Happy Halloween

The Jack O' Lantern I carved this year. It's like a doofy looking cat or something.

Apple II

Still another apple, this one Prismacolor colored pencil on black paper.

William Tell Overture

Another apple, this one in watercolor.

Grim Grinning Ghosts

Steps two and three in the Jack O' Lantern that alas, was not meant to be carved (my pumpkin was too short and squat for it).
The first is isolating the highlights from my initial sketch, the second is inverting them as the carved out negative areas.
Maybe next year.

Grim Grinning Ghost

This was the first step in a Jack O' Lantern design I ultimately didn't do because my pumpkin was too short and squat.

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Another apple still life for class, this one on illustration board.

God Bless Hamerica

A poster made for the English class.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

I gave an assignment option for our unit on the concept of line that dealt with the dying art of inking in illustration and animation which is being replaced more and more by digital processes.
After watching an interview with an inking artist about it, the students were to create a pencil drawing to trade with another student to ink each other's work.
Of course only one student chose this option, so they paired with me. I asked them what they wanted to ink and they said a scary clown, which I gave them.
Of course I have now digitally manipulated that pencil drawing, undermining my own assignment.

Fairy Oddmother

Another version of the fairy, this one less purple, more monochromatic.

Tiptoe through the tulips

A color version of the fairy.
Pretty!

But a little heavy on gimmicky filters and brushes maybe.

Count Day! Ah Ah!

Today is Count Day at school!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM