Dickens Fair 2011 Can Can Painting Week 1

The big goal at this year's dickens fair is to do a fairly large painting of the can can. I'll be documenting the process here on the sketchblog. This is the pencil sketch I managed to get done last week. Still not sure which dancers to use, and whether or not my portable paint sets are going to suffice.

Fox and Crow poster Process

the first step is studies. Here are some ravens and foxes, as they will be my main subject matter.

thumbnails.

and bam, a finished picture

Dickens Fair 2010 Second Sortie

once again, more at the facebook gallery here

Dickens Fair 2010 first forray

More at my facebook gallery here

He gets where he is going

I did a sketch for olivia and liked it so much that I made a painting of it.

pinup of the day #6 - Hubba Hubba Week

She's either doing an extreme charleston or kicking a game winning field goal. Given that it was inspired by this, you get 3 guesses to figure out which it is.

pinup of the day #5 - Pirate Week

Pinup of the day #4 - Pirate Week

pinup of the day #3 - Pirate Week

Pinup of the day #2 - Pirate Week

Pinup of the Day #1 - Pirate Week

Sister Kate at Dr Sketchy's

Tonight at the Bazaar cafe: Brendan and Vessna

Went to the Cafe tonight

Painted a picture of the people there. KC Turner is the tuesday night artist in residence at the Bazaar Cafe this month. With him tonight was Kelly McFarling and Nathan Dennen. It was a great show.