Sunday Night

Sundays are the BEST!

Reaching for the moon

Since I posted on Scribiling today, and I still wanted to post here, I'm putting this image which is more of a test image than anything else. trying to do a different look with the lines.. What do you think?

And.. of course, don't forget to go check out SCRIBILING for more images !

http://scribiling.blogspot.com/

Blue Night

Have a great day!

Work as usual

Have a great day!

The Replacements

Even Santa Gets sick sometimes!

Chugging

Have a great week!

Next Window

Have a GREAT weekend

I can't remember what the saying is for this one..

..but.. here it is!
Have a Great day!
( and check out Scribiling for some new images as well!)
http://scribiling.blogspot.com/

Shake it!

Have a great day!

fishing lesson

Have a great day!

Happy Labor Day

...have a great Labor day!

A few more doodles

...I'm still too busy to full colored images right now, so here are a few more train sketches.
One based on San Francisco, and the other two, again, on Strasbourg!

San Francisco by night.... there's something incredibly magical about this city!












Le Boulevard de Lyon... this is pretty much a view from the balcony of my room, as a student, in Strasbourg. I lived on the Boulevard the Lyon( among other places!), a major avenue in the city.
















Grand Rue

There was this long long long cobble stone street that went from almost downtown to the river.. It was full of shops, restaurants, laundromats, and..cobbles.. lots and lots of cobbles.
I'd walk it almost everyday!





Also, on Scribiling, more images today!
Go check them out!

Strasbourg, summer 1995

I went to college in Strasbourg, a beautiful city right next to the border of Germany, but still in France, and I worked as a cook in a local restaurant! ( I didn't smoke though.. that was just for the drawing!)

That was a while ago, but I still think about it quite a bit. If you get a chance to go to Europe, you should totally go visit Strasbourg!

Have a GREAT day!

San Francisco by night

Another doodle...
I'll get back to regular color sketches when things slow down a bit for me, maybe next week.
In the meantime, I have to say that I'm really enjoying doodling these sketchbook images!

have a GREAT day!
Cheers
P.

Hopla!

....Have a great Tuesday

Sunday night bath

This is a slightly different sketch for me.
Instead of doing it all digitally, or traditionally, I did a mix of both.
I started by sketching the bathroom while on the train, and, after I'd scanned it in, I thought...hmmm.. how would it look if I drew in characters digitally?

I'm only so so with the results, but it's an interesting process , and I think there's definitely something to it.
What do you guys think?


Here is the version without character



















and here's the one with characters

Happy Birthday Lily

Our little girl turns ONE today.
Wow.....This is amazing!
...



Lily...we love you so so much.

Mom and Pop.

The delivery boys

They'll deliver anything, anywhere, anytime, anyhow!

More ( Train) doodles

Since I have a longer train commute now, I use this time to either sleep, read or sketch. This past week's been sketching rather than reading or sleeping

Also, being on the train tends to make me more introspective, which brings up a lot of memories, and I see these pop up in these drawings!


A cross memory between Italy and France














Market day in Martigues, where I grew up ( it's roughly Martigues)














A corridor in my old kindergarten school ( I've NO idea why I was thinking of that)

















A path way behind Molly Stones, a local food store, in Burlingame

Purcasso

For all of you artist from the BAY, Purcasso is coming back!
read this
Greetings Artists!

The Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society (BEBHS) is personally inviting you to take part in this year's Fourth Annual Purrcasso Art and Craft Gala. Purrcasso is an auction event that showcases cat and dog-themed art. You have received this email because we love your artwork and think it would be a great addition to this year's show. In the past we have included illustration work from Bay Area talents like Pascal Campion, Bill Presing, Mike Daley, Steph Laberis, Brittney Lee, and many other gifted artists. (We are based in the Bay, but are happy to accept art from anywhere willing to send it!) We accept many different types of art - illustrations, paintings, ceramics, prints, clothing...whatever you like to create! To get started with a donation, mosey on over to http://purrcasso.org and check out our Online Submission Form. We are hoping to have pieces shipped to us for the show by October 17, 2009.

Not only is Purrcasso a wonderful opportunity to use your artistic talent for the good of needy animals, it is a great way to meet new artists and get a little exposure for your work. If you have a blog, please consider posting a description/link to our site, http://purrcasso.org. Purrcasso 2009 will be held on Nov. 7 and 8, 2009. The location will be announced shortly. Please direct any questions to Purrcasso Co-Chairs, Bill Robinson (billiamrobinson@gmail.com) or Julia Clayton (purrcasso@live.com).

To give you an idea of how important Purrcasso is to the BEBHS, past events have raised over $12,000 and enabled us to provide shelter, food, and medical care to more than 10,000 animals through our programs and services. Our goal this year is to net $15,000.

Your donation will be formally acknowledged by the BEBHS. In addition, you will be recognized through our website and bi-annual magazine distributed to over 12,000 Bay Area households. For more details about donations, timeline, and the event itself, please visit our website.

We look forward to featuring your work!



Sincerely,

Bill Robinson and Julia Clayton

Purrcasso Committee Co-Chairs

http://purrcasso.org

Monday Doodles

I got a late start today, mainly because I didn't have my keys to get into the studio. So I went to the coffee shop and sketched for a while, then I got in and had a bunch of work thing to do, and NOW I'm able to post these sketches from the coffee shop( although they are not really cafe sketches!)


have a GREAT day though!
P.

Rain Fall

Have a GREAT weekend.

That Last Drink

There are also two new images on Scribiling today....Jealous was the theme!
Go check them out! http://scribiling.blogspot.com/

Simple Story

Have a GREAT day

First ride

Have a Great Tuesday

A Monster Party

Have a Great Monday!

Water moon

...After doing the ducky image yesterday, I went back and looked at another ducky image I did a while ago...and it inspired me to do this one.

Have a great weekend.
And... I'm getting really REALLY busy again.So..I'll still try to post, but, probably simpler ones( each time I say I'm not going to post, i end up doing it anyhow..so I won't say that this time!)


And don't forget to check Scribiling . There are two new images there today!


http://scribiling.blogspot.com/

Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty

A few days ago, I stumbled upon this site, called, Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty.

http://isaacgracelily.blogspot.com/

It's a blog done by three kids, Isaac (10), Grace ( 9), and Lily ( 6)..the Z-kids
They read children's books and make reviews of them as well as drawings of what their favorite moments of the story is, and have been going at it for three years now!

They are also inviting artists in general, amateur or professional, to do a drawing of THEIR drawing.
When I saw that one of the kid's name was Lily, I was very interested, and this is what I did with of one of This Lily's drawing.


If any of you artists out there feel inclined to do this...It's really a fun little thing to do and I'm sure it'll bring a smile to the face of these eager young artists, not to mention a strong dose of encouragement!

Cheers




Lily's drawing












My drawing of Lily's drawing

Romeo And Juliet

Have a great day!

stepping out

Lily's first steps were last week...now she's taking the stroller for a walk when we go shopping.....this is going TOO fast!!

Green Night

Have a great week

doodles

I'm having internet/upload issues right now, so, here are some older doodles rather than a new sketch! But if you check out Scribiling, there's a new image there

Have a GREAT weekend

Car Ride

Have a great day!

Watery

Have a great day!

Sunrise

Have a great Tuesday

Monday Run

Have a great Monday