Friday, May 9, 2014

Ice Cream Lickers


Happy Friday!

Here are a couple of ice cream licker ATCs for the Art-A-Thon that's happening over at illustratedATCs.com this weekend. These are watercolor and ink. I think the guy in the red shirt has encountered sour lime ice cream judging by his expression or maybe this is about 1 second pre-brain freeze. We've all been there.


A while ago, I did some lighting and action pose paint sketches and they were such great exercises. I thought I'd bring back the idea as a practice exercise a couple of times a week for an hour or so. I didn't spend long of these ones above, probably about 20 minutes each or so though probably longer on the dancing duo. And by the way, I did do a movie still! But it's really ugly. I'll leave it hidden.

I had made a few coloring books a while ago but I've now made PDF versions for my Etsy store. I printed a few off and was coloring them to get a few Etsy photos and it was a lot of fun. Coloring is probably the best part of the artwork for me. It seems like it can be more work to get the sketch done and looking the way you want it, then the lineart is just sort of boring but coloring, it's easy! All of the hardwork is done and you can just fill in areas between the lines. Here are a couple of the images from my Day of the Dead book and The Ladies (adult colouring).






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30 comments:

  1. alarmcatMay 9, 2014 at 5:25 AM

    love your ice cream paintings!! they look delicious :)

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  2. VictoriaMay 9, 2014 at 5:48 AM

    Your art is always so mesmerizing and magical...beautiful..I love visiting your creative realm..fantastical!
    Victoria

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  3. Valerie-JaelMay 9, 2014 at 5:49 AM

    Wonderful sketches and those ice-lickers are fabulous! Congrats on being featured this week. Valerie

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  4. Helen CampbellMay 9, 2014 at 6:10 AM

    Your ice cream lickers are cool, especially the pre-brain freeze guy. Ha!
    Congrats on being the artist of the week at PPF! You rock, lady.

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  5. PaintingWriteMay 9, 2014 at 6:31 AM

    Your I've cream lickers are great-love the expressions especially the first one! Those light and position poses are a great idea-you look like you've mastered them already and I love the idea of the colouring books- I agree the colouring in is the best part!

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  6. GlorV1May 9, 2014 at 7:54 AM

    These are terrific. Yes it does look like one has brain freeze, tee hee. You are excellent in your passion for art. Always very interesting to come here. Thanks.

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  7. Studio KaufmannMay 9, 2014 at 8:51 AM

    your ice cream lickers have made me crave ice cream! Happy PPF. On the PPF site they mentioned you as a she - I had alway thought of you as a male because you have a male avatar. Are you male or female or is it none of my business?

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    1. SLScheibeMay 9, 2014 at 9:39 AM

      Female but I liked the picture so I wanted to use him as an avatar. He's from one of the 29 faces challenges.

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  8. UnknownMay 9, 2014 at 8:54 AM

    Enjoyed your post today! The lighting and action poses are fabulous.

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  9. LailaMay 9, 2014 at 9:39 AM

    Beautiful art work. I especially like the lighting and action poses.

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  10. AnnDMay 9, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    You are such a superstud. I can't believe you did those in 20 minutes each! I am glad you specified that the dancers took longer, or I might have wept openly.

    I love coloring, too! It's my favorite.

    Like a big idiot, I took my mom to breakfast today and forgot her coloring book. :(

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  11. AnnabelleMay 9, 2014 at 10:31 AM

    Nice work Sal. I like the lime ice-cream fella, he looks like he got a bit of both...sour and freeze : ) Congrats on the feature.

    Annabelle : )

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  12. SirkkaMay 9, 2014 at 10:35 AM

    Ice-cream seems taste good.Lovely.

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  13. Linda KunsmanMay 9, 2014 at 10:49 AM

    wonderful variety of art-the caricature ATCS are so fun!!

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  14. Linda KunsmanMay 9, 2014 at 10:50 AM

    oops- forgot to say-congrats on being the featured artist at PPF this week!

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  15. sheila 77May 9, 2014 at 11:18 AM

    Love the green hair to match his ice-cream.
    Your action photos are so skilfully painted, brilliant work.
    I agree with you about colouring in and especially with colouring in with markers.

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  16. ann @ studiohydeMay 9, 2014 at 11:48 AM

    Love your designs.

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  17. GigglesMay 9, 2014 at 12:32 PM

    You truly are a talent...wow love the action poses, and the ice cream lickers... All so fun, whimsical, vibrant! Always a happy place at your blog.... Inspirational too!! Nice to see you featured this week!

    Hugs Giggles

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  18. Paper rainbowMay 9, 2014 at 12:32 PM

    Wonderful work and so lovely to see you as PPF featured artist. x

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  19. Tammie LeeMay 9, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    your tongue pieces make me smile.
    and your light pieces are fabulous and a bit dramatic.
    Always wonderful to see what you are breathing life into.

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  20. UnknownMay 10, 2014 at 1:29 AM

    your dancer poses are great, very nicely captured movement. Congrats on being featured at PPF!

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  21. LorraineMay 10, 2014 at 2:43 AM

    love the ice cream characters..fab

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  22. DVArtistMay 10, 2014 at 6:59 AM

    All I can say is, you are an amazing artist. The ice cream lickers are fab. So much expression. But the lighting and action posses. Wow these are beyond fantastic.
    You inspire me
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  23. Irene RafaelMay 10, 2014 at 2:44 PM

    Hello, You are so versatile in your art and are an inspiration. I love the expressions on your ice cream people. Oh, I see that Nicole, right above me says the same thing and I didn't look until just now :) Guess you an inspiration to us all.

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  24. Cindy D.May 10, 2014 at 9:48 PM

    Those action poses are so cool! And a great idea for an exercise. I love that leaping dancer barely sketched.

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  25. dentheMay 11, 2014 at 7:54 PM

    Hmm, those icecreams look yummy.... love that looooong tongue ... ;-D

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  26. FranMay 12, 2014 at 2:20 PM

    Love those ice cream guys, such expressions. Are the sketches digital?

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  27. Marianne May 13, 2014 at 1:28 AM

    The icecream painting are amazing!

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  28. FallingladiesMay 17, 2014 at 6:45 AM

    i love your coloring book, it IS fun, I have been meaning to make my mandalas into coloring book pages for awhile now....

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  29. Katie JeanneMay 20, 2014 at 6:52 PM

    I give myself a brain freeze every time I make a smoothie. Ow. Love the lickers! :)

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