Sweet Talk
Posted on February 26th, 2016
Sweet Talk, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker.
This Harry and Eggsy are just begging to be a bookmark set, so I took my time and colored this Conversation Arts sketch of Merlin from last week to go with them. Now it just needs Roxy and we’ll be set, perhaps in her own three-piece Kingsman suit.
Categories: Floating Gallery
Tags: copic marker, etsy, for sale, kingsman, merlin, pen and ink
Conversation Arts week 3
Posted on February 22nd, 2016
I have had the flu all week! The blue ones are less awful-tasting when you can’t smell, but still pretty bad. Most of these have no color, because it’s hard to color when you’re coughing and sneezing and pathetic. I’m not dead yet, though! I’m feeling better! Anyway, the whims of fate and candy have brought these seven new sketches.
Conversation Arts 15: Wink Wink – $10
I admit, I googled bad Star Trek pick-up lines and picked my favorite for Kirk. Cheeky bugger.
Conversation Arts 16: Melt My <3 2 – $10
Kitties are the perfect way to melt anyone’s frozen heart, even Anna’s.
Conversation Arts 17: Be Mine 2 – sold
I still haven’t had any proper tea this week. Herbal, yes, but I miss my Earl Grey!
Conversation Arts 18: Hold Hands – sold
If you haven’t seen Galavant then I’m very sad for you. But I still super believe in Tad Cooper.
Conversation Arts 19: Sweet Pea – $10
Ahaha I was so sick when I did this, but I still find it hilarious. Especially the judicious use of glitter gel pen.
Thorin + Arkenstone = OTP.
Conversation Arts 20: Sweet Talk – $45 (colored)
It’s up to you who’s on the other end of the comm there. Kingsman is one of those movies I adore despite the parts I hate (ugh FPS violence), and rewatching it while sick totally renewed all my crushes.
Conversation Arts 21: True Blue – $45
Stitch good.
Ohana means family. And family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: conversation arts, copic marker, disney, february, frozen, galavant, i super believe in tad cooper, kingsman, kirk, lilo and stitch, merlin, parody, pen and ink, sketch, star trek, tea, the hobbit, thorin
Plague Doctor Who
Posted on February 18th, 2016
Plague Doctor Who, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
One day, I sat at my art table and made a list of all the commissions I have pending, because I’d like to re-open the queue someday and that means finishing the art already owing. Then, I drew this instead, which nobody asked for. Because reasons.*
Of all the Doctors I’ve watched, Eleven seemed the likeliest to wear a plague mask, and also the easiest to tell apart from the others with subtle costume cues. And by subtle, I mean the fez.
Also, plague masks are cool.
*pun reasons
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: copic marker, doctor who, eleventh doctor, for sale, pen and ink, plague doctor, tardis
Conversation Arts week 2
Posted on February 15th, 2016
Another week, another set of candy hearts! I’ve eaten every one of these after finishing the sketch, and let me tell you, blue is not good. But it means the weird repeats are all natural, as it were! The whims of fate and candy have brought seven more sketches.
Conversation Arts 8: True Love – sold
Castiel + Dean = a complete inability to communicate like adults. But also love.
Conversation Arts 9: 🙂 – $10
If you’ve ever played Settlers of Catan, you have heard this joke before.
Conversation Arts 10: True Love 2 – $25
I admit it, I am addicted to Neko Atsume. Peaches really loves the sakuramochi cushion, when she can get her paws on it.
Conversation Arts 11: Melt My <3 – sold
One of my Patreon patrons asked for February rain for her sketch, and I ended up with this sweet bit of sadness.
Conversation Arts 12: Be Mine – $10
Sleep deprivation + Periscope encouragement = bee puns.
Conversation Arts 13: Let’s Kiss – $45
Apparently I really want to draw Q this month, so this time I matched him up with an orange tabby. Because kitten kisses are the best kisses.
Conversation Arts 14: Best Day 2 – $45
“Q, why did you want to come to the beach if you’re not going to swim?”
“I’ve got exactly what I want, James, don’t you worry.”
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: 007, bee, cat, conversation arts, copic marker, destiel, february, james bond, kim, neko atsume, patreon, pen and ink, q, settlers of catan, sketch, supernatural
Conversation Arts week 1
Posted on February 8th, 2016
After recovering from the foolishness of doing a daily sketch project and NaNoWriMo in a single month (my advice: don’t do that), I felt ready to tackle the month of love and sarcasm! I bought a bag of large conversation hearts, and have been choosing (and eating) one out of the bag every day. The whims of fate and candy have brought you these seven sketches.
Conversation Arts 1: Cutie Pie – $10
Q + tech = qt3.14.
Conversation Arts 2: On Fleek – $25
This gorgeous kitty’s tail is on fleek.
Conversation Arts 3: Best Day – $25
Snacks, personal space, and something exploding? The Twelfth Doctor’s best day.
Conversation Arts 4: XOXO – $25
Lorelai Gilmore + coffee = OTP.
Conversation Arts 5: My Love – sold
Sherlock + skull = love beyond death. Or at least after.
Conversation Arts 6: Soul Mate – $10
Ron & Hermione, he’s smug and she’s not so sure about this soulmates thing.
Conversation Arts 7: Marry Me – $25
Who could say no to a proposal like that?
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: 007, cat, conversation arts, copic marker, doctor who, february, gilmore girls, Harry Potter, james bond, pen and ink, q, sherlock, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sketch, twelfth doctor
Blacks Don’t Match
Posted on February 7th, 2016
Blacks Don’t Match, 10″x8″ watercolor and duochrome watercolor on Arches cover white paper
Two lovely, granulating off-blacks float on top of a sea of colour, red and gold, turquoise and lavender, and just a bit of secret shine that comes through at just the right angle.
The textures in this abstract are reminiscent of an oil painting, the rough scrape of palette knife and layered color hinting at what lies beneath.
In the upper left, cool colours are hidden beneath a ruddy black, the texture flirting around the idea of a pattern both above and below. The lower right has a different texture, a fiery orange peeking through a blue-black like branches, ruffles, shingles.
What do you see?
Blacks Don’t Match, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can really see the shining spirals masked beneath the black. Below, there’s a third shade of black in the frame, showing off this lovely larger piece.
Blacks Don’t Match, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery
Tags: duochrome, for sale, iridescent, primatek, watercolor
Cloud Skimming
Posted on February 6th, 2016
Cloud Skimming, 6″x4″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
As predicted on Instagram, the scanner ate away much of the delicate detail in the clouds and sky of this painting. You can see the texture best in the framed photograph, the soft mounds of the clouds.
This painting is an optical illusion, the geese skimming over distant clouds they are clearly far in front of and yet still seeming like they could almost land upon the fluffy white. The trees rise up in front, a shock of beautiful autumn flame, setting the stage for the migrating geese.
Cloud Skimming, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the hints of texture in the clouds and the geese gliding above, bright foliage peeking up from the bottom. Below, you can see how petite these geese are, flying above the fluff.
Cloud Skimming, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: for sale, geese, horizons, tree, watercolor
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