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1. Holiday Cheer with Elves & More

By: Brian Bowes, on 12/21/2016
Blog: Studio Bowes Art (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: drawing, Characters, pencil, ink, Graphic Design, *Client Work, Real Life Adventures of an Illustrator, Add a tag

Summary: Volunteer work with a bike charity in Ohio, and the gift of a new logo illustration.

via Studio Bowes Art Blog at http://ift.tt/2h2X5mO

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2. tonight the streets are ours

By: andrea joseph, on 10/6/2016
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Manchester, ink, Urban Sketchers, urban sketching, AJ, andrea joseph, inktober, Andrea Joseph drawings, Add a tag

For one reason or another, I seem to have been talking, and thinking, a lot recently about how my work is changing/has changed. And it is/has. It's changed dramatically.

There are a few reasons for that, which, if you're interested, I'll share with you now. If you're not interested please take a look around at some of my pictures.

1. The first reason is that I went on this ink workshop. And I loved it. It felt I'd been reunited with an old love. Way before I ever believed I could be an illustrator, I used to play around with ink. Mainly just cheap fountain pens, but I also bought a whole load of those little bottles of Windsor and Newton inks back in the day too. I'd paint with them, like in this old children's illustration, and loved the intensity. I kind of forgot about all that as time passed. But, it was taking the ink workshop that woke me up to the possibilities all over again. It truly was like coming home.

I should also mention, that just around the same time I inherited a load of old inks - a huge box of bottles of all different kinds from acrylics to Indian ink to luminescents - when an art studio was closing down. Half of them were so old or crusty that there was no way of opening them. I threw all of those away, but what was left, coupled with the W&N ones I'd bought twenty years ago (which incidentally were all still in perfect condition), became my new palette.

2. So now I'm armed with my new weapons, but I'm really stuck. I'm really...well...bored. Bored of what I'm doing. I'm still running my Drink & Draw series which I absolutely adore, so that's giving me lots of practice on the life drawing front, I'm still going out and doing lots of observational drawings, but I'm still stuck. Now, I don't think I even noticed this. Not quite. Not until my next change, but I see it now. And it's not always a bad place to be. In fact there's something quite exciting about being in that place.

Cos change is gonna come.

And, I love that. I love just knowing that.

3. One morning I woke up and just had an incredible urge to draw the Buxton Opera House. This surprised me. It surprised me because the thought of doing that before that point would have bored the pants off me. The place had been drawn and painted by every artist within a fifty mile radius of it over and over again. Quite rightly too, it's really beautiful. REALLY beautiful. But it's been drawn and painted to death. The idea of doing it just felt soooo predictable. So obvious. But this day I got up and I had a need to draw it. So, I did. Then I drew the town hall. Then the Palace Hotel. Then some of the gorgeous flats that overlooked the Opera House.....

And so I drew Buxton (I haven't got around to scanning them yet, so that's another post) until I'd drawn all of Buxton. It is only a small place. But now something was awakening.

4. And then came the Urban Sketchers Symposium, that just so happened to be in the city I work and the city that I see as a spiritual home. Manchester, the city where half of me is from (my mother's half).

Now, I've been a part of an urban sketching group (Yorkshire) for around four or five years, in fact, I now draw with two (Manchester), but I've never felt like much of an urban sketcher. My favourite outings were always the coffees shop ones. I'd always end up drawing details or people. So I always felt a bit of a incidental urban sketcher.

What the Symposium did for me was open my eyes to our amazing city and to share that and show off Manchester with people who love drawing as much as I do. I also discovered so many drawing opportunities. Around every corner there's a little surprise, a little gem, and I intend to draw them all. It was wonderful to share that with other sketchers. I've learnt a lot about the city. And about where I want my work to take me.

So, yeah, my drawing has changed. And for the first time in quite some time I'm loving what I'm doing again. That's a good feeling.

Just go with the flow kids. Don't get hung up or frustrated by your drawing funks. It'll all come around. It'll all come back around.

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3. Jim and Ted 15: The picnic

By: Rob, on 7/22/2016
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JacketFlap tags: illustration, character, cartoon, elephant, ink, giraffe, picnic, BW, Jim and Ted, Add a tag

I figured that Jim and Ted needed a longer break from the insanity that has been their life. So here they are enjoying a nice happy, picnic.

The post Jim and Ted 15: The picnic appeared first on rob-peters.com.

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4. Mistakes Can Make You Giggle

By: Koosje Koene, on 6/18/2016
Blog: Koosje Koene (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: draw tip, drawing blog, journal, pen, ink, Add a tag

So I was practicing my brush strokes and brush lettering, really enjoying myself doing so.

lazysunday

And I thought I might as well write a note. Then I started drawing the letters and got so absorbed with drawing the shapes, that I totally didn’t realize what I was writing. It made me laugh out loud.

hellosweaty

I am actually still giggling. Mistakes are bound to happen when you’re learning and adding skills to your creative arsenal. So let’s embrace the mistakes, and celebrate them!

