Stacey's Draw-rings

Cinderella

2011-10-31T22:47:00.000-07:00

Fun team art challenge to re-envision one of the classics!

Hard Boiled

2011-03-07T21:54:00.000-08:00

Love this movie..great theme for drawing workshop!

Digital Painting from sketch below

Hunchback Theme

2011-01-31T22:26:00.000-08:00

I've really been enjoying pen and ink recently. I think the permanence of the media has been a good challenge in terms of having to plan each mark ahead of time while still trying to maintain a loose, gestural quality...

These were all drawn with a calligraphy pen and shaded with a dried out Tombo marker

2011!

2011-01-23T23:12:00.000-08:00

More Pen and Ink practice to start the New year!

Dry brush technique with a Series 7

Calligraphy pen, shaded with a dry Tombo marker

Series 7 brush with ink

Pen and Ink

2010-11-21T19:46:00.001-08:00

Hundreds

2010-10-31T22:54:00.000-07:00

I had the awesome opportunity to do another graphic for the Hundreds!
The concept was to illustrate a devilish angel (or angelic devil) character in the style of those classic cartoons we all used to watch growing up...

Shop for it here:

http://shop.thehundreds.com/p-950-angel-devil-t-shirt.aspx

Blog-neglectitus

2010-09-03T23:59:00.001-07:00

The perfect remedy for "Blog-neglectitus": Drawing Club sketches!

Watercolor practice...

2010-06-28T00:01:00.000-07:00

Practicing some techniques learned from John Quinn's watercolor class:

Astronaut Dreams

2010-06-08T23:34:00.000-07:00

A little while ago I had the chance to do this illustration for the Hundreds. The concept given to me was to depict a little kid playing with his dog, dreaming of being an astronaut. The nostalgic "Dick and Jane" feel points to the fact that it's hard to find kids now days that still dream up homemade spaceships and suits. Awesome concept Bobby!

Final illustration:

Concept sketches:

Buy the shirt!

http://shop.thehundreds.com/p-859-astronaut-dreams-t-shirt.aspx

Smash Ups

2010-05-19T23:33:00.001-07:00

Here's a cool exercise that our team tried at work: Take 2 or more Disney properties, then mix, mash, stir, etc.. to come up with something different.

Mine was Wall-E + Tron =.....

Viva LA Art Show

2010-03-13T14:37:00.000-08:00

Here's my contribution to the Silent Charity Art Auction for Viva LA Art!

My Name is Earl

2010-02-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

From the Drawing Club's long pose, an amazing model named Earl!

This is the same model that inspired a clay sketch from awhile ago)

Eaton Canyon

2010-02-16T22:10:00.000-08:00

The weather got warm enough to venture outside for a painting session at Eaton Canyon.

~6" x 7.5", Acrylic on illustration board

CDC Sketches

2010-02-03T23:38:00.001-08:00

These are from our CDC Drawing group at work. It stands for Corner Drawing Club (as Craig Mackay clarified, not to be confused with the Center for Disease Control)..basically because whoever wants to, meets on the corner outside the building to draw.
I got inspired by a post on the Drawn blog which showed Brenden Wetzel's quick sketches using watercolor and pen. I'm not sure which he did first, but I really admired how the watercolor captured the gesture shape while the pen added the expression.

I tried my own version which was really fun and different. I chose to do the watercolor first to try to capture the shapes and silhouettes of people walking by and waiting for the light to change. I didn't add too much pencil, but I'm sure I'll experiment more with this in the future.
Here are a few sketches, and one caricature of Kelvin.

2010 Catch-up

2010-01-24T19:25:00.001-08:00

It's been awhile! Here's some ink drawings from a previous Drawing Club session:
Cruella de Ville!

Friday Drawing Challeges

2009-12-12T00:11:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more pictures from October's Drawing Challenges (3 randomly picked words yield a drawing):

Rhino/Castle/Monster:

Vampire/Coil/"Little Freak":

Annie Oakley

2009-11-22T23:56:00.000-08:00

Great theme from Drawing Club!

Drawing Club Catch-up

2009-11-15T22:45:00.000-08:00

Some recent Drawing Club sketches....

Art of Princess Book is in!

2009-10-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

The new Disney's Art of Princess book is available!

