When I was little

February 28, 2015By JennyIllustration, sketches

When I was little I drew a lot. What I drew most were families. I’d just start at one end of paper, and draw the father (always the father first – the families always had a mother and father), and then work my way down the line. Then I’d name everyone, writing the name below … Read More

The bears were hungry

February 26, 2015By Jennybear, Children's book, Illustration

More images not making in onto the portfolio page. Safe to say there are even more than this. I need a new animal. I have a series sketched out for this weekend that don’t involve the bear. He might even be doing something other than eating children.

Obsessed with blue eyes

February 25, 2015By Jennycolour

Sometimes, I become obsessed with black and white images of people, wondering what colour their hair and eyes and clothes really were and how they might look different. I kept staring at this one of Thoreau this week, thinking about how blue his eyes must have been. They just looked so washed out. Eventually, it … Read More

Family enjoying picnic

February 23, 2015By JennyIllustration

Here’s a scary one from the archives. I did it years ago on request from my brother who was working for a web development company. His request was, I think, “do it in the jehovas witness style, a happy family eating a picnic on a lawn and then an alien ship behind them”. I pretty … Read More

Painting Last Winter

February 22, 2015By Jennycolour, Illustration, Painting

About this time last winter I took a landscape painting course. Despite the drive in nasty snowy weather many evenings, it was a pleasant respite from the day-to-day, and from the normal art that I do. I always like the chance to force myself to work larger, and on things other than bears.;) Of course … Read More