Illustration Friday: "Grounded"

Illustration Friday: "Highlight"

I was working on this today and realized there are highlights on the shoes so I could use it for Illustration Friday!  The pencil lines and markings are due to work-in-progress.  The original art is 2.5x3.5 inches but was designed to crop at closer to 2x3".

I found a picture of these shoes in the September 2011 issue of "Vogue".  This is a bit of an interpretation because the shoes were very small in the photo, but they really caught my eye!  They were designed by Tabitha Simmons for Creatures of the Wind. 

Little shoes

I've discovered that I love drawing in ink on watercolor paper.  I'd figure the ink would bleed or the pen would catch on the texture of the paper, but those things don't happen and the lines can get such nice variation! These were done small, 2x3", as gifts.  I think I'll do more, perhaps a series.

Sorry that the card is late....

I'm quite late with our holiday cards this year so I drew this up today, made lots of prints, and put one in each card!  I hope everybody enjoys it.

Illustration Friday: "Separated"

Illustration Friday: "Brigade"

A page of male faces

Thinking about it now, I wish I'd done a Santa hat on one of these!  Pen and ink with black watercolor wash.