Posts Tagged ‘brush pen’

Birthday Books

Saturday, July 2nd, 2016

Birthday Books by Amy Crook

Birthday Books, 5″x7″ Primatek watercolor and brush & ink on paper

For a dose of whimsy and delight, this charming little brush and ink painting is colored with rich, earthy watercolors, giving the feel of old library books and really good gifts.

The best birthdays come with books.

Now that’s a sentiment I can get behind. Art is another excellent choice, of course.

What’s your favorite gift to give or get?

Birthday Books, detail, by Amy Crook

Birthday Books, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see the loose whimsy of the brush-and-ink illustration and the earthy watercolors. Below, the whimsy is contained in a frame, ready to grace your favorite bookshelf.

Birthday Books, framed art by Amy Crook

Birthday Books, framed art by Amy Crook

Categories: Card Design, Floating Gallery, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
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Slyboots

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Slyboots, word art by Amy Crook

Slyboots: an engagingly sly or mischievous person,
7″x5″ brush pen & ink on paper

Slyboots is one of those words that just needed a cat. I also have several fandom ideas for it, so we might see it again at another point in the year — maybe November can be a Greatest Hits month where I do different versions of words I’ve already done while the rest of my brain is busy with NaNoWriMo.

Do you have a slyboots in your life?

Categories: Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
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Ambivalence

Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Ambivalence, Doctor Who word art by Amy Crook

Ambivalence: mixed feelings,
7″x5″ brush pen, pen & ink, and Copic marker on paper

Another Patreon sketch, today we have some mixed feelings about bow ties. Are they really cool? Eleven isn’t so certain, but his confidence will perk up again soon, I have no doubt. Perhaps the TARDIS will reassure him once it arrives on the scene.

If you’d like a chance to request your own fancy word art, come support me on Patreon!

Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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May Patreon sketches & a bit of word art

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

This past Wednesday was a bit of a madhouse, and this next one might be worse. My roommate of 9 years is moving out, and someone new is moving in! I’m very grateful to have found someone so fast (as is my old roomie, who got to squeak out with less than a month’s notice), but it’s going to be a lot of changes. The first of which is a small raise in my rent, sigh!

Do consider supporting my art on Patreon and optionally getting sketches of your own, assuming that my art is something enjoy and support!

Inception quote word art by Amy Crook

Don’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

In lieu of doing my own word art live on Periscope, I did this little quote from Inception while watching someone else’s Periscope. Perisception, or something.

Knitting sketch for CC

Knitting sketch for CC

This is sort of a study for a larger piece of art. It’s interesting trying to google people knitting, because in half the photos you can tell it’s just a model holding the needles attractively instead of actually knitting.

there is no explanation for this

“Gollum with the good hair” for Jeff’s bizarre prompt

Gollum is saying, “Precious is back from the tasty orange munchie mans… And some new hair!” I have basically no excuse for this one, but it’s definitely Jeff’s fault.

sketchy spring cuppa for Kim

“A cup of tea for Spring” for Kim

So let’s conclude with a lovely little cup of wildflowers, a bright breath of spring after the foreverness of winter this year.

Have a lovely short holiday week, for those of you who got Monday off!

Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Inktober – the End

Saturday, October 31st, 2015

Happy Halloween!

Inktober was a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day, and these are the last few little stragglers. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have!

Day 28 - sketchy red leaf

Day 28 – sketchy red leaf

Day 29 - Pod birdwatching

Day 29 – Pod birdwatching

Day 30 - Blowfish

Day 30 – Blowfish

Day 31 - Hanged Man

Day 31 – Hanged Man

Categories: Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
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Inktober week 4

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Week 4 – almost done! Just those last few days before Halloween, which I’ll probably round up next Wednesday.

Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, and finally here on Wednesdays for you to enjoy.

Day 21 - Snape picking potions ingredients

Day 21 – Snape picking potions ingredients

Day 22 - Graveyard Watchdog v2

Day 22 – Graveyard Watchdog v2

Day 23 - BEES

Day 23 – BEES

Day 24 - Midnight Monster

Day 24 – Midnight Monster

Day 25 - Distance 2

Day 25 – Distance 2

Day 26 - Emerald Bird

Day 26 – Emerald Bird

Day 27 - BOO!

Day 27 – BOO!

Categories: Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
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Inktober week 3

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

Week 3 is here! Inktober is a month-long artist’s challenge in October to do one piece of art in ink every day. I’m posting them to Instagram as they get done, and my Patreon shortly after, and finally here on Wednesdays for you to enjoy.

Day 14 - Jack-o-Lantern v2

Day 14 – Jack-o-Lantern v2

Day 15 - ink wash flowers

Day 15 – ink wash flowers

Day 16 - Horace's Bronze Feather

Day 16 – Horace’s Bronze Feather

Day 17 - quickie bat sketch

Day 17 – quickie bat sketch

Day 18 - Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon

Day 18 – Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon

Day 19 - Kip from Monsterkind

Day 19 – Kip from Monsterkind

Day 20 - a better Bat

Day 20 – a better Bat

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