Julie & Julia

Here is the final product of the Julie & Julia sketch. I think I will change Julie's head out because she looks a little alien-like, but I love Julia's expression with her lobster!

Snowboarding....oh how I miss it!

This is a collection I worked on over the summer during my internship. Just a case study....

It's Done!

After about 8 hours of scratching the top layer of skin off my fingers this illustration is complete! I used textured paper, which was new for me, and it tore my fingers to pieces. I need to find a better solution for blending pastel on this sort of paper, because I LOVE how the color looks! My fingers felt burnt for a couple days, but I think it was worth it :)

mmmm type.

I snagged this sweet link from a friend. Might quite possibly amuse you for hours on end...but only on a rainy day when all your work is done. 

Ici

Julie&Julia

Currently I am working on an illustration for my portrait class. This is just a sketch of what I was thinking for the movie Julie&Julia, which is an AMAZING delicious movie! One change I am going to make is to switch the characters out of the bathtub and into an orange 'le creuset' "french/dutch oven. Apparently this is too I Love Lucy....
Updates later!
Cheers

In Progress...

I have been working on this large pastel piece for the day. It is about 30" x 20" and is on textured paper. It's the first time for me using this paper, and I must say my fingers are all torn up from blending. I tried different methods of blending but the pastel would just come off. It's worth the pain though!
I love the color pastel brings to illustrations, however I am not fond of the scale. I thought maybe I would do my children's book in pastel, but and having second thoughts about that.
I am happy with the water so far, and am curious as to how the water below will turn out!
I will post and updated finished version later in the week!