A beautiful ugly painting
;)

Reminds me of Igor. Cool stuff!

Wow, even your "doodles" are AWESOME! :)

Wow! Your works look really great!

Your sketches are awesome! will visit your new site as well.

Love your sketches, this cat is great, is he for sale ?
Kate

Yes Kate. Just go to the doodles site linked in the post. All my doodles including the cat are posted there with links to buy.

Beautiful poster Dani! I love the mood and setting. Great atmosphere. The reflection of the window on the floor is amazing. Makes her feel so small and vulnerable around so many boos, so many voices.. Awesome work! :o)

Beautiful mood and colors in your poster. Congrats on your 2nd place win!

This was my hands-down winner of my vote for the audience award. A beautiful illustration of the joy of reading.

Congrats on a great piece! FULL of atmosphere and tenderness!

That's good stuff! I like the look on Harry's face.

LoL! Mine, too! ;)

Awesome job on these, by the way. :)

That Edward is awesome. And I feel awesome for knowing who he was right away.

Way to go Mike. I'm impressed that you are so familiar with the pale sparkly dudes.

Love the colours you've used on these.

Very nice work. The little lamb is cute. =) Have a happy Easter!

You should do it more often. I think its beautiful

Very nice! Your color choice is always excellent, and I love the crispness of the gouache, that's always been such a mysterious medium to me.

Looks like you were having fun! Great colors.

Great colors and lighting.

I like the grainy texture of the sky.

the colors are JUICE-SAY!-it's a great little masterpiece

This is great!

Love your technique!
Cata

This is an excellent drawing. The linework in the hair is very easy on the eye and depth-wise it's spot on. Good work dude.

Awesome job on this! The portrait is excellent and I love the way you mimicked the Dr. Seuss style for the background!

So true! I love Dr. Seuss - Great illustration!

Dr. Seuss is too cool! Very nice illustration & take on the theme.

Awesome. Beautifully done.

Beautiful portrait, love the colouring. Great illustration!

Excellent job! The portrait itself is great, and the Seussian background makes it perfect.

This came out great! I enjoyed watching you color it!

This looks really great Dani. I think the colors and the subtle linework are great. I would like to see you do some more caricatures, it would be awesome to see how they turn out.

Great shapes and style, Dani
Totally peaceful.

LOVE this! great job :)

Love hie big bushy eyebrows! I hate that I missed him coming to life this morning - going to watch it now!

He is wonderful. Hope he brings you good luck.

He is cute!!!!
Great work!!!

Oooh! I like this one Dani! It's nice all around! I love the colors and the motion!

I watched you draw you (that sounds funny). Was very nice, as all your live drawing always is. Thanks again - this time for helping me sit through last day before weekend started ;-)

Way cool!

oi Dani tudo bem ???
acompanho o seu blog a bastante tempo, gostaria de dar os parabens,
está sempre cada vez melhor, trabalhos impecaveis, vc é uma grande referencia pra mim !!!
muito sucesso ae !!
um abração
CAUE

Cool Sketch, love the texture and technique.

Dani, I love the picture you drew of yourself....:) I'm going to be needing a copy...please?

Awww this is super cute! Lovely illustration!

It's soooo sweet - is it a chicken? I love the bunny on your profile too! Lovely work!

What delicious expression! Irresistible!...

Tweet little bird!

I might be missing something, but how come an egg is "intricate"? or is this cos an egg is kinda the opposite of intricate? just feeling a bit dumb cos i an not "getting" it.

well you succeeded. It is very cute.

You're right Tor. I think I had something more like "delicate" on my mind when I drew it. Intricate doesn't fit exactly. But what can I say, I'm an artist, not an English professor. :P

Thanks for all the comments so far everyone.

Great job! Your handling of the watercolor is fantastic!

Ahh now I follow the thought process and don't feel like a goose.
Love your work :D

As always.. Your illustrations are great! Thanks also for the videos - they are always interesting!

So sweet! love it

I love: the slightly dazed look on the little bird's face, the turquoise color, and your hatch-marks. Lovely!

How beautiful this is and truly nothing is more intricate than breaking into life! :)

Were some of these done in watercolor? I like it.

Yes, Erick. Watercolor, pencil, pen, and some ink thrown in there.

All are great! My favs are the green bird and the girl

Hey Dani!

I really enjoy your work! I was fortunate enough to see one of your 'paint-casts' today and it was great! It's really inspired me to explore brushes a little more.

Keep up the great work!

Melinda

Love your work. The "Elfis" caught my attention. :)

Dani, thank you.

You've been my insparation for the last couple of months.
Keep up the great work you're doing.
The hobbit is wonderful...

Congratulations! Also wanted to let you know your blog is filled with wonderful stuff and I love your work!!

Congrats Dani! What exciting news - your work deserves it.

Wow congrats! That is such great news! Just received my copy last week, and I love it.

Congratulations also, am enjoying your blog.

Suzanne U.

Wow good work Dani. You staying busy? Good stuff in the Friend too. :D

Wow Dani
Felicitaciones!
Your art is great

I have just discovered your blog and I love your sketches in particular! What a talent!

Thanks so much Danielle.

I really like your work - I found one of your painting video's on youtube and wound up here. Then I noticed that you went to BYU Idaho - neat - I went to BYU. You must work 20 hours/day to keep up on all the webposts/blogging, tips and all. I'll be checking back.

Will Terry

All wonderful stuff! Especially like the old school coloring book feel of the bottom illo!

hi you are a great artist.the skitches are so good.
THE DYNAMIC NATURE

I'm hoping there will be a Dani Jones' original under my tree this Christmas! I've dropped a few hints–I'll see if my loved ones were paying attention!

I agree with you Dani, I love sketching this time of year too as the season lends itself to whimsical images.

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.


Susan

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These are all great. I especially love the kitty. =)