A black cat and her adoring Jack O’ Lantern. In black and fluorescent gouache for a little black light Halloween fun! I was inspired by old fashioned Victorian silhouettes for this one. Which has me thinking that I ought to track down some good black paper and see if I can cut a similar scene [...]
Black Light Jack O’ Lantern, painted with Acryla luminous gouache. I took this photo with my old Kodak EasyShare to take advantage of the night time setting (which the iPhone camera lacks). Not sure if it made much of a difference. The teeth are painted yellow but they appear green.
What a week, what a week. A simple fluorescent Jack O’ Lantern in the glorious bright Niji Oil Pastels by Yasutomo and Company. I’ve had a lot of fun so far, scribbling and painting JOL’s every evening. This project has forced me to use art supplies that I’ve purchased and “forgotten” about. Over time, my [...]
Sketching Jack O’ Lanterns with Niji fluorescent oil pastels is great fun! I was never a fan of oil pastels until I picked these up at the Philadelphia Blick store. So much fun for under $4.00! Here is a pair up of regular light and black light. As with all of these black light photos, [...]
No, this isn’t the work of a ten year old. I’m tired, and it shows. I spent a ridiculous amount of time this evening trying to track down the source of a mildew like odor in the back part of my house. We’ve had a lot of rain, maybe my house is starting to rot. [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
