Some Practice Sheets

Here are a few practice drawings I did from a book by Preston Blair (I believe 1947).

I love this little squirrel:

The rat is mine. The worn is fashioned after the nematodes on Spongebob Squarepants:

And Now Meet Gritta...

Earlier, I introduced Gritty, a character I draw for Grit Magazine. Now I would like you to meet Gritta, Gritty's sweetheart!

Gritta is a bit more fashion conscious than Gritty. This was for an article about rainwear:

Sometimes Gritty gets a little carried away...

But they both love a good campfire:

And they also like to dress up as other characters:

Thank you for looking! Enjoy!

A Few Birds

Here are a few random bird drawings.

This rooster was for a tattoo:

A Cedar Waxwing:

A Secretary Bird:

It's not a bird (it's a spark plug), but it has wings:

Meet Gritty

In this post I would like to introduce a character that I draw for Grit Magazine, Gritty! I have been drawing Gritty since 2007, when he first appeared in an article about backing trailers. He has evolved a lot since then. He started out as not much more than a stick character and became what you see below;

This drawing was for an article about Colonial livestock breeds. Gritty has found himself in a lot of situations. Here he is snorkeling:

And hunting:

Sometimes I draw Gritty as other characters. Here he is as "Griteye":

A seed scientist:

And Ol' Doc Gritty:

In the last eight years, I have drawn Gritty hundreds of times. I will be sharing more in future entries. Enjoy!