Monday, June 29, 2009

pennsylvania-y

yesterday, i completed a little (really--it's quite tiny) painting for a mr. thomas h. cook, who heads the richard c. von hess foundation:



it's of both the state flower and state insect of pennsylvania.

i finished this other drawing a week or so ago, after i discovered that heliconius melpomene, the butterfly called "the postman," was named as such due to their tendency to follow the same flight path every day. clever little insect:



the forewing shapes are a bit off, but that's just what you get when you try to draw something from memory. mark tocchet would be disappointed in me.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

yonks!

It's been yonks.

I drew jimmy. For fun. :)


I've tried so many times, and I feel like I'm finally getting somewhere with his tricky, tricky likeness. It's still not as good as it could be, but it's the best that I have yet achieved.

This, as well as a few other drawings, live inside of my handmade sketchbook:




Hopefully it will last me throughout the summer, and my execution of the coptic bind will prove competent enough for it to hold together. I'm glad that I chose to sew a couple of signatures of kraft paper inside--I like having options.

I hope to get my booty in gear, and actually complete some finished pieces soon!