Wrinkles

Watercolor on paper, 7 inch by 7 inch. If you've ever read The Quiltmaker's Journey, you've seen those little pins all over the book. I had to try some myself.

Monster Returns!

Yes, you've seen this before, but I took a better picture this time. And I'm entering him into a monster contest. This is Sofia's monster, named Murdoch. Acrylic on canvas board. 9 in. by 12 in.

The contest is Monster Mash 2007, presented by Penelope Illustration. The monster entries can be seen here at Penelope's flickr site, or here at her website.

Grow

Pen & ink and watercolor on paper, 6 in. by 9 in.

Extremes

Ink on Paper. 4 in. by 4 in.

This is just a quick little sketch for this week's illustration friday, submitted at the 11th hour, literally. We've been having a little mouse problem in the kitchen this week. They've been testing to what extremes we will go to keep them out. So far, the sign on the door hasn't worked.

OPEN

OPEN
Originally uploaded by mscahillman

I saw the IF topic last night and decided to go for it. I needed a little motivation I guess...

Acrylic on illustration board. 8.5 in. by 10 in.

Rejection

Colored Pencil and ink on watercolor paper, 7.5 in. by 10 in.

Suit

Aquarelle and pencil on watercolor paper. 7.5 in. by 10 in.

Jungle

Acrylic on illustration board. 9.25 in. by 12 in.

I did this piece a couple years ago in a class. It was for a Los Angeles Times Magazine article about a young kid in South Los Angeles trying to free himself from the gang life.

CAKE

Acrylic on canvas board. 9 in. by 12 in.

5/31 I uploaded a new photo taken with a friend's digital SLR. The color is much better than anything I was able to get. Thanks Rowells!

SORRY

Gouache and watercolor on watercolor paper. 5.25 in. by 7.5 in. I'm sorry that I was not more creative with my subject matter on this one. I didn't have time to think about it too much, but I love Carla's take on this one. Anyway, I saw a lot of sorry little people in this week's entries also, so I thought I'd try my own take on a sorry little person. Boy, does she look sorry. I almost feel bad. I have no idea what she did.

ANGELS AND DEVILS

Acrylic on canvas board. 10 in. by 10 in. This one is too big for the scanner so I have to settle for this lousy picture.

FAT

Acrylic on canvas board. 8 in. by 10 in.

UNDER THE SEA

Paper collage and colored pencil. 5.25 in. by 7.25 in.

SPOTTED

Pen on sketchpad. 3.5 in. by 5 in. Just a doodle this week...

SPEED

Ink and Caran d'Ache Aquarelles on paper. 4.25 in. by 6.25 in. This started out as just a sketch in pen and ink. I started using the aquarelles to test out my color idea. I was having so much fun that I decided not to paint it afterall and just post this. The little car was a toy I sketched a few years ago (we had purchased it as a gift for child). For some reason I thought of it immediately when I saw this week's topic.

SPRING

Acrylic. 5 in. by 7 in. What's more spring-like than a Robin's nest? I hope I get to the point some day that I can say, "This is exactly what I had in mind when I started out," or even if it wasn't, "I'm totally satisfied with this". I don't think I'm doing a very good job with my photos of my paintings. Any suggestions?

MONSTER

Acrylic on canvas. 9 in. by 12 in. His name is Ordoch. My 3 year old described a monster for me and this is what we came up with. I used a technique using blended fibers I learned a couple years ago in a class. I'm pleased with how it turned out.

FEET

This is a compilation of quick sketches from the last few years with little feet. They are pencil or pen and ink on small sketch pad or index cards.

TATTOO

Pen and ink with Prismacolor. 2 in. I'm busy this week so you get a drawing of my tattoo, as it looked 15 years ago when it was new (yikes! has it been that long?)

INSECT

Collage. 6 in. x 8.5 in.