Archive for the ‘People, Figures and Faces’ Category
Calcifer
Saturday, May 7th, 2016
Calcifer, 6″x4″ ink wash and various watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
Studio Ghibli has made some of the most amazing films, and one of my favorites is the adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle. If you’ve seen it, the title will make perfect sense!
A glow-haloed, shadowy figure dances over the water through a rain of color and light, like a shining star in a fall of them, experiencing a few bright moments of joy before snuffing out.
This painting has several kinds of sparkle to it against a soft grey ink rain, and its real beauty shines through in person.
Calcifer, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the iridescent, duochrome, and interference watercolors sparkle through the inky haze of rain. Below, you can see the piece in a frame, just waiting for its chance to shine for you.
Calcifer, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Floating Gallery, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: duochrome, for sale, howl's moving castle, ink wash, interference, iridescent, rain, watercolor
Weeping Willows
Monday, May 2nd, 2016
Weeping Willows, 8″x4″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
Are you weeping because it’s Monday? Me, too! Ah, well, the weekends can’t last forever.
Rain breaks up the blue of the sky, rivulets of white that weigh down the weeping willow trees below. The vault of the sky above presses downward, drawing the eye to the ground and the faded, ghostly figure walking among the branches.
The bare trees give a wintry feel to the scene, as does the cool turquoise blue of the sky, just barely desaturated by the gloom of the rainstorm.
Where in your life could you use a small reminder of the beauty in the death of the year?
Weeping Willows, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the ghostly figure moving through the winter willows. Below, the art has been tucked into a temporary frame to dream of finding its permanent home with you.
Weeping Willows, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: for sale, ghost, horizons, rain, tree, watercolor
Tea: Molly Hooper
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
Tea: Molly Hooper, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
One of my favourite patrons commissioned me to draw a series of 4 little comic portraits of her favourite characters with their favourite teas. Favourites all around!
This last piece in the Tea Series features the adorkable Molly Hooper, the pathologist from whose morgue Sherlock keeps borrowing all manner of unpleasant items. She’s got a soothing cup of Darjeeling, probably to help her nerves after one of Sherlock’s visits.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, assam, bbc sherlock, commission, copic marker, kim, molly hooper, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold, tea, tea series
Discombobulate
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Discombobulate: to confuse or disconcert,
5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper – $70
I couldn’t resist the idea of Bond totally confusing his Quartermaster with intact, fully functioning equipment. Gun not fed to a komodo dragon. Earpiece not dropped into a glass of champagne. Unexploded pen!
So confusing.
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: 007, 00q, copic marker, james bond, pen and ink, q, word art, word art weds
Tea: Lestrade
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
Tea: Lestrade, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
One of my favourite patrons commissioned me to draw a series of 4 little comic portraits of her favourite characters with their favourite teas. Favourites all around!
This third piece in the Tea Series features DI Lestrade from the BBC Sherlock series. The put-upon detective inspector needs a strong, bracing cup of Assam to help him keep up with Sherlock’s antics.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, assam, bbc sherlock, commission, copic marker, kim, lestrade, nfs, pen and ink, sherlock bbc, sherlock holmes, sold, tea, tea series
Tea: Q
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Tea: Q, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
One of my favourite patrons commissioned me to draw a series of 4 little comic portraits of her favourite characters with their favourite teas. Favourites all around!
This second piece in the Tea Series features Q from the most recent James Bond films, drinking Earl Grey out of his Scrabble mug. He’s not in his pyjamas, so obviously this isn’t his first cup. Let’s hope he hasn’t caused too much destruction in his day yet, or had cause to strangle 007.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: all rights reserved, commission, copic marker, earl grey, james bond, kim, nfs, pen and ink, q, sold, tea, tea series
Torporific
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Torporific: tending to cause numbness or inactivity
5″x7″ pen & ink on paper – $45
It’s definitely a house rule among cat owners that you can’t be expected to do any sort of responsible adulting if you’ve got a cat in your lap. They have their very own special gravity that causes inactivity among their chosen humans/bedwarmers.
I drew this live on Persicope; come join me some Wednesday around 2-3pm Pacific. Next week I’ll be doing a Patreon patron’s requested word!
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: cat, james bond, pen and ink, q, word art, word art weds
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