A coloring book for Christmas

I drew a ten page coloring book for Christmas this year and gave them away. The parents wouldn't let the kids draw in them because they all felt they were to precious. It was a coloring book, I brought crayons.

Here is the cover and an interior picture. The entire book can be found here:

http://www.braindeadaesthetic.com/pages/Neeko_coloring_book.htm

Woodcut Little Dog

I finally pulled the edition on this Art Trading Card sized print and let it dry. It is of a little dog my niece had at my parents last year. The dog was mostly black and white and I put it on a green background.

"Little Doggy" 2.5"Wx3.5"T, Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2009, Edition of 10

Spring Art Party

Last weekend was the Spring Art Party located in Weber park Minneapolis MN. The day was perfect and a lot of people came out to the park. I only had time to do one drawing while there and I did a 6x9 greyhound.

"Green and Red Greyhound", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-06-08



The original drawing and fine art prints of it can be purchased online at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=18174

Sniffing

A green and yellow dog is shown sniffing around a blue background.

"Sniffing", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-26

Doggy Reverberations

Here is another drawing of a dog in which I focus on lines in and outside of the dogs silhouette. I chose a lavender base for the interior with green on the outside and yellow tying the whole together.

"Doggy Reverberations", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-25



This original drawing as well as fine art prints can be purchased at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=2749

Blue Belly dog

Another little dog drawn while I waited. This last batch was all drawn at six by nine inches because this size scales exactly to four by six for postcards. I will be matting the originals to eleven by fourteen for display and sale at art festivals.

"Blue Belly", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-25



This original drawing as well as fine art prints can be purchased online at:

http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=607

Intense

Last weekend was spent at the Saint Paul Art crawl. I had a space in the hallway of the Rossmor building which is a nice converted wharehouse full of artists lofts/condos. Interesting to see gentrification in action as many of the units are owned by non-artists and demand and prices go up.

Foot traffic through the building was slow where I was set up, possibly because there were no open artist studios on the floor I was on, possibly because the building is so big the space becomes to diffuse. End result is sales were very slow for me so I worked on some little drawings. Here is the first one I did.

"Intense", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-25

New Miniprint, "Looking up"

"Looking UP", 2.5"Tx1.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single color, 2008/10/27 Edition of 10

Another Art Trading Card "Studio Prop"

"Studio Prop", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, Two color, 2008 Edition of 10

Drinking Sheba

"Drinking Sheba", 4"Tx5.5"W Wood Cut Print, Four color, 2008 Edition of 10

She' Still Moping

"She' Still Moping", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Green Dog

"Green Dog", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Blue Balls

"Blue Balls", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24 by John Terwilliger

Bulldog

"Bulldog", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Shaggy Yapper

This small dog seemed to be all hair. An ankle biter at best.
"Shaggy Yapper", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23

Who Me?

I needed several more little drawings of dogs to make a mini-book so I spent the weekend drawing a bunch. All are done to postcard size mostly in colored pencil or pastel pencil.

"Who Me?", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23 by John Terwilliger

Puppy Flier

"Puppy Flier", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23

More postcard sized drawings

Here is a cute little puppy dog.

"Looking for Love", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23