Summer is falling. Drawing what's next...

I'm sluggishly admitting that summer is coming to a close. Sigh. It's Labor Day weekend—summer's finale. This means that I should think about the looming holidays. I'm starting with a glimpse of Halloween. I've sketched and colored, Harry. He really likes his shirt. He's ready to give you a hare-raising scare. (sorry about the tacky pun). 


Harry may have some friends too. Maybe a girl friend, or some other halloween critters. We'll see how focused I stay with the theme. (I'm still wanting to wear my flip flops and BBQ on the deck.) It would be best to check my blog again, and we'll see who (what) else falls out of my head.... 


 I've an idea for some sweet greeting cards for Harry to grace. I think you'll see him on Etsy in the coming days. I'll update my gallery when he joins the store.


Thanks for following my scribbles!
Have a bright day! 

Drawing on discipline

I've discovered that I blog a lot like I go to the gym. Exercising and blogging are on my to-do list, but the day twiddles away and before I know it,  I'm going to bed realizing I MEANT to go to the Y.... and I meant to blog, but oops—other things that seem terribly pressing got in the way.  I think I need to do something that makes me touch base regularly with my blog page to keep things dusted, current and worth visiting. A promise to commit that keeps me a bit more disciplined.

So  I'm going to sketch—and toss whatever I've scribbled up on my page to share. It'll be a good exercise for the illustrator in me to push some creative doodle out of my noggin.

Here's what I did today. I like this little guy well enough, but when I tried drawing a front view of him,  I'm struggled with the fore-shortening of his beak without losing his quirky personality. It's tossing me a bit. We'll see if he shows up again in more views. I like him well enough that I may put him in color though.