BB (K) Quick Sketch

Quick Sketch of Biker Buddy (Keith), my hubby, by me, multimedia--water soluble oil pastels, water soluble crayons, water, gouache. Click image to view larger.

Quick Hubby Sketch at Dinner Tonight

My Sweetness and Light.

Biker Buddy at Lunch

Biker Buddy at Lunch, value sketch, ~ 4 5 inches, markers.

Veloce or The Girl with the Scarves SKETCH

Here is my little quicksketch on a poorly cut piece of scrap paper for the piece "Veloce" ("The Girl with the Scarves") which now resides in Aya's pocket. Done in markers, ~ 4 x 5.

Another for Steve's Pocket

I'm not sure why I am making all these little sketches, but here they are. This one is called "Going by" and is done in water color on Utrech bristol, 4.5 x 6 inches. I cannot promise to make as many for future moles, as my projects very in intensity and duration, and thus, my available creative time also varies. You'll have to take your chances. The scan is a little darker than the original. Click image to view larger. In Steve Moleskine pocket.

Three sketches

We've been on the road for ten days and I haven't done much art. I did these three sketches in Hennie Mavis's Moleskine when I was visiting her in New Hampshire. We are leaving again on June 30. The center one is ball point pen and the other two are water colors. All on that funny coated moleskine paper.

Biker Buddy Water Color Sketch on April Fool's Day

I did this quick watercolor sketch at dinner last night--I started with water soluble markers (pink and green) and then switched to water colors.

If you are wondering why all my sketches of him have a similar background and look, it's because he sits at the same spot at the dining room table for dinner every night and then likes to linger over wine or beer and that's when I paint him. Click here to see him doing exactly that.

Colors Sketch, orange and purple, of BB for Creative Every Day

It's not April yet, but I was reading about "the totally optional theme for April" at Creative Every Day. The themes for April is COLORS and one of the suggestions was to try using colors you don't usually use. I use all the colors "as I need them," but rarely start out with orange
or purple and probably use those two colors less than others, so I decided to do a sketch of BB in orange and purple--which I did, last night. Today, I added white and black. Of course I realize now that orange is not that far from skin tones and purple is a good shadow color, so with the addition of black for pupils (the purple was too pale) and white for his beard (the purple was too dark), it gives a reasonable representation. Of course, I could have used paler and paler and darker and darker shades of orange and purple, but did not. I will probably, time allowing, play with this some more.

I did this on photoshop on my Mac using my Cintiq tablet and Wacom pen from life, with BB sitting on the couch falling asleep last night before I left for my sleep study. I had to request that he open his eyes. LOL! I did it very hastily because I only had about 20 minutes before I had to leave. This morning I just added the white and black.

My place at the dining room table at 3 AM

Today I made this digital painting from the sketch I drew last night when I was insomniac at 3 AM. It took me all day to paint it, by hand, not with filters, on my old computer using a MOUSE in PS7. (I did use liquify to bend the brushes on the left to "match" the bed in the water bottle on the right. I did not use either of my tablets or pens, because I felt really terrible and wanted to do it the old fashioned way, LOL! (slowly, slowly.)) For Creative every day and Every NIGHT!

sketch dump

I've been too busy to post my daily sketches, so here are a few of them. All at once, from one of my sketchbooks. They include a few exercises ("scales"). The last three were random sketches done in the car. The Biker Buddy ones are right after the Lake Wall collapsed and he had an ice pack on his injury. The girl in braids is another attempt at Sissy, the protagonist of some of my novels. Her neck is too wide! :-( You can click on any image to see it larger.

Attempting Biker Buddy Revisited

Attempting Biker Buddy Revisited, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. Click image to view larger. Pencil. Done in rapidly moving, bump-lurching car! :-(

I took an old sketch I had made of Biker Buddy--dunno if I ever posted it--and worked on it some more. A lot more. If it's around anywhere, I will link to the original. It's quite a bit different than this. The original no longer exists, as I changed it. But I MAY have a scan of it. (Well, I couldn't find the original--it may not exist, which would be a little sad, because the earlier image was very different and somewhat more cheerful.)

The Frog Meister (Sissy)

The Frog Meister (Sissy), by Mary Stebbins Taitt. I decided that since one of the reasons I started studying art was to illustrate my books, I would keep attempting to make book illos until I got it right. This is Sissy, the protagonist in Frog Haven (one of my Y.A. novels).

The Bluebird of Happiness

The Bluebird of Happiness, after Steve Emery, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. This is a quick watercolor sketch, shown alone and in the two-page spread in the sketchbook exchange book. Each sketch is about 5 x 8.5. I made a very quick pencil sketch on this one, and then quick-painted it. With the fruit and wine by night window, I did not make a pencil sketch, but just sketched with the paints.

I love Steve Emery's work, but am not really good enough to emulate it. This one is after his Woodpecker one, but not meant to be an exact copy (OBVIOUSLY!!).

Blackboard Girl, Take 3

Blackboard Girl, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. Trying to learn to post pictures directly from Leo, my Mac Leopard. I am having trouble learning to use my Mac and the new Tablet is hooked to the Mac. This was a quick sketch to practice posting.

Various Sketches

Various Sketches, by Mary Stebbins Taitt, two each in my two current sketchbook exchange books.

1)Night Fishing, after"Shack Medicine," by Thomas Wood
2)First Light, after "Dawn of a New Day," by Tom Browning
3)The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
4)The Kiss that didn't happen

The gold pieces are golder than they look in the scans.

Biker Buddy Mug Sketches

Two new sketches of my hubby, Biker Buddy. One from tonight.

4 Christmas Eve watercolor sketches

While everyone was drinking and talking, I painted 5 small water-color sketches last night which I proceeded to give away to family members present at the festivities. I think the quality of sketches disintegrates little by little with champagnes and fatigue.

Merry Christmas.

(Creative Every Day).

Medusa Mole Sketch

Here's me in the holiday spirit, LOL! Confused and ready to bite!
Too bad I haven't been that young in 40-some years!!! LOL!

Medusa, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. First sketch in Steve's Molie.

4 new sketches

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

From two of my sketchbook exchange groups.

1-3 in Jim Doran's Book, 4 in Ammon's book. All by me, Mary Stebbins Taitt.

1. Fair winds, especially for Jim Doran
2. Grackle
3. Magnifying glasses
4. The Mirror Ball

All of these were done with my 3 new "technical pens," two old ones form my father and one new one my husband got me from Poland. I am not very good with them. I have a lot to learn.

No Way Out

No way out is an abstract sketch drawn in Tami's sketchbook for a sketchbook exchange. I also did some more work on Autumn Lane. I thought it was done earlier but decided it wasn't. I hope it's done now!