Kids illustration

I'm working on several pieces for my kid's illustration portfolio, here's one of the first.

Random paintings

 

Trying out a simple style for greetings cards.

Girl and frog

I'm very fond of drawing frogs they have such a great character. They're quirky and cute at the same time. So when I went back to see what sketches to paint this was one of the chosen ones.

catch the flag

I'm trying to paint the majority of my sketches. Here's one of the first. Enjoy!

Velma

Today's sketch_dailies theme was Velma and I couldn't pass this one over. One of my favorite cartoons growing up was Scooby Doo so I'm very fond of the always courageous and smart pants Velma.

Boy and Chameleon!

I'm now a fan of playing with more dynamic and brighter color compositions. I was a little scared at first of tackling foreshortening, but I think I looks pretty decent though. I've been taking some pictures with my new camera and I think this has influenced my painting in a great way. Now I see how a shallow depth of field can really guide us to the central point of any composition.

Re- painting

I learned so much going back to this painting. When I first tackled the lighting I had it all wrong I had an overexposed background and the main characters all lighted up too, as if they were not affected by it. Now after doing some research I went back and placed the shadows and rim light where is supposed to. I see this as an opportunity to take several of my unfinished paintings to another level.