doodles

It's interesting to see what people doodle when they're in a meeting. They tend to draw the same types of things every time they doodle. Patterns, flowers, etc...

Mine tend to be about 3 things: 1. aircraft/spacecraft, 2. architecture, and 3. patterns.

Sometimes I deviate; as is the case with these doodles. You've got some fantasy sci-fi junk up at the top. On the left you have a weird alien whale creature. On the right, a brave Native American warrior. It feels weird to type so much about a simple doodle, so I'll end it here.

patio in watercolor

Half of this painting came from a shot I took at Magic Mountain (believe it or not). The other part(s) were from my backyard growing up. My mom had this enormous barrel flower pot that I always liked.

mountain lion

This one took me hours and hours. My daughter - a toddler at the time - even scribbled on it at one point, but I was able to fix it. I love Prisma pencils, but I'll never do another one this large with this medium (11x17"). I drew the face first, because that's the hardest part. If you mess up on that and have to start over, then you haven't wasted time on the rest.

sketches of big cats

When I was first married, we lived in a tiny apartment w/no tv. I was home one Saturday and started sketching these lions from a book I checked out at a library. The tiger was from last night - nearly 13yrs later.

Peace

Ariana, age 11 (watercolor)

Dr. Who's TARDIS (Police Box)

Dylan, age 6 (pen)

Star Wars drawing by Lance

Lance, age 9 (ink)

mischievous angel

F-16 Viper

F-16 Fighting Falcon (Viper) out of Luke AFB. A friend/pilot commissioned this one as a gift for his father. (graphite)

P-51 Mustang

P-51 Mustang - graphite & white pastel.

dog

A friend's parent's dog inspired me to pick up the pen and go to town... (ink)