Grand Memories – Petting Zoo
We took a lot of photos while at the Houston zoo. I combined several to come up with this drawing for Creating Grand Memories. Click on image to enlarge. Copyrighted Digital illustration
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Trumpeter
G-Kid#2 took up the trumpet and is doing exceptional well at it. For his birthday I surprised him with the made up drawing. Done with Adobe Sketch on my iPad. Click on image to enlarge. Digital illustration
Loft Playroom Mural
The GrandKids were wanting a new mural for their recently remodeled playroom. When they were little I could paint whatever I wanted and they’d be happy. Now they’re old enough to make specific requests. And I mean SPECIFIC. GrandDaughter wanted a volleyball player silhouette with the background melding from the blue of the walls to […]
A Friend’s Grandson
I did this sketch a few years ago for a friend of mine. It’s her grandson when he was about three. I did a second drawing of him later. It’s posted at: http://sircolby.com/drawings/second-base-runner/ Click on image to enlarge. Pencil on paper
Grand Memories – Tin Can Phone
This drawing from Creating Grand Memories comes from separate and amended photos of me, my grandson and some other random kid. Click on image to enlarge. Copyrighted Digital illustration
Grand Memories – The Bath
All the grandkids in the tub at the same time. This illustration from Creating Grand Memories was taking mostly “as is” from a family photos. A few changes were made for composition purposes. Click on image to enlarge. Copyrighted Digital illustration
Triker
I had a completely different plan for this drawing but almost immediately realized it wasn’t going to work. It might have had I started on gray or colored paper. But, oh well. Here it is. Click on image to enlarge. Pencil on paper, 11″ x 17″ (cropped)
Heart of Flowers
My youngest granddaughter decided to completely redo her bedroom. That included painting over the murals I painted which were a bunch of frogs doing things all around the world. Actually, she inherited the Frog Mural from her brother when she took over his room (see the link below). It seemed natural that for her birthday […]
Grand Memories – Activity Closet
Another illustration from the book Creating Grand Memories. This was combined from several photos of my wife and our grandgirls and other sources. Click on image to enlarge. Copyrighted Digital illustration
Grand Memories – Reading
It is always fun to read to your grandchildren. That made doing this drawing for Creating Grand Memories also a lot of fun. It’s pretty true to the original photo of my wife and grandson with some rearrangement of toys and books nearby. Click on image to enlarge. Copyrighted Digital illustration