The post Mistakes Can Make You Giggle appeared first on Make Awesome Art.

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5. Jim and Ted 7: Monkey Attack!

By: Rob, on 4/15/2016
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JacketFlap tags: bridge, giraffe, BW, Jim and Ted, character, cartoon, elephant, ink, monkey, Add a tag

Things are looking really bad for Jim and Ted. Poor Ted is getting swarmed by savage monkeys.

This little series I’m doing keeps getting more dramatic and I’m not sure how this happened. I’m working without a plot or any real plan– I’ve begun each of these with a blank paper and the question: “What happens next?” Hopefully, I can think of happier things for Ted and Jim soon. Assuming they survive the monkeys, that is.

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6. Jim and Ted 2

By: Rob, on 3/11/2016
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It’s week two of the continuing adventures of Jim and Ted. (And yes, last week Jim was named Joe. I just decided that I like Jim better.)

Things don’t look good for them. Will they slide right off the cliff? Find out next Friday.

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7. A Valentine's Day Giveaway

By: Sara Burrier, on 2/15/2016
Blog: warrior princess dream (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: art, drawing, valentines day, facebook, ink, monday, pen, mermaid, giveaway, announcement, fantasy art, original, sara burrier, free art, sarabillustration, pinterest, mermaid monday, pinning, Add a tag

Happy Valentine's Day! I know it was yesterday, but a holiday about Love should last so much longer than one day....how about every day? No? Well, we can start with a week. ;)

Valentine's Day is all about the love we share and feel towards those most important to us. Love is very important to me, to share with others....especially those that I don't know, because everyone needs it. A truth that is always good to share.

Today I want to share something with you, an original drawing...the first original drawing of my Mermaid Portrait series for my upcoming coloring book.

Here's what you need to do to be entered into the Giveaway:

♥︎ Go to my Pinterest page and Follow
♥︎ Pin something you like from my Pinterest page
♥︎ Share here or on my Facebook Page a link to the Pin you liked

The more you Pin, the more your name is entered!

This will be running through the entire week of Valentine's. Today February 15th through Sunday, February 21st. All entries AFTER midnight February 21st will not make it to the list.

Winner will be announce Monday February 22nd!
winner announced on facebook and here on the blog. winner will also be contacted via message/email

Happy Pinning! ♥︎

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8. Happy Mermaid Monday

By: Sara Burrier, on 1/18/2016
Blog: warrior princess dream (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration, art, drawing, ink, mermaid, line art, mermaid art, sara burrier, sara b illustration, adult coloring book, mermaid monday, Add a tag

Even a cold couldn't keep me away from creating a lovely mermaid for the upcoming book. ♥︎ Feeling the love in the air as Valentine's Day approaches next month.

Original Drawing available here: http://www.sarabillustration.com/#!product/prd4/4453885531/mermaid-portrait-%235

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9. Happy Mermaid Monday!

By: Sara Burrier, on 1/11/2016
Blog: warrior princess dream (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: art, drawing, ink, portrait, line art, coloring book, mermaid art, sara burrier, sara b illustration, mermaid monday, Add a tag

I have started a new project, Huzzah! I must be crazy. @_@

Every day until I feel I have enough, I am going to draw out a fun mermaid portrait. In the end, there will be enough beautiful mermaids for a pocket coloring book! I know, I'm so excited I just want to hide and draw for days to get it done!

On top of that, each drawing will be available for purchase. She will come matted in white ready for an 8x10 frame. You may visit here ↣ Mermaid Portrait #1 Original ↢ to place your sale.

Here is the first one!

Mermaid Portrait #1

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10. Happy New Year 2016!

By: Rob, on 1/2/2016
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JacketFlap tags: january, 2016, News, new year, character, ink, Add a tag

Happy New Year! My wife was asking me for a New Year’s baby– so this one is for her.

The 2015 retrospective I promised on Thursday should be up on Monday morning. And hopefully by that time I will have decided what I’m going to do on this site for the next year.

The post Happy New Year 2016! appeared first on rob-peters.com.

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11. Daily Drawing: Reindeer 23

By: Rob, on 12/31/2015
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JacketFlap tags: ink, December, reindeer, character, cartoon, BW, Daily Drawing, Add a tag

This happy guy is the last reindeer of the month– and the last drawing in my year long “Daily Drawing” experiment.

Come back later today for a post on my thoughts on the past year– what I’ve learned and discovered as I’ve done these characters– as well as my plans for 2016.

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12. Daily Drawing: Reindeer 22