a sprinkle of faith

Category: illustration

  • The Golden Boy

    The Golden Boy

    A Short Story. I was five when I first met Ray. I remember the encounter vividly, weeks before kindergarten was to start. Ray had moved in with his grandma, and she lived two doors down from us. I’d never even seen the woman before – until that humiliating, hot August day. “Get out of here!”…

  • Rockabilly

    Rockabilly

    I thought I’d entertain myself (and you, hopefully!) with a little song & dance while I’m on my time-out. This illustration was super fun to make, and it all started with a photograph that I found of Elvis (note the hair and the dance move). I was in no mood for faces or body details,…

  • Ladies Night

    Ladies Night

    I went off track today. I had a few ocean photographs that I was working on but I was distracted by my desire to illustrate / paint this woman from the past. Her name was Louise Brooks and apparently she was a young starlet in the 1920s. I had never heard of her… and still…

  • Summer in the City

    Summer in the City

    “Hot town, summer in the city, Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty. Been down, isn’t it a pity, Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city. All around, people looking half-dead, Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head…” -The Lovin’ Spoonful So… I got carried away with effects again! But…

  • Six Word Story –

    – There’s a mouse in the house. – I thought my illustration and six word story might be a fun break from the Alphabet Game. Plus, I’m going to veer into uncharted territory for the letter “P,” and I need time to organize and prepare. I’m going to familiarize myself with the elements of a…

  • Optimism

    I thought I’d piggyback on my previous post (Naivety) so that I could bring some positivity back to the game. When I talked about naivety, I wasn’t expressing my beliefs (I don’t walk around angry) – I was simply pondering the word, it’s meaning, and what the word means to me. That being said, it…