peg santa

a silly thought I had a long time ago about drawing a twas the night before christmas with peg people!

peg people nativity

A little sketch I did last year but never got it posted. I was waiting for an appointment and kept busy during the holiday season! 

Free Associate

Still tossing out some fun creativity tips:

The theory is you grab some random word out of the dicitonary, something completely silly or what ever. Write it down and then everything it makes you think of, all the silly things that come to mind. There is a chance and one worth taking, that this restriction can unlock some serious creativity.

It's an old sketchbook page, enjoy!

young pilot

...old drawing, or sketch thought I would share....

water tower bot

A silly drawing of a water tower that has come alive!

tank reading scriptures

...an at church sketch of my oldest reading his book of mormon, a great kid all around! 

vacuum

Can't not draw a sweet old school vacuum with the hanging bag! 

Peg people family portrait

I think this was the first time I tried this character, it was a fun family portrait. I had hoped to use these characters in a video, looks like we have a client that has a similar character we will be using!

mexi-scott

random stuff on a page... Trying to play with shape and perspective a little, its from a while ago!

Highway clean-up

quick sketch, that needs something more...

purple burger

a random sketchbook page from a while ago, I think I've gotten better!

zombie charlie

sketch book page...

Playing with shape...

I was able to acquire the scarecrow shapes for a mere nickel a piece and thought that a boring craft style tole painting approach just would not due, so I stylized them and will be using watercolor to brighten them up.

After having so much fun with them, I went back to the store and for not much over a quarter each I picked up a few other shapes and with the challenge of altering them interior design as much away from what the apparent exterior or cut out shape may appear to be I am coming up with as much of an original design as I can.

Keep in mind that I have been listening to some various podcasts and youtube videos that suggest that we are not as original as we think we are as we observe so much of life around us and other artists in and outside our field of labor that being original is simply taking the experiences and observations we have accumulated and arranging them in new or interesting ways. That is some of what I am trying to do here.

With the exception of the scarecrows, these are all the studies for the actual wooden shapes that will be drawn on with the fine tip ball point pen and then watercolored to add a bling of color!

I want you, sam...

sketched looking at a pamphlet a couple years ago.