Winnie the Pooh | Disney Fine Art Watercolor

A Disney character with a happy grin is always so nice to paint, and watercolor paints helped to give this character a light and carefree free. So fun! I hope you enjoy it.

Pixals.com can make iPhone and Galaxy phone cases of this watercolor. How fun! Just click on the image if you'd like to put Winnie the Pooh on your phone... or get a print.

Minnie Mouse | Watercolor Print

Minnie Mouse was a fun quick pencil sketch on watercolor paper, followed by a bit of color. It was another piece that I painted on our Cruise. This one was for our dining room waitress, who's favorite character in Minnie. It's available as a print on FineArtAmerica.com if you're interested.

"Let's You and Me Bounce" Tigger (Disney) | Oil on Canvas and Pencil Sketch

I've tried oil painting on one other occasion, and thought I might give it a go again. Here's my version of Tigger bouncing in the meadow. It's available as a print on FineArtAmerica.com if you're interested.

Here's the value sketch. I taped a few pieces of paper together to make my illustration the size of the canvas. Now I wish I'd spent a few dollars on some nice Stonehenge paper. The sketch would have certainly brought a happy face to the kitchen when I wander in each morning. :0)

Donald Duck in Florence, Italy | Watercolor

Here's another one of the character's I painted on the Disney Cruise I mentioned in an earlier post. I've made this one available on FineArtAmerica.com, if you're interested in a print.

Donald Duck in Florence, Italy (Watercolor Framed)

Pinocchio Watercolor | Poster Art

Here's one of the character's I painted on the Disney Cruise I mentioned in an earlier post. I've made this one available on FineArtAmerica.com, if you're interested in a print.

Pinocchio (Watercolor Framed)

 

Pixals.com has prints and iPhone/Galaxy Cases if you're interested. 

Lucy Locket | Nursery Rhyme Coloring Page

I added a cute nursery rhyme coloring page to my elementary art resource website - MakingArtFun.com. Fun stuff for them to color, and a great opportunity for you to get them interested in great literature. I've included the rhyme below if you're interested.

Download Lucy Locket | Free Nursery Rhyme Coloring Page

Rhyme
Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fisher found it;
Not a penny was there in it,
Only ribbon round it.

Jazz Cat | Free Coloring Page

In an earlier post I mentioned that I'd created more than 20 cats for Vacation Bible School at my Church (Calvary Community Church). The stories about Joseph were the focus of the lessons, and the artwork that decorated the walls of the children's building was meant to tell his story and have a Bible times Egyptian feel. "Jazz Cat" is one that I did just for fun.

Here's the sketch...

Disney Character Watercolors | Painting While Cruising

I recently returned from a Disney cruise in the Mediterranean, visiting Spain, France and Italy. Woo Hoo! While we cruised I painted a few of the characters we saw around the ship.

Pinocchio in Florence, Italy (Watercolor)

Tigger (Watercolor)

Vacation Bible School Illustrations

My church (Calvary Community Church in Phoenix, AZ) likes to go big when planning for their week long vacation Bible school. I've helped for two years now, creating signs and illustrations for the walls of the children's building. Below are a few of my contributions.

I created a time machine to transport the kids back 4000 years to the time of Joseph. 

 

I created several large illustrations of Joseph in different situations. This illustration of Joseph at Potiphar's House is about 5ft tall, and was created with a chisel point black marker and Prismacolor Art Stix.

Cat, cats, cats. Cats were everywhere. I got a little obsessed, and created more than twenty cats to dress up our "trip" to Bible times Egypt.

 Joseph, unfortunately, spent some time locked in the palace prison. We decided it would be fun to include the Pirates of the Caribbean dog holding the keys to his prison cell.

MMF! Piano Primer Book | iPad App

I've been working to design and launch my first iPad app recently. It was a pretty big project, as I was the writer, illustrator and marketing team for the whole project.

Here's a link if you want to find out a little more about it on the Apple App Store:
MMF! Piano Primer Book | iPad App

Here are a few of the illustrations from the app. I sketched them in pencil first, and then turned them into digital images in Adobe Illustrator.