samantha's blog

26 June 2015

Pinwheels

Watercolor pencils, markers, and oil pastels on illustration board.

Visual Exercises

Oil pastels on colored felt paper.

Bird

Painted watercolor pencils and washable crayons and markers on illustration board.

Angel

Painted watercolor pencils on illustration board.

12 June 2015

Tree

Acrylic paint on board.

A Short Story

A Night Story

Once upon a time
on a starry night . . .

When the Moon is half full
and sleeping. . .

And the Flower is sleeping.

The Bird is sleeping.

The Tree is sleeping.

The rocks are asleep!

But not my dog Coco!

The End.


Flower and Angel

White markers and oil pastels on black paper.

04 June 2015

Visual Exercises

Draw a circle in the middle.
Draw petals around the circle.
Draw another set of petals
using another color:

Draw a square. Draw 4 squares inside the square.
Color the squares in different colors.
Draw four lines under the square.
And draw two lines to cross the line:

Two triangles, two circles inside the triangles,
draw dots on one of the triangles, 
draw lines in one of the triangles,
draw lines in one of the circles,
color one of the circles:

Random shape to make palette with different colors:

Visual Exercises Part 2

More exercises using oil pastels on colored felt paper.

Circles:

Squares:

Angel:


Painting with acrylic paints: