Be Mused Art

This is a little painting that I created yesterday while at the art show. He is debuting on etsy and cafepress.

I know it is just a pencil sketch this time, but still cute. I did this at an art show, and after loading up I seemed to have hurt my shoulder again. It is the right shoulder, and just moving my arm hurts. So all you get this week is a pencil sketch.

For those wanting an update on little Willow, most of the time she is evil. But every evening she climbs up on my shoulder and falls asleep. She even lets me pet her – most of the time she thinks petting is an attack. But here she is being cute and sweet for once.

I thought I would go ahead and share this with you all. I am running a contest on my facebook fan page. I need names for the tombstones in my Zombie Cemetery art – so I am going to randomly pick some names from folks that post on my FB fanpage on the topic of the Zombie Cemetery. The winner will receive a free digital coloring page that they can print and share with friends and family. I thought they would make great party favors at Halloween.

Anyway there will be 2 winners immortalized in the art as well as getting some nifty art to color.

Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/BeMuses

A random number generator will choose the winner.

[caption id="attachment_896" align="alignright" width="231" caption="DragonTattoo"][/caption] I have been hard at work, even as the family went out of town to celebrate the 4th of July, I was painting during every spare moment. The Dragon Tattoo was of course the result of working through the holiday.
But just before we left, I completed Reverie. I was unable to name this painting on my own, so I offered a print in exchange for coming up with a name on my facebook fan page. Kathy was the one that came up with the perfect name and earned a print of the painting. Be sure and fan me on facebook for other such opportunities in the future.
Next is some Zombies meet Art Nouveau. I bet you are all looking forward to seeing that.

I have been busy. Lots of late nights sketching, inking and painting. Every moment seems to be spent creating. I take my daughter to swim classes and I draw, I take her to the pool, and I ink, sitting in a restaurant with my watercolors while waiting for dinner to arrive. Really at some point I am going to need to get more sleep. But in the mean time if you want to keep up to date with what I am working on, check out my facebook fan page.

Well, it is nearly 2 am here, so I better try and get some sleep. There are swim classes in the morning and my son’s birthday to celebrate.

And here we have my latest mercat painting. I really like how velvety the night sky turned out in this one. And of course that tail is shiny.

I have been busy the last few days. This selection isn’t even everything I have done in the last couple of week. I am either getting better at avoiding housework or better at squeezing in some art time. Usually once K is out of school for the summer, art doesn’t happen as much. But I am very happy with my recent work. I still have LOTS of sketches that I want to paint and I have no time to finish those. The pirate mercat and the 2 I just posted today are just a few of them.

This week Illustration Friday is supporting the Ripple Project. This is my first submission. I might have to make more, just because being able to make a bit of art to help out with the crisis that is affecting out Gulf Coast, helps me not feel so helpless.
Being a Texan and realizing how this will prevent my daughter from experiencing some of the fun I had on the Texas and Mississippi coasts growing up saddens me. If this takes as long to clean up as the Alaska spill did, I am not likely to get to take my daughter crabbing or build giant sand castles with her in the places I did those things as a kid. Maybe if we all pitch in a small bit at a time we can help this clean up happen in time for us to enjoy our oceans again and to see the sea turtles, coastal birds, and fish prosper again.

This is what I worked on between panels (and during panels) at A-Kon this weekend. I am so very happy with the results. I did a lot more detail than is usual for me and lots of layers of colors to get them to be so very vibrant. It was soothing to work on and the results, I think, are soothing to look at. And of course, I might be a bit crazy, because I put it on eBay with a starting bid of only 99 cents.

Of course A-Kon was a blast. I really want more Copic markers after going to workshops all three days. And I did buy some cool art. And my feet hurt from walking up and down stairs for 3 days. If you love animation, web comics, costuming or whimsical art, I so recommend attending this convention in the future.