It was pretty amazing to see how each artist (and some very talented DCP friends) interpreted the well-known characters in different styles and media, resulting in some fantastic art pieces. Also, on a more personal level, Disney's Princesses were definitely a big part of my childhood. Besides being a big fan of the movies and music, I think the heroines represented hope of a "Happily Ever After" to my girlfriends and I...whether that meant finding true love, overcoming obstacles, or not being afraid to pursue a dream.
Being a part of this project was definitely a dream come true for me!

Watercolor sketches

2009-09-14T22:29:00.001-07:00

These are from last Thursday's Drawing Club

watercolor and pencil, ~3" x 4"

Friday Drawing

2009-09-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

Kelvin, co-worker extraordinaire, devised a plan to get people out of their cubes and into the drawing mood. Each week they pull 3 random words from a hat and have one week to come up with a concept. Then, Friday morning, the works are pinned up and shared. It's just like school again! This is my first contribution: POLICE, WAR and WATER-Y....um yeah.

Smoky Sunset

2009-09-04T16:51:00.000-07:00

oil, digital on canvas paper, ~5" x 3"

Head Drawings

2009-08-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

Head Sketches

~3", graphite on Bristol

Pasadena Sunset

2009-08-03T21:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight's sunset was too good to pass up...

watercolor in moleskin

French Maid

2009-08-01T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here are some watercolors from Drawing Club...

VivaLA Art Show

2009-07-28T00:39:00.000-07:00

I was very honored to be invited to participate in the VivaLa Art Show this past Saturday. All proceeds went to the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles; and even though I wasn't able to make it, I heard from the organizer Eddie Tsang that they raised over 13,000! Congrats Eddie and thanks for letting me contribute!

Here's my piece (since the charity benefited children, I went with a children's book cover theme (one of my favorites) :

Thanks to Bobby Hundreds for the picture!

Va Voom

2009-07-14T22:32:00.000-07:00

Here was a Drawing Club session..the model looked like she stepped out of a Frazetta painting!

Long time no see...

2009-06-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

I've been lagging a little bit on posting, but I wanted to share something I've been working on for a friend's story!

New York's Broadway and 15th

2009-06-02T12:34:00.001-07:00

This was right next to The Strand Bookstore...thank you Stephane!

watercolor in moleskin, adjusted in Photoshop

Drawing Club

2009-05-14T10:12:00.001-07:00

The other week at drawing club was a Gangster's Girlfriend theme!
I played with the sketches a little in Photoshop...

Golden Tree

2009-04-27T22:53:00.001-07:00

I just finished doing a really fun mural for a friend's clothing boutique opening in South Pasadena! The store is called "The Jane and Joe Shoppe" on 1030 Mission St., and the awesome owner Robin envisioned a gold tree on the wall. She let me just go for it on her pristine white paint, so I give her credit for trusting me...

Pasadena Bridge

2009-04-08T15:12:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted to try painting this bridge!

Watercolor sketch in moleskin book, ~7" x 4"

LA Zoo Walkway

2009-03-19T00:37:00.000-07:00

Acrylic, ~5" x 6"

Arcadia Park

2009-03-06T02:44:00.000-08:00

I always love how bright and clean everything feels after it rains! The light made all the colors seem so vibrant, and I tried to capture that with the pastels...

~8" x 5", soft pastel

Drawing Club long pose

2009-03-05T01:13:00.000-08:00

Here's another gouache attempt...Thank you for the tips Bob!

Gouache at the Power Plant

2009-02-25T00:23:00.000-08:00

Here's another attempt at the Water and Power plant near my place..I did gouache this time, but it was tough to keep it from looking "chalky"...

~3"x6", Gouache on canvas board

Lucky Boy Alley

2009-02-12T16:08:00.000-08:00

The sun finally came out and made for good painting weather! That's the alley behind Lucky Boy and right near my apartment. This is where I walk when I have my chili cheese fries craving...I don't have to go far :) Lucky Stacey

Acrylic, ~5"x8"

Drawing Club Maitre'D theme

2009-02-06T22:28:00.000-08:00

Pasadena Light and Power Steam Plant

2009-01-28T20:47:00.000-08:00

I pass by this place almost everyday, and always wanted to paint it. It's definitely not the easiest place to do a paint sketch, but it was such a nice day to sit and give it a go. The sun was starting to set, and I couldn't seem to work quick enough, but I'll be back to try again...

About 5"x7", acrylic

Workshop long pose

2009-01-20T02:00:00.000-08:00

Drawing Club Detective theme...

