I apologize for being away for so long. Real life is hectic as ever. I start a new job beginning in September. The AC broke inside our house over the weekend and it’s $150 just to have someone dispatched and that’s not even a dianostic fee so we’re waiting for a friend-of-a-friend to help or until the weekdays resume. (Turns out the bill ran $650 for a 1-year maintenance plan upon waiting for the weekdays.) So we’re living inside 90 degree weather with fans and ceiling fans feeling like blow dryers on us. I worked on my vehicle today changing the tranny filter and crankcase filter.
I haven’t drawn much lately except another crayon drawing from when the family went out to eat at La Parilla Suiza a few weeks back. I did a picture of Batman that I may scan and share someday, but for now please be content with the following new paintings.
Below, is a He-man I mostly did. As with most paintings we do it’s a collaborative process. This one is unlike the Barbarian picture I sketched out for my future oil painting project.
Next, is Marmalade Boy. My wife did this one essentially on her own and pretty much all I had a hand in was assisting her in finding some working flesh tones and make colorful suggestions about what worked and what didn’t before the end result.
Lastly, this one is the beautiful She-Ra. I never watched the cartoon as a kid, but I guess my wife did. I did the layout, my wife did all the work, and then I completed the image with lip highlights, planets, and a stippling of stars.
