Through the Eyes of a Painter

I picked up a few of the new PrismaColor Brush tip markers I have to say that I'm extremely Happy. I've always sketched with pencil even when I'm planning out an idea for a painting. Then I have to figure out the colors. I did the above sketch all in marker. In much the same way I would have painted it. This one was done on a sketch card 3.5" x 2.5" so it will be a handy reference size. ©TCDART 2013 ** All fan art is copyright to the original creators of the characters. Use of the subject in my work is to display my skill set exclusively. All other original art is copyright to myself or to the intent of creation.

I finished this one earlier this week. Salicious Crumb from Star Wars (Return of the Jedi) ©TCDART 2013 ** All fan art is copyright to the original creators of the characters. Use of the subject in my work is to display my skill set exclusively. All other original art is copyright to myself or to the intent of creation.

A coworker asked me if I would do a sketch for a young man at her church who is autistic. He recently went through an operation and was having some difficulty. She was hoping to give him something to get his mind off the procedures he was going through. I asked what type of things he liked and she told me he was a huge Disney Fan and Donald Duck was his favorite character. So I started kicking ideas around in my head of what type of drawing to do. I pulled some old animation references for Donald's Facial expressions and remembered how angry He was and just how many funny situations that put him in. He was always yelling incoherently... Don't ask how but some how I pictured Donald in the Christian Bale Batman role. I guess it was his voice or something. One thing led to another and you have Donald "The Duck Night". I wanted to team him up and figured if Donald was Batman... then Mickey had to be Superman. Plus looking at all the old school Mickey reference just...

I had my 6 month check up today at the Hershey Cancer institute (clean and clear!! By the way) So while I was waiting between appointments I took advantage of the down time to do this sketch of Johnny Depp. Anyone out the got some pointers on Glasses? The sunglasses were the worst... trying to get the reflective glare down is a lot harder than I thought it would be.  ©TCDART 2013

Ok I have to be honest here I didn't sketch today ... but that was because I spent most of my time in front of my easel painting. So I'm cheating a little here. The sketch below was done just before the end of the year I know it doesn't count but I did want to post something :0) ... To make up for it I will post two tomorrow. ©TCDART 2013

Its day 4 (1/4/2013) Still working out details from my Family Tree Idea... here are my first Pass on Mamma and Pappa Tree. They are still a work in progress (WIP) Mamma turned out a little more diva than Mamma but I think I can work with this. Mamma Tree Pappa Tree ©TCDART 2013

Sketch Book Day 3 (1/1/2013) Kit Harrington :Game of Thrones Wanted to work on something a little life like. So today's sketch is Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) from Game of Thrones. I was using a magazine photo as reference for the sketch. There is a lot of detail left to be done on this one though. I have the basic lines in and some shading on the face. but I need to do a lot of work on the hair and cloak. He almost impossible to see but I do have the rough outline of his Wolfe "Ghost" penciled in with a Blue prisma-color. Blue pencil is great for laying in rough lines because they are virtually invisible to a camera or scanner. The worst thing about using a blue pencil is that it is virtual invisible to a camera or scanner! :) Here is a close up on the face so you can see a little more of the detail.  ©TCDART 2013

Here are a couple more sketches for day 2. The first one is very rough but I wanted to get it down on paper. I have to apologize for the image quality... The pencil lines are pretty light and my cell camera was having a hard time.  I spent the better part of the day helping my son set up our old desk top Computer in his room. He wants to use it for games. Well we haven't used that one much lately and after hours of updates it finally is up and running.  So looking at the below you might be thinking how do cows relate to computers?? The layout is a view of a Window looking out into a country setting with Apple Trees and Cows. Some of the cows are munching on apples from the crates below the trees and one rather inquisitive cow is peeking in the window at us.  On the inside of the window we have a desk with various items strewn about.  The Idea here is all about view point. Every element in the picture is a reference to personal comp...

Day 2... Family Tree I have a couple sketches today but the one I like the most is this one. ©TCDART 2013

Sketch Book 2013 - day 1 A Hobbits tale Here is the first Sketch of 2013... The Hobbits tale. Like many people the work of J.R.R. Tolkien inspired me greatly and while I love Peter Jackson's movies I have a slightly different vision of hobbits in my head. I guess   so when I first began this sketch I could have taken a much more realistic approach similar to those images we see in the Major movies, but that wouldn't be me. The halflings I see are a little rounder and more stout and yes a little more cartoonish.  My son and I recently watched Jackson's Fellowship of the ring and that is what most likely inspired this. As I watched the movie I began to think about how I imagined Sauron's Eye when I was a kid. I always pictured it sort of sideways enveloped in smoke and flames.  The Hobbit or There and Back Again By Tolkien, J. R. R. (Google Affiliate Ad) ©TCDART 2013