Struggling with what to illustrate?

This is the an exercise in creativity that I read on twitter from the

"Illustration Dept." 

 by

 Executive Art Director Giuseppe Castellano

 

"Struggling with what to illustrate?

Try this: Start with a CHAIR. What kind is it? Where is it? Who uses it? Why? Build from there.…"

 

It is a fun excursive to try  

 

Fair Weather Friends Meetup

Kew Gardens

 

 

Kew Gardens "The Overlook"

 

Forest Hills Green Market

Forest Hills Green Market

 

 Green Market Forest Hills

 

Forest Hills Post Office

relief sculpture

 

 

The watercolor studies was done over the course of several meetups.

I have been enjoying getting together with David talking about art what inspires you and painting Queens  NY

 

The Fair Weather Friends Outdoors Painting Meetup

Raven Found a Lunch

 

I have been documenting on twitter the process of "Raven found a Lunch"

It's how I work as an artist from sketch to finish artwork.

 I thought it would be nice to have it all in one blog post

 

 

mumble...curse, ERASE!!! more mumbling... "Everything okay?" Yep

 

Watching ink dry :)

I work with Waterproof India ink I usually start with a wash of ink before watercolor is added.

 

 Watching watercolor dry

 

Still have time to F this up ;)

This is the stage that I could take the illustration too far and ruin it or not far enough.

 

Not this time