muse

Uprooting creature voyage further toward the claim of loud waters emerging. Profound wind amuse these senses accordingly. Beautiful witness proclaim happiness in these walking branches.

Observations from an expedition to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, which features an incredible paleontology hall. I brought with me a pad of sticky notes, a couple Micron plastic nib pens, a set of Copic Markers, my fanny pack, and some headphones. Prehistoric life has been an infatuation of mine since childhood, and there is something very humbling about drawing in the shadows of these fallen giants.

Portrait I of a series I never got around to finishing--perhaps I'll get around to finishing the other two this month

Lovely dog and child that play hockey together, voyagers of the forest hue, blooming wonder that be the dance in happiness. Playful enchantment overwhelm the land.

Maximo is HUGE!

The Field Museum in Chicago always welcomes sketchers even in the darkness of the Mummy Exhibit!

For a Dutch science museum I illustrated and later animated this interior of a fictional space ship.

Pencil Sketch

I went to the museum and started sketching some of the masks and things that were in there..

This is the converted school bus that belonged to Route 66 super sketcher Bob Waldmire (RIP). It's here at our museum, so I sketched it one day. It's an amazing studio/home on wheels!!

We wrapped up our trip with South of the Border, the schlockiest, most-borderline-offensive Mexican-themed South Carolina rest stop of all time. Then we hit Raleigh's art museum, and went home. The last few sketches of my sketchbook were me flipping through my photos and drawing a few favorite things I hadn't gotten to drawing yet. Thanks for traveling with me!

My adventures in Florida continue. While my husband recovers from Lyme Disease, we head on over to Universal Studios for Harry Potter time. Then we go to a skeleton museum and Ripley's Believe it or Not.

There's a moment in Black Panther where Michael B Jordan's character steals an African mask from a museum. When the other character with him asks why, he says "I'm just feelin' it." The mask he grabbed was VERY cool, and I kind of wanted one, too. But, short of stealing things out of museums, I guess I'll have to draw them. If you click on the image, you'll see a full spread of them.

Did this way back 1997. Pen and ink pointillism.

A portrait of my first child! My little muse. Expecting her baby sister in a month or so :) Can't wait for to try my hand at sketching her soon!

Some studies from the @fullertonarboretum Friday. These are random studies for my Sketching for Animators and Illustrators class. This is how I create handouts. We're hitting the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles this Saturday. Can't wait! #fullertonc

Muse Jane.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam in fountain pen.

I am tired of drawing people looking at their phones, so I am replacing people's phones with random animals. Like for this cool lady, I saw at the Met Museum!

The Museum is a good place for a romantic date!

Staring contest with Vermeer at the Met Museum

Kusama-inspired. Was drawing this while awaiting my turn to get into the museum

People watching at the museum 3. (Couple discussing art). ~ watercolour.

People watching at the museum 2. (Tourists wear the funniest outfits). ~ watercolour.

People watching at the museum. (Cute stylish grandma). ~ watercolour.

Drawing figures in a Museum cafe. Mainly Sharpies.

From print show at museum but I just copied details and mixed them up. Good black and white practice. Lamy pen

Archeology museum sort of. Albuquerque. Watercolor and ink on paper that no artist should use for watercolor. Looking for sketchbook that is good for ink and watercolor???

Edinburgh Museum masks. Felt marker and pen

Some of my sketchbooks from a new workshop I'm conducting at the Riverside Art Museum.