Sketchbook Friday: Tower of Shapes

At times I like to switch gears and draw really messy things as if I had no control over my pen. Other times, like today's sketch, I like to slow way down and make very deliberate marks. This was a study in making slow marks to make a very simple drawing.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. Many times my sketches are ideas for larger projects that you might find on my fine art website William Hessian dot com, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see my Favorite 20 sketches from 2011 or go back and check out all of the sketchbook friday posts.

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Instead of Sleeping

Decided to just skip sleep and also procrastinate on my web comic by making drawings like this. This is the only one that I got finished and colored. 31 hours awake. I really should sleep.

Painting with Grandma

Today, I spent the day in Jordan, Minnesota painting with my Grandma. My Grandma was a big influence on me as a child as she always encouraged my art. She use to buy me painting/drawing sets every year for Christmas. My brother and myself would often stay over at Grandma's and Grandpas, and she would pull out an art project and we would paint, draw, press leaves, color or some other creative project.

Often times my subject matter in art during my childhood would consist of sports, super heroes or video games characters. None of my work was very traditional. Grandma would insist that I draw birds, flowers or trees and when I made art around my Grandma I was glad to oblige and paint things she enjoyed to see. During our visit today I follow suit and decided to flex my inner Bob Ross for her again and painted her front yard.



Typically, I do not paint landscapes and shy away from traditional subject matter, but it is fun to paint a still life and a nature scenes every once in a while. My dad (who claims not to be artistically talented) came along and did a little watercolor, something he has only a few times before. My dad actually has a lot more skill than he is letting on, he just has not cultivated it yet. Check out one of his watercolor pages.



My Grandma, who does have a lot of artistic skill, painted an apple and this beautiful blue jay.



I also decided to try and paint this very interesting weaved wooden angel. This was a little bit more complicated of a painting than I had time to complete in one afternoon, but I finished it the best I could in the time we had.



Thanks to my Grandma.

Sketchbook Friday: The Musical Sword

The Buffalo on the right hand side are in preparations for the artwork I am hiding in the 7th annual Jamestown Miniature Art Hunt. For me, the most notable part of this drawing is the other penciled characters, especially the young lad in the lower left. His weapon is a guitana (pronounced like 'kitana' but with a 'guit' on the front). I explained to the middle schoolers who I was teaching at the time, that those who use this weapon can play beautiful music while doing very violent things. I can imagine a really great animated cartoon based on this idea. In the other drawings you may notice a Final Fantasy 7 reference and a reference to a Lord of the Rings orc.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. Many times my sketches are ideas for larger projects that you might find on my fine art website William Hessian dot com, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see my Favorite 20 sketches from 2011 or go back and check out all of the sketchbook friday posts.

If you want to own some of my work, you can always find great deals on my artwork and stickers at my Etsy shop. Do not forget to subscribe to my blog and never miss another post.

Cuttlefish Art

This is the first time I have ever drawn a cuttlefish. The animal itself is actually something I have not seen many photos of. I have always heard of cuttlefish but apparently did not know anything about them. They are awesome creatures and really fun to draw.



I made a pair of these for Jennifer, commissioned by my long time online friend Merlin Reynolds. They both live in Eugene, Oregon. I had planned to visit them during my art tour in 2004 but did have enough time. It was a real shame.



Drawn on commission as a birthday gift. Nothing better than a pair of cuttlefish on your birthday.

A New Kid Friendly Online Maze

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This maze was created as bonus content for my online web comic called King of the Pill. The web comic has new content every single day for 2012, and I am even trying to publish a few puzzles and games as bonuses for those that check in each day. If you have not seen my web comic you should head on over and check it out, it is on day 50 already.

If you enjoy free online printable mazes, you came to the right spot, my most popular work on the blog is my free printable mazes. Hundreds have been printed off in school rooms, living rooms and activity centers around the world. Nearly one hundred people per day visit my online mazes. I have some very difficult mazes, I have a few simple mazes for the youngsters and even a few in between difficulties for those who enjoy a good maze that is not too hard. You should definitely see my maze collection.