn lately, for a birthday and a secret santa gift.  Usually I draw things large and then print them out onto cards, but drawing directly onto the card is very satisfying as well.  I really enjoyed making the minimalist/etched dog drawing; I may have to try out more of those.  The dinosaurs are essentially a coloring book page I drew and then colored in myself (forgetting to scan in the original outline, so I cannot make more! silly mistake).  I ended up taking this photo and pulling the original line drawing out of it through a process I like to call "erasing a lot of stuff."  Hoping to get to do more art this winter!

Emu

Emu: Cardstock and Ink.  Bird on the right is showing extra contrast. 

Jellyfish

Jellyfish.  Permanent marker on cardstock followed by some edits in Microsoft Paint.

Bovine Skull Drawing

Cow skull.

These are the pens I use.  They're great and don't smudge!

Kiwi (bird) Art

 

Some Kiwis I drew as presents this year.  Hard to find a good photo of them.

Pet Portraits: Baxter

In Memory

Sense of Humerus

I have managed to combine my predilections for drawing t-shirts and bones and drew some bones for a t-shirt. 

From left to right: Dog, Horse, Tiger, Bear

Don't Lose Your Swagger

Shout Out to U of M DVM class of 2015.  Permanent marker on cardstock, hopefully will make into a t-shirt sometime.  I should probably learn how to do letters one of these days...

On the right is my version after playing around with fonts for an hour...

More on permanent marker t-shirts and screen printing here!