2009-01-13T00:03:00.000-08:00

The Flapper

2008-12-16T23:34:00.000-08:00

Some sketches from costume workshop..

Earl di Milo

2008-12-03T10:56:00.000-08:00

Here is a sculpt of Earl I did during a class long pose...

The long lost Hundreds post

2008-11-22T10:32:00.000-08:00

I just recently came across this post from The Hundreds blog (from the amazing Bobby Hundreds) about the ISM skateboard show WAAAY back in August. I didn't know he had done that, so I want to give a delayed-reaction-3 mos. later-thank you: Thanks for the mention Bobby!!

It's down on the August 24th post:

http://www.thehundreds.com/wordpress/?m=200808&paged=2

Tuesday night workshop sketches

2008-11-18T20:36:00.000-08:00

DS sketches

2008-11-16T15:14:00.001-08:00

Some more 2-5 min. DS sketches! The ones at Disneyland happened during the fires...very eerie sky!

Some more color sketches

2008-10-18T10:27:00.000-07:00

Still trying to practice with color... Here are some little (~4"x3") pastel and watercolor sketches done around work. The last one was done at the LA Arboretum and and it was such a cool place to sketch...I want to go back and try again!

Disneyland Sketches

2008-09-25T00:14:00.001-07:00

I just got back from a sketching trip to Disneyland! These were about 10-15 min. studies done with a little watercolor set in a moleskin sketchbook.

These were little sketches done on the DS :) The first was in the Blue Bayou and the second in the Grand Californian lobby...

Playing with Pastels

2008-09-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

I've been trying out pastels recently, mainly in drawing workshops with controlled lighting. Still trying to figure out colors...

Nintendo DS Doodles

2008-08-27T22:40:00.000-07:00

I just got the Colors program for my DS...it's right up there with Mario Kart, only I feel more productive when I use it!

Some outside sketches...

2008-08-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

We were lucky enough to have access to the Huntington Gardens to paint this week! Despite the heat, spiders and fast drying gouache, I got a few quick studies done..here's one:

I've also been hitting up the Hollywood Bowl this summer, hearing everything from Loony Tunes'...um tunes, to Phillip Glass. It's been so nice to be outside with good music and a good glass of wine (or two or three :)
Here's a sketchbook sketch (kind of a bad scan though):

More Digital Painting Practice...

2008-08-05T00:19:00.000-07:00

Digital head painting of the famous Andy

ISM: Sk8tology Deck

2008-07-31T23:42:00.000-07:00

This will be in the Sk8tology show in August!

Digital Painting practice

2008-07-22T18:00:00.001-07:00

LACMA

2008-06-30T23:48:00.000-07:00

Some sculpture sketches from LACMA...except the last one, that's the back of Ron :)

Josephine Baker quick sketches

2008-06-30T01:08:00.000-07:00

These are from Drawing Club last week...the model was amazing and had great energy. She made me want to capture some of that with quick gesture sketches (she also made me want one of those banana skirts!)

2008-06-24T23:48:00.000-07:00

Some more lunchtime drawings...

2008-06-04T23:42:00.000-07:00

Lunchtime Drawing

2008-05-30T10:41:00.000-07:00

Soft Pastels on chipboard

Digital Painting Mastercopy version 2.0

2008-05-28T00:33:00.000-07:00

Practicing some digital painting with a monochromatic Sargent mastercopy...techniques a la Bob K. :)

Drawing Club

2008-05-21T23:20:00.001-07:00

California Philharmonic

2008-05-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

Some program doodles from Saturday night's concert with Bruce. It was really fun and addicting doing these! My boss Stephane Kardos, who is an amazing sketch-er (is that a word?) has been encouraging me to try more loose and quick sketching, which is completely out of my comfort zone. It's a lot harder than I thought, but I've really enjoyed trying something new...

Lunchtime costume drawing with Bob...

2008-05-19T23:08:00.001-07:00

First time at the Drawing Club !

2008-05-19T23:00:00.000-07:00

Art Center projects...

2008-05-19T22:21:00.000-07:00

Here are various projects I've done for school since starting in January 2007...most of these are examples of assignments from my foundation classes (ie: head drawing, perspective, sketching for illustration, etc.)...

It's a pensive DJ!

Pretty Anna...

Only part of the infamous 3-point city: Staceyville

Dynamic Sketching

2008-05-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some pages from my Dynamic Sketching class with Norm...we did sketches at different locations around LA from the zoo, to the Natural History Museum: