A Letter from Father Christmas

https://lizstevensart.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/the-father-christmas-letters-2013/

Illustration Friday - SWEET

My entry for this week's IF topic, SWEET.

I thought about the word, sweet. The obvious images of various confections came to mind, but then I thought about how a person can be called sweet, which led to thinking about when I was a teen and used to read old romance stories. The ones from the fifties and early sixties always had a great heroine who was usually beautiful, smart, and sweet but never knew it until the end. Hence my illustration with a retro feel.

Enjoy - L

Illustration Friday - LIQUID

Just a little sketch I did using the Sketchbook Pro app on my Kindle Fire HD 7 for IF topic Liquid.

Enjoy! -Liz

Illustration Friday - EGG (late post)

Hey all, here's my better late than not at all drawing for Easter week's IF topic which was 'egg'…

The inspiration was obviously Easter and I stole the background design from my niece Evelyn. She's a pretty amazing artist on her own and hopefully someday we can share IF together (that is with her parent's permission as she is only 13!)

I tried a new technique with this one.  My usual sketch in black sharpie but I used a stiff bristle brush and soft pastels to color and shade, then brightened some areas with marker. It made for a pretty cool effect and some better variety of color than just markers alone! I cleaned it up with a kneaded eraser and voila! 

Anyways, thanks for stopping by. Comments always welcome.

-Liz

Help me "Make Art That Sells"

Hey all,  I have a campaign on Indiegogo.com.  I'm trying to raise funds to attend an online course to help me get current with market trends and build my art licensing portfolio.  Can you help?  I'm offering great perks for anyone who donates!!!  If you can't donate, please share and reshare.  Get the word out.  So far I have ZERO donations.  So please help support me and my art.

Thanks a bunch
Liz