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Just Enjoying Spring.

Learning Form The Classics.

I have always been impressed by Bill Watterson and adore his Characters Calvin and Hobbes.  So I tried to illustrate a clip of one of his black and white comics.  It took me a little longer to finish this drawing because I kept getting distracted by spirited Calvin.  I Learned a lot and became that much more impressed by Watterson.  They are simple lines but he is able to create so much personality.  Thank you Bill Wattererson for this delightful entertainment.

Twig, thats what I named this cat.

One of the blogs I follow is Will Terry's www.willterry.blogspot.com.  He is a talented children's book illustrator and he also teaches at UVU.  One of his posts was an assignment he gave to his "Imagination & Visual Literacy" class.  The assignment: draw a cat looking out of a bedroom window, include 25 items in the room but put all of the emphasis on the cat, in 45 minutes.  I decided this would be fun to try.  I didn't pay enough attention cause I didn't put the cat in a bedroom so I might have failed if I was actually taking the class.  This is my 45 min. sketch, I did this on my ipad using procreate.  I don't usually work that fast or put that much detail in my work, so it was a fun challenge.  Thanks Will Terry.

 

This little corky kitty was inspired by the assignment.

A Typical Knight.

Here we are, a classic scene at the Knight home.  Devin playing the banjo or some sort of instrument, Emmett, my active baby boy getting into some sort of mischief, Scout our little yorkie (who might just be a little attention deprived) and me.  Quite the juggling act but well worth it.

This is how I see myself...Today.

I do most of my art work at the kitchen table in my small apartment, while my baby is asleep.  Or, I'm on my ipad drawing characters, moving from room to room behind a curious little 9 month old character of my own.