One Room School house

Mom was educated in a one room school house.  All the grades together and a stove that needed coal and lighting every morning. Life on the farm...I am using a charcoal brush with blending tool and a little color and fill
an overlay layer to mute and color correct...

Exodus

I have no idea what this is obviously a little dark for this site but still an experiment...I was playing with shape layers and vector graphics and it led to this, just goofing around...I like some of the textures though....It is very late at night and I am only half awake anyway...oh well time for bed.

Ethan and Natalie Practice

I made them practice together one morning.  They did a lot of it on their own.  Natalie on the keys and E with his violin.  Just a quick sketch to remember the moment.

ATV ride

I was doing some sketches at work for a presentation that never happened. This is a ATV proposal with open framed pillars.  I did the sketch with marker and a brush pen.  Gradations and color in Photoshop.  I had fun with the perspective and playin in the mud!

This is for Steven as my first "follower" on the new blog...I hope you like...

Color Ogre

Tried it with a different color scheme to get more contrast and more of a sense of danger.  I hope this puts a little more punch to the image...Through in some texture overkill also but I need to build up a good collection of textures ....any way time for bed.

Just a quick study in color ....plus a little texture...done in Photoshop.  This was drawn with some brush markers and fine tip felt markers...Arthur looks down and sees the crack in the bridge and the chickens give him an idea.

The Ogre and King Arthur

Here is another improvised bed time story for my kids. King Arthur was called to save a village from an evil Ogre.  (...not like Shrek)... Arthur could not overpower the huge beast and was forced to retreat.  He found a narrow bridge which he realized could not hold the weight of the Ogre. Using his wits he taunted the monster by dancing like a chicken until the Ogre lost his evil temper and ran across the bridge.  Half way across the bridge collapsed and Ogre fell into the river and was carried out to sea and away for the village forever.  Not the greatest story but trying to teach the kids what happens when you lose your temper.  Also, that fighting my not always be the best option.  The chicken dancing seemed to be the favorite part for them...anyway...

The Purple Dragon

This was a bed time story about King Arthur and the Purple Dragon.  Woken from his Purple mountain cave by rude townspeople, the dragon marched toward the beautiful city of White Oak burning all in sight.  Arthur stopped the Dragon with by appealing to his heart, convincing him not to let foolish words destroy a town truly unique and beautiful.  The village, and the one of a kind white oak tree at its center, where saved from the dragon's wrath.