It's Raining Cats & Dogs

Paper, gouache, Prismacolor  markers & colored pencils

It's Raining Cats & Dogs

I'm working on a new project, "It's Raining Cats & Dogs." Gallery Nucleus selected 13 artists to do a piece on their favorite idiom and that show starts this weekend but just for fun I wanted to do one too, so here is a sneak peek. My thumbnail sketch for the piece is in the third picture above.

Above are a few examples of inspirations I used for the piece (Lorelay Bove did the beautiful artwork on the last picture, her blog link is on the left of mine if you want to check out her amazing work).

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Gallery Nucleus is going to sell my Harry Potter piece in their exhibit!!! I am so excited and thankful. Come out to Gallery Nucleus July 9th to see or buy some amazing art.
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/blog/harrypotter

Media Used: Paper, Markers

Harry Potter

 

This is the new project I'm working on for a submission to the Gallery Nucleus Harry Potter exhibit. These sketches just need some touching up then I will produce the background and after I do a color study I will make a paper art sculpture out of it. I am trying a new process of finalizing all my details before I start them in paper so it will make that process much faster and more efficient...well that's the plan anyway. Btw, this is when Harry fights the Basilisk and Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix, comes to his aid in the Chamber of Secrets. Fawkes brought Harry the Sorting Hat (which Harry pulled the Gryffindor sword from) and scratched out the Basilisk's eyes. Harry is closing his eyes because if he makes eye contact with the Basilisk he will die. 

Believe it or not I used a clip from the movie "Citizen Kane" to help me with the layout because that movie is famous for it's cinematography. Below are a few examples of work I used as reference pieces.

Guernica