Endgame Mini-Show
Posted on September 29th, 2016
Mini-Show of art by Amy Crook at EndGame in Oakland, CA
A half-dozen of my recent works are on display in the upstairs gaming area at EndGame in Oakland. If you’ve wondered what paintings like Inlets or Garnet Fox look like in person, now’s your chance to see them in person!
Categories: Words Words Words
Tags: endgame, info
Taste of the Holidays
Posted on September 22nd, 2016
Taste of the Holidays, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker,
Inception parody art by Amy Crook
For once, Arthur’s looking awfully pleased at something Eames is offering him. That candy cane Eames is sucking on does look rather tasty, so I don’t blame him!
I know it feels insanely early to be getting holiday cards done, but trust me, I’m running late in the world of retail. Inception fandom is a tiny one, but it’s really the best, nicest fandom, so I had to make a card just for us.
Inception holiday card by Amy Crook on Etsy
Happy Birthday to Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, and meeeee!
Categories: Card Design, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: arthur, copic marker, eames, etsy, inception, pen and ink
September Patreon Sketches
Posted on September 20th, 2016
Pumpkin Spice Patreon, two bookmarks by Amy Crook
Two of my darling patrons this month asked me for Pumpkin Spice, so they both got some cheerful Autumnal sparkle. I also had a request for sleeping late at any cost, and on of the kitties kindly posed for this little ink sketch in lovely, sparkly Stormy Grey.
Want some sketches of your own? Support me on Patreon!
Sleeping Kitty by Amy Crook
Categories: Completed Commissions, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: brush and ink, cat, glitter gel pen, j herbin ink, patreon, pumpkin, sketch
Tsundoku
Posted on September 13th, 2016
Tsundoku: the condition of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them,
5″x7″ brush and J. Herbin 1670 ink on paper
A bit of fancy-ink word art for Kim’s Patreon sketch. I loaded up my lovely J. Herbin 1670 Stormy Grey ink into a water brush and noodled around making a big pile of books for her to not read.
Because obviously I would never do this.*
*by never I mean always, my To Be Read pile will outweigh me when I die
Categories: Completed Commissions, Pretty Words, Series and Books
Tags: brush and ink, brush lettering, j herbin ink, kim, patreon, word art
Night, All
Posted on September 8th, 2016
Night, All, 7″x5″ watercolor on watercolor paper
Sunsets and sunrises hold a lot of fascination, the liminal spaces of dusk and dawn where light bleeds and changes, washing the world in reds and golds, turning the crisp shapes of day into the soft silhouettes of night.
This sunset sky is a soft fade from fiery orange into the deep blue of dusk, vivid color making a beautiful backdrop to a very mundane view. Birds on a wire, trees in full summer form, and the roofs of houses echo the views where so many of us live.
There’s a beautiful juxtaposition in the layers of civilization and nature, light and shadow, oranges and blues.
Night, All, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the tiny birds settling in on their wires for the night. Below, the painting is tucked into its temporary frame, a window out into an imaginary world.
Night, All, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books
Tags: horizons, nfs, primatek, sold, watercolor
Birthday Poddles
Posted on September 7th, 2016
Birthday Poddles, 5″x7″ pen & ink on paper
Putting a bow on a sleek black cat might seem like a good idea, at least until you find out how the cat feels about it. This big-eared beauty is modeled after my own black cat, Pod, but has beautiful crosshatching in place of fur, giving it some gorgeous graphical detail to go with the bad attitude.
This intricate drawing is perfect for someone with a great sense of humor and a special love of cats — even the ones with murder in their eyes.
Who’s your favorite cat person?
Birthday Poddles, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the intricate detail in Pod’s unimpressed face, the crosshatching and hand-texturing of his big ears and beautiful bow. Below, Podzilla is contained in a frame, ready to bring sarcasm to some lucky recipient.
Birthday Poddles, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: cat, etsy, for sale, pen and ink, pod
Outside
Posted on September 6th, 2016
Outside, 5″x5″ watercolor on Arches cover buff paper
This newest Pathways painting is quite a small example of its kind. An off-kilter view suggest the viewer is laying down, looking out at some sort of mountain landscape through vine-laden bars on a square window.
There’s a tiny bit of sparkle in this one, but mostly it’s just lovely violets on the warm buff-colored paper.
This piece would display beautifully in a frame with a white mat to set off the delicate warmth of the paper, or even floated on a dark, pearly grey to display the hand-torn edge of the paper.
Outside, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the subtle variations in the violet much better, and just a hint of shimmery sparkle hiding in the deepest purples. Below, you can see this small painting in a small frame, perfect for adding color to a small space.
Outside, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Series and Books
Tags: duochrome, nfs, pathways, primatek, purple, sold, watercolor
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