Eye Study no. 4

Posted on March 7, 2020 Posted in SketchbookTagged art, drawing, eyeballs, eyes, illustration, ink, painting

Ink painting of eyes

Eye Study no. 3

Posted on March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Posted in SketchbookTagged drawing, eyeballs, eyes, illustration, pencil drawing

Pencil drawing of eyes

Inktober 2017: Child Ballads

Posted on October 19, 2017October 26, 2017 Posted in Animals, People, Sketchbook, UncategorizedTagged ballads, child ballads, drawing, folk music, illustration, inktober, inktober 2017, Sketchbook

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! My Inktober theme this year is Child Ballads: Monsters, Maidens, and Murder. Here are my sketches so far:

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Come back here through October to see new drawings added to the list below! And you can listen along to the series with this playlist I made: https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/1232271124/playlist/4s2cfFeRAWQyYLdqX1u0OO

The Devil’s Nine Questions/Riddles Wisely Expounded (#1)
The Elfin Knight (#2)
The Three Ravens/Twa Corbies (#26)
The Mermaid (#289)
Sheath and Knife (#16)
King Orfeo (#19)
The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea (#36)
Edward (#13)
Sweet William’s Ghost (#77)
The Holland Handkerchief/The Suffolk Miracle (#272)
Cockle Shells/Waly Waly (#204)
False Knight on the Road (#3)
Thomas the Rhymer (#37)
The Farmer’s Curst Wife (#278)
took a sick day, no drawing
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (#113)
skull-heart thingy (took a break from drawing ballads)
Barbara Allen (#84)
another sick day
The Unquiet Grave (#78)
The Wife of Usher’s Well (#79)
sick day
sick day (rrgh)
The Cruel Mother (#20)
The Twa Sisters (#10)

illo_advent 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 Posted in Children's Art, food, Holiday, pattern, SketchbookTagged art, christmas, drawing, eliza stein, illustration, Sketchbook, sketches, xmas

Here are the sketches I’ve done for #illo_advent so far. Hopefully I’ll have time to do a few more before the 25th!

Inktober 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016November 1, 2016 Posted in Animals, Dogs, food, Holiday, SketchbookTagged drawing, eliza stein, illustration, inktober, inktober 2016, Sketchbook, sketches

This was my third Inktober and I wasn’t able to participate every single day this time, but I’m still pretty happy with ideas I came up with that I can develop into finished work. See my entries from the last two years below (the links will take you to my old blog)

Inktober 2015

Inktober 2014

Pit Bull Pegasus Puppies

Posted on August 29, 2016 Posted in Animals, Children's Art, Dogs, SketchbookTagged Dogs, drawing, eliza stein, illustration, pegasus, pit bull, pitbull, puppies

That’s purple pit bull pegasus puppies.

Teacup Mice

Posted on August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Posted in Animals, Children's Art, SketchbookTagged drawing, eliza stein, illustration, mice, mouse, sketch, Sketchbook, teacups

It’s Monday! Have you checked your cupboard for stowaways?

Sit on it!

Posted on July 5, 2016 Posted in SketchbookTagged 70's, couch, drawing, eliza stein, furniture, illustration, sofa, ugly furniture

Ugly 70’s couches, vinyl slipcovers optional but recommended.

Makeovers!

Posted on June 22, 2016 Posted in People, SketchbookTagged beauty, cmyk, drawing, eliza stein, illustration, makeup, rgb, sketch

I wish I had makeup in all these colors so I could do real life RGB and CMYK-themed makeovers.

Moths

Posted on June 20, 2016 Posted in Animals, SketchbookTagged drawing, eliza stein, hornet moth, illustration, insect, luna moth, moth, sketch

These started out as everyday practice sketches, but I decided to color them in. This is a portrait of a luna moth. Their wings get most of the attention, but they also have really fabulous antennae: