Dragon Sketch

I'm doing a label for a line of fair trade hand roasted organic coffees.

Amazing Origins has a coffee cart inside the Isis bookstore in Denver, CO. If you live in the area you should drop by - both are worth the stop.

This is my preliminary sketch. I'm always hesitate to show people my rough drafts, because they looks so, well . . . rough. But I think you lose something drawing and re-drawing. I like to keep the sketch somewhat loose and go from there.

So here it is for the world to see - my naked little rough sketch. Next I'll put it on watercolor paper and start the inking, then the painting. I'll post the inking stage in a couple of days.

Guess I better get back to work.

International Fairy Day

I just found out today is International Fairy Day. Wish I had known sooner, I would of baked a cake!

Since my birthday is in June I'm doubly excited to find out I share the month with the Fairies.

Summer Solstice

I went to a Summer Solstice Party last night. Well actually is was a Solstice/Decorate-a-Walker Party. A friend is getting a hip replacement and wanted us to decorate her walker . . . and decorate we did!

There was face painting

Fortune Telling (I paid the Seer in chocolate and got a very good future)

Beautiful guitar playing and singing

The queen arrived . . . I think she was pleased

And as I said, decorate the walker we did!!!!

Breckenridge

My sister and I spent 3 glorious days in Breckenridge, CO. It was my birthday vacation. We stayed in a cute little condo and my sister cooked for me each night. Pretty darn special!

But no sketching. By the time we came back in the evening I was just too worn out. Do other people have problems producing art on vacations?

I feel revved up afterwards and definitely in the creative mood but never seem to do much on the actual vacay. I just suck everything up for later.

Someday though I would like to try an actual art vacation.

Windmills of my mind

MagCloud Discount

Another MagCloud sale is going on. Just put in the code DADGRAD and grab you some indie magazines!

Friday's Superstition

A new superstition is up at the Edible Raven.