Siren

February 26, 2023February 22, 2023Leave a comment

Fresh from the ocean.

A cute cartoon siren lays on the ground with her cheek cupped in one hand and tail raised to curl behind her. She is smiling slightly. She is wet. Her black hair is plastered to her head and body, the ends pooling on the ground at her side. There is a puddle around her. As a siren, the lower half of her body is a fish tail, and her skin and scales are blue. As a cartoon, she has a small body and huge head with disproportionately large eyes. She is isolated on a pink background.

Gorgon

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023Leave a comment

Using a mirror is a safe way to look at a gorgon, so she’s in no danger of being turned to stone.

A cute cartoon gorgon stands with one hand arranging her hair-snakes and the other holding a mirror she is looking into. She is smiling, pleased with her reflection. She's dressed in an ancient Greek style, including a simple white shift and sandals laced up her calves. As a gorgon, she has snakes for hair, green skin, a flat nose with slits for nostrils, fangs, and yellow eyes with vertical slits for pupils. As a cartoon, she has a small body and huge head with disproportionately large eyes. She is isolated on a yellow background.

Floating Mermaid

June 24, 2021June 23, 20212 Comments

Here’s a mermaid I drew while procrastinating.

A mermaid floats in water with only her face above the surface. Under her, a school of fish swims by.

Dancer

December 21, 2020December 20, 20204 Comments

Over the last couple years, I’ve read several human interest stories about dancers or yoga instructors or whatnot that you might not think could excel at those skills because of their weight, or in one case because she had downs syndrome. But they do it anyway, and they do it well. So, I wanted to draw this lovely dancer who is clearly doing what she loves despite the challenge of her body size.

A fat ballerina stands in the spotlight, on pointe with one leg raised over her head.

Poinsettia

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020Leave a comment

I think this is going to be my holiday card image this year.

An illustration of a poinsettia plant on a green background.

A Summer Sketch – In Color 2

July 16, 2016Leave a comment

Here’s more of a finished color version. Okay, I’m done playing with this one. On to something else…

Girl in a Swimsuit

Sassy Fat Lady

November 24, 2014Leave a comment

More sketching. I think this lady knows she’s all that. 🙂
Sassy Fat Lady 500

More Macro Flower Pictures

October 10, 2012October 21, 20124 Comments

I kind of wanted to take pictures of fall leaves on a nice, sunny fall day. But the leaves haven’t quite turned yet. A few, but not mostly. So, I took pictures of flowers instead.

One of the purple ones is vinca major, but I’m not sure what the other two purple ones are. I also don’t know what the white one is. The rest are roses, sunflowers, and mums.

Some of these are available as prints.

Macro Flower Pictures

September 28, 2012October 21, 20121 Comment

After I finished taking pictures of the hawk I decided to take a few flower pictures while I was out in the yard anyway. There aren’t that many flowers out in my yard this time of year, but I found a few.

Some of these are available as prints.

Macro Photos of Flowers

August 5, 2012October 21, 20122 Comments

I just came back from a family trip up to Wisconsin. Since the kids wouldn’t have the patience to wait for me to draw pictures of the things I saw, I took photos instead. Even that tried their patience a bit, but they lived through it. 🙂

Here’s a collection of close-up flower shots I took. Both garden flowers and weed flowers. And three that aren’t actually flowers, but they are plants. I don’t know what all of them are, but if you recognize one that isn’t labeled, let me know.