Geisha #2 (Geisha in Yellow)

6"x6"

Having a lot of fun with these little geishas. :-)
Though it doesn't show very well in this scan, that's copper leaf on her hair accessories. This is an actual pose from a Japanese fan dance, though I did take some artistic license with it.

Geisha #1 (Geisha in Green)

This is a mini mixed media piece I did over the last weekend. Ink, watercolor, Japanese paper, and gold leaf on illustration board. The entire piece is 6"x6", and the image is about 4"x3". I did the pen and ink drawing first, then laid down a few washes of watercolor for the skin and more ink for the hair. I used an x-acto knife to cut the paper and applied the gold leaf last, and finished it up by applying a few more lines of ink over top of the paper. I really enjoyed making this one and love the format. There's also a special challenge and fun to slicing up colorful papers. :-) This'll be the first in a series of androgenous geishas.

New Stuff

I've been working on building my illustration portfolio whenever I can. These two are some of my favorites so far.


"Rats." Ink and watercolor on plate illustration board.


"Crows." Ink on plate illustration board.

Frog Prince

Ink & watercolor on illustration board.

Masquerade #5

Finished this one up back in August. I painted the ink lines with a fine point brush and added watercolor washes before applying gold leaf. The Japanese paper was applied last; it's not quite visible in these pictures, but the underskirt has a pattern of waves, and the other bit of white skirt is patterned with cranes.

Long time...

... no post. Been pretty busy lately, though not as busy as this guy'll be with the clippers.

"New Growth"
13.5"x16.5"
Ink and watercolor on archival plate illustration board




This is the largest painting I've done since January and also the first large painting I've done on plate illustration board. The surface definitely took some getting used to (I practiced on scraps before attempting this size - I'm used to cold press/vellum surfaces). Also need to build up my strength - I underestimated how hard it would be to cut 4 ply illustration board! My arm was sore after chopping up just one board.

I used a fine point, round synthetic brush to paint on the ink lines, and a larger brush for the color washes. I really enjoyed working on this. I'll be doing more like it (in style, size, media) when I get the chance... Which may take a while, seeing as I have summer grad classes as well as work.

I do also have some miniature paintings that I've done over the past several months, which I'll post pictures of one day soon.

Olaf's New Hobby, Boba Fett, & Other Scribbles

I started this with the intention to draw some kind of enraged barbarian horde leader.
Then it became... this.


And I named him Olaf.

(Can you blame him for wearing a leotard? Really, with legs like that, how could you not show them off?)

Also, some quick scribbles of Boba Fett (of Star Wars fame) - the digital one took about 1 minute, the pencil sketches each took less. What do you think? Do you recognize him?





And a little (very little) change to this old painting, which is still in progress and will be finished one of these days...

Really not much left to do to it. Just need to finish her shoe and make it so she doesn't look like she's floating in a green void. Or maybe I'll leave it that way. Who knows.

Also worked more on KPF today, but ain't got a picture yet - will post new pics soon; I want to wait until the progress has been a bit more dramatic before I do. :-)

New Website!

So I just finished redesigning my .Mac site... Added lots of new work. I would love to hear any comments, especially about the new stuff (it's really new). Go here to see, and drop a line (jenny underscore davis at comcast dot net) or comment at the bottom of this post.

Oh, and I just finished a new painting, so I'll be posting that in a few days (as soon as I flatten it - it's really curly right now).