Mountain Man Sketch

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!
-Edward Lear

Here's another sketch of an idea for a new portfolio piece. It was inspired by a limerick I read by Edward Lear, an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised. I could read them all day!

The illustration will have a little more scenery in the background (mountains, because he's a mountain man!) but it'll be more of a character study than a full illustration. I'm thinking about doing this one in charcoal so I can have some black and white drawings in my portfolio, but I might do a color version and a charcoal version if I really like it!


UPDATE: See the Final version here!

Pearl Diver Sketches

I've been thinking about some new pieces to put in my portfolio to add some variety and to make sure I'm covering all my bases. I've noticed I need more pieces showing action, children (I seem to do a lot of animals...at least lately), and maybe some humor. So I've decided to revisit an old illustration (below) from my digital illustration class that I think can be improved. I've grown a lot since then and being able to do it traditionally will help. So here's an initial sketch, value study, and color study of the revised version. Something I need to work on is the environment. It's not very unique or interesting yet, but it's still just a sketch!

Redesigned Website!

I finally finished my website and it is now up for all to view! Take a look, enjoy, give suggestions for improvement, and let me know of any problems you see. Lauren Gallegos

So, business cards have been ordered, website is done, next on the list is to order postcards!

Old Sketches

I was looking through my old sketchbooks seeing if I could pull some ideas out of them for new projects and I thought I'd scan a few random sketches to post. Some are really old, some not so old.

Recent Design Projects

Here are a few design projects I have recently completed between working on my website and many other projects.An invitation, table card, and program for an 8th grade Banquet that had a summer garden theme.Two versions of an invitation to a Fondue Dinner. One is formal, but on the fun/casual side. The other is more formal.

I've been working on a few other design projects, one of which is my good friend's wedding invitation! However, that is still in the making. I'm excited to work on that one!

Website In Progress

I have started redesigning my website and I think it's going to take me alittle longer than I expected. I bought Dreamweaver so I can make a better website, but having never used the program before, it is going to take awhile to learn! There are a lot of things about making websites that I don't know, so I've been watching hours of tutorials to learn everything I can. It's a good thing I have a somewhat simple website! Nevertheless, it will be awhile until it's done and up. But I'm excited to get it done, so hopefully it wont be too long. Until then, here is alittle drawing to enjoy. You might recognize the little owlet. I did a sketch of him awhile ago, and thought I'd color him. He will be making an appearance on my website, so keep an eye out!

Mall Sketches

I went to the mall today to sketch for awhile with a friend. I haven't done that in over a year! I think I have grown a lot since then. Here are some sketches of people I saw...and a mannequin.

Now that school is done and I have a lot more free time on my hands, hopefully I will be able to do this more. It is good to practice drawing from life and I realized I haven't drawn people pretty much all semester, so I should get back into that!

My goal is to do a page in my sketch book everyday. Let's see how it goes.