Happy Birthday Cake

 Granted this isn't my best Procreate illustration but it is the second try at this subject and is soooo much better than the first one. This week the Making Art Everyday prompts are about growing in your art. One of the prompts is redo a previous drawing.

Robot

Trying to get metallic shading was a challenge. But here is my little alien landing at a place near you.

 

Fox

 

More fur practice. This time of a fox. His coat is a bit rough but I think his eyes are OK. Not as successful as my cat but I spent a lot less time on this one than on yesterday's cat.  But I have set an unofficial goal to make something everyday and post it to my blog. So that is a success if nothing else. Practice makes perfect or at least better.

Himalayan Cat

This was a fun tutorial but literally took HOURS. Not perfect but I did learn so very much. Plan on doing more furry creatures.

 

Five pots of house plants

 

Another play with Procreate on my IPad of house plants. A simple illustration of succulents and cactus.

Daffodils

The daffodils have been blooming for over a week. I went out yesterday a picked a few after the rain. Sketched and watercolored them this morning over a morning cup of coffee in my large Arteza sketchbook with my waterbrushes. Everything is starting to bud and bloom now.

 

Donut

Once more having fun with illustrating in Procreate. My very favorite donut is the simple glaced one but the pink icing with sprinkles is so much more interesting to make.

 

Shamrock

 

HAPPY BELATED SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

May your pockets be heavy and

your heart be light.

May good luck pursue you

each morning and night.

I forgot to post this one that I made in Procreate on 17 March.

Cactus

Cactus was my fourth houseplant prompt. There are so many different types of cactus and succulents to choose from for subjects. But this is the one that pops into my mind when I first hear the word, cactus.

 

Calathea Plant

I was amazed by the diverse leaf patterns that can be found in the Calathea plant when I went out on the internet looking for reference files. This was my second house plant illustration for the week.

 

Snake Plant

This was Snake Plant was the first prompt for house plants this week. It was fun to play around with different texture brushes like the wood grain. It would have taken forever to draw that texture and I see Procreate as a fun playtime, not a sketching activity I want to spend hours doing.

 

Fiddle Leaf Fig Plant

I have been enjoying playing around with Procreate on my IPad. You can get so many different looks by using the different "brushes" that are available. Most of the illustrations I was creating looked like cartoons, which is fine, but I really like this more painterly style. This week I have been making illustrations of house plants based on prompts from Lisa Bardot's Making Art Everyday.

 

Rhododendron

 

I prefer to paint from life but occasionally I will paint from photos. This is one of those times. We have a purple rhododendron brush in the woods at the side of our house. Every year I plan to paint some of the flowering branches and just don't get around to it before they fade. Well, here are two practice blossoms and a promise to myself to paint the real thing later this year.

Peony Bud

I thought I would try a botanical sketch of this peony bouquet in my large Arteza sketchbook. Not sure why I thought I could do a botanical illustration on this paper. The paper is great for quick simple watercolor and ink sketches but the paper is rough and not framable painting quality. But it was fun. Also this paper is too rough for my good watercolor brushes but works great using nylon bristle waterbrushes. So I decides to just finish the sketch off with ink lines and no additional watercolor.

 

Fresh Lunch Veggies

 

We are still enjoying Blue Apron after about 4 years, maybe longer. It means 3 new recipes every week, so no need to plan every meal; the exact quantity of foods so not a lot of wasted food to throw out; and everything is fresh.

Kalanchoe Plant

 

Enjoying just making simple sketches of everyday objects from my life. This poor plant has gotten very "leggy" and needs some pruning and repotting.