Figure Drawing And Jurassic Dinosaur Stickers

Finished: Steggy Brunch

I'm quite proud of this dino painting. I think its a good ideal of what I want most of my paintings to be: colorful, whimsical, and different from what you've seen before.

Oil on Canvas. 16"x 20"

Finished. A very hungry Steggy

I love when a painting is finished.

This is a small one. 9x6 inches. Oil on Canvas. He still needs a name so any suggestions would be appreciated.

This stegosaurus is part of my painting resolutions of : Dinos, Doodles, and portraits. He is also part of the reasoning behind my previous dino sketches. I posted those as well to better illustrate where the painting came from.

What Im painting now...

This is my favorite of the FOUR dino paintings Im sorta kinda working on now.

I actually just took stock of the canvases Im trying to complete. I stopped counting at 18. This is the list:

4 DINOS ( one involving the love for a unicorn)
4 Monster Doodles
1 Anatomical heart ache painting inspired by the poetry of Gregory Sherl (but not in the way that those who might have read Sherl wil be thinking "anatomical")
4 birds (one humming, one with inspirational life message)
1 giraffe
2 colorful I-dont-know-whats-its
2 canvases pastel primer-ed w/o subject

thats 18 (and theres always the this and that ive been meaning to finish but havent touched in 6 months)! AND im about to start a marsupial commission.

Hopefully a few of these will be completed and up soon.

Hoorah for Sunday.....Sunday is Painting day....

A Giraffe, a hummingbird, and a Dino. These are a few items Ive been working on throughout today. Having the first real day off Ive had in a while (no road trips, no feeling awful, no massive amount of errands to run) Ive been trying to catch up on a few paintings.

OTHER paintings Ive been working on today that are not pictured, but should be coming soon (should i ever finish them) include 2 other bird paintings, another stegosaurus painting, and "Charlie & Rex" - my dino/unicorn love sympathy that will probably never be complete. ( to see more of Charlie & Rex click HERE or on the title itself)

Also of note: this is an awful pic of my dino. However so much of the canvas was wet (and REFLECTIVE) that a decent pic couldn't be taken by my unskilled hands.

Im thinking of renaming this, and making it my doodle blog.

I dont feel like I really have the time to paint. I do have the time for these little guys, though.


So, Here you are. early December Doodle updates.

Old Books + Color Pencils = Doodle Obsession

I havent been this interested in doodeling since Ms. Hubbard's 8th grade English class. Lately, Ive been pretty driven to sketch and find neat things to sketch on. Here are a few from the last week.

Charlie & Rex

Originally I wanted to paint a T-Rex and a unicorn Boxing. I got to the point of boxing gloves and stopped. This painting has been sitting aside for about 6months. Recently I thought it would be more expressive if they were sharing affection rather than punches.

This painting is still in the very early stages- Which is fun because we can watch it grow.






Update 4/2/10: lets be honest, im not really sure where Im going with this.

Update 12/12/2010: I added a bit of yellow here and there today, but Im not mush closer to finishing this painting than I was in April. Pics to come soon. Maybe.


Update 12/20/2010: Probably the last time I'll be working on this painting this year. Not that its cleaned up so much I have a good idea where Im going color wise. Suddenly I don't feel too awfully far from finishing this one. (p.s. shiny= wet)