Author Archives: peter
Painting and Percy Starling
This Sharpe and watercolor picture is an old one. Maybe five years or so. One of my favorite things to do is find old drawings and revive them. I have so many stashed away, that at times I am overwhelmed … Continue reading
The Knight and the Witch
Another one of my works in progress (a hopeful for a portfolio work). Here is another quick look at the orignal quick pen drawing that started it all: The shield on the far right is the the good one! Other … Continue reading
Drunky the Cat in the Tall Stovepipe Hat
“Drunky the Cat in the Tall Stovepipe Hat” I am once again grateful for my job in Korea. I have mentioned that I am working on around 4 new stories of different artistic styles and varying literary tone. Here is … Continue reading
Big’ol Mixed Bag
So I have finally picked up a drafting table for my one-bedroom Korean apartment (Thanks Becky and Tyler!). It is a fine table. Level and smooth…so smooth. As of now, I have been doing much more writing than drawing. Working … Continue reading
Still drawing in Korea
So, for those of you that know, I have a Korean Blog. I have decided it best to keep the sketch blog separate! Today’s post is going to be a biggie, so get ready. So here is the finished colored … Continue reading
Fingers crossed
Here Are a few more images for the Bartleby Bickes pilot cartoon. The first is a horrid witch queen, worn by time and human age. The second picture is Bartleby riding his flying “Woods Lobster.” It has been a great … Continue reading
The Hungry Dinosaur and the Noble Walrus.
I started this dinosaur (dinosaaar for Jurassic park fans) It was great to start a “line-less” drawing from scratch. I used different colors for the contour lines to be filled in later with the desired colors. This was easy once … Continue reading
Office Job – learning to tame microsoft paint!
The following images were created in Microsoft paint during my training sessions for my day job. I am putting them in order of their inception. The common technique was slow as molasses (which was ok, I worked on one periodically … Continue reading
“The Frog King”
Alone, in his tower, reigns the reclusive Frog King. His devoid of power and divine right.
Figgle’s Forrest
Here is the preliminary color experiment for the Figgle’s Forrest Drawing. A light wash of yellow-green over this drawing is what holds this drawing together, fending off the “color clutter” that could occur. I may even take this mentality further … Continue reading