Sharpie Week: John’s Bath
Posted on November 17th, 2011
John’s Bath Sharpie sketch by Amy Crook
When I was at a loss for what else to draw for this week, a friend of mine said “John! In the bath!” And then I thought, no, no, that’s not… wait, I could give him a duckie in a jumper. And then I really had to do it. So, here it is. With a duckie in a warm woolen sweater. Because I could.
Categories: Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: sharpie marker, sharpie week, sherlock, watson
Sharpie Week: Autumn Smooch
Posted on November 16th, 2011
Autumn Smooch sharpie sketch by Amy Crook
Another request from a friend, she wanted a kiss under a tree. I have to admit, it’s much more fun drawing kisses when you don’t have to get all worried about the exact placement of lips and noses and chins!
Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: sharpie marker, sharpie week
Sharpie Week: Sherlock meets Octopus
Posted on November 15th, 2011
Sherlock meets Octopus sharpie sketch by Amy Crook
Sharpie week continues! It was pointed out that I ought to keep to my Tentacle Tuesday tradition, and Sherlock volunteered to help. This one is exceptionally silly, I blame the fever.
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: sharpie marker, sharpie week, sherlock
Sharpie Week: Lobster Pot Pie
Posted on November 14th, 2011
Lobster Pot Pie sharpie sketch by Amy Crook
Allergy season is over, and so, I have a head cold! Normally I would spend Sunday scheduling art posts and guaranteeing you all a week of awesomeness, but this week I’m sick and Photoshop and I aren’t speaking over color matching differences. So, my solution? You get a week of Sharpie Marker doodles.
Now, I am running a fever, so I’m not silly enough to do these without a little bit of penciling, but overall I don’t think I spent more than 15 minutes on any of them from start to finish.
If you’re wondering about the subject matter, you can blame my friends for that — I asked them what to draw and they made suggestions. Though the bite I had of my friend’s lobster pot pie on Saturday night was very tasty, so I suppose it does deserve to be immortalized.
Categories: Daily Art, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: sharpie marker, sharpie week
Bottom
Posted on November 12th, 2011
Bottom by Amy Crook, $69
Just a little experiment with pen and ink and watercolor that I think turned out rather well. I found someone’s Deviantart account full of reference photos and whipped this up in an afternoon, though I will admit having the hands, feet and face all hidden made it 1000% easier to draw. And the view while I was working was quite lovely, heh.
Bottom, 5″x7″ pen and ink and watercolor on paper, $69 with free shipping.
Categories: Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: arse, for sale, pen and ink, watercolor
Baker Street Domesticity
Posted on November 11th, 2011
Baker Street Domesticity by Amy Crook
Another little commission, this time for someone who really enjoyed my 6-page comic, Resplendent Ennui. She wanted a domestic scene with John poking out his tongue while he ate crisps, and I couldn’t resist adding in some extra details. Sherlock likes his tea light and sweet, so he’s got an Erlenmeyer flask of milk and a tipped-over beaker of sugar to go with his tea. John’s drinking his black out of his RAMC mug — I’m pretty sure Sherlock is “borrowing” Mrs. Hudson’s teacup and pot there.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: commission, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock, watson
Raindrops Falling
Posted on November 10th, 2011
Raindrops Falling by Amy Crook, $222
I made the irregular lines of salt pools with the intention of doing something with vertical lines of pen and ink, and then once I looked at the piece it just really wanted paint instead. I used pure Ultramarine Turquoise to create the streaky lines, and the whole thing reminds me of watching a really strong rain storm through a window, a few drops close enough to watch and the rest making the world a blur.
Raindrops Falling, 5″x7″ mixed media on paper, $222, framed, with free shipping.
I have been ridiculously busy this week and don’t have proper detail or framed photos, but by now I expect you know what sort of plain black frames I use. Here’s a close-up of the lower right corner, so you can see the salt crystals that have grown off the edge of the paper, and the way the paint caught on the bigger salt crystals.
Raindrops Falling, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: for sale, pen and ink, salt, teal, watercolor
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