Inspired by a vintage Halloween decoration, this guy is worse than all thumbs, he’s all pumpkins! Keep on truckin’, Pumpkin Man, Halloween will be here soon! Just a simple watercolor/sketch with the trusty Derwent Inktense pencils. What do you call something rendered in these pencils anyway? Is it a painting? Is it a pencil drawing? [...]
I wanted this to appear more sinister than it turned out, and so I consider this a sketch for another time. Innocent goat boy accepts a ride in an enchanted pumpkin, but this ride will not end well (such rides never do) And that is tonight’s “Pumpkin of the Day”. Sleepy time tea and cookies [...]
Had an odd idea, to create this Jack o’ Lantern in an Indian style, after the religious statues of Jagannath. I will revisit this idea again.
I still need to work in a background, but for now this will have to do. A long tall Jack O’ Lantern in Derwent Inktense pencils on very nice Arches water color board. I briefly toyed with the idea of spending a good part of the weekend cranking out Jack O’ Lanterns to post during [...]
After a long day, this was about all I could manage. A simple black light fluorescent Jack O’ Lantern. Sketched out with Marvy Graffiti fluorescent fabric markers, Copic sketch marker (black outline), Niji fluorescent oil pastels and a wash of Golden fluorescent blue. Yes, a lot of “stuff” went into this idiot of a JOL, [...]
“I don’t regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art.” – Clifford Harper
This Berkshire Pig illustration for you to color is another selection from an antique coloring book called The New Model Painting Book for Young People. Well suited for use as clip art, or save the file to print and color in whenever you get a hankering for swine. About the Berkshire Pig The Berkshire Pig is [...]
Blackcap Warbler European Song Bird Free Printable Coloring Book Page
With a song in his heart, this blackcap warbler, a vintage coloring book illustration, is ready for eager artists to color in and enjoy. Just click on the image below for the larger printable version. Suggestions for Coloring In the Blackcap Warbler Bird Coloring Page Although I personally have never met the blackcap warbler, his [...]
Vintage Cat Art Sketch to Color In from an Antique Coloring Book
A cat illustration for you to color in, from the pages of an antique coloring book! This free download is another page from the antique Children’s coloring book called The New Model Painting Book for Young People. The book has many other animal illustrations for you to color or paint, and the simplicity of line [...]
Goose and Goslings Page from Antique Coloring Book
Here is a vintage coloring book page of a goose with her goslings. This page is from an early 2oth century coloring book for children called The Model Painting Book for Young People. You can find other pages to color from this book here. Coloring in Your Mother Goose and Goslings Page The mother goose [...]
Hare and Leverets Coloring Page Free Download
A free printable coloring page of a hare and leverets, from The Model Painting Book for Young People, circa 1900. Just click on the image below for a larger printable version of the same. Coloring In your Furry Little Friends Did you know that a leveret is what we call a young hare (especially one less [...]
