HobbyHorse's 2D, 3D, sketches and Wips

A few more sketches. Studies for a carving on the top of a staff

Roller ball ink pen sketch

Love the ink pen sketch!

And I can read "no virgins allowed"

Nice details in the waterfall sketch, must of taken awhile.

I don't see any virgins, but can you point in their direction?

Ha Ha micro not a single virgin to be seen...but I will keep my eyes peeled for some and send them your way
I'm not really sure how long the waterfall took as it was just a doodle while I was killing some time before going to work. But I'm glad you guys like it.
And I'm glad the sign reads.
Random doodles of a piece I am currently working on

Working on an articulated wing for reference like the horse.

This was what I saw in a fellow artist's abstract work. I did a dragon at the mouth of the cave that was based on another abstract painting that my mind tries to make sense of. Guess I never'll be an abstract artist.

Glad to see you started a thread, Lori. Always enjoy seeing your sketches. Hope to get back to doing some soon myself.

Sadly haven't had time for sketching recently. Was asked to do a presentation on staining wood and have been busy learning Keynotes (Mac's version of power point) and writing up handout materials...just finished making 120 of each.

Also finished up a visual aid using different species of woods and how they look under different kinds of stains.

I am working on a banner design for an Etsy store I'm hoping to open to sell my carvings...but that means I haven't done any carving either.
And helped a friend do a bit of cleaning on their building at the Ohio Renaissance Festival before it opens this weekend.
And there is the carving show in November I don't have anything new to show at

I hope I can find some time soon to do both carving and painting, but time will tell.

Wow, you sound busy!

So much to do and so little time.

Yep, you do sound a but overwhelmed. I know the feeling! ... Haven't done any work in quite some time myself, but am looking into picking up some new sketching tools to try out and hope it kick starts me. I am missing sketching, and have been wanting to get some in for a while now.

Also have a request from a guy here at work to re-create a logo for his website/business. Told him i hope to get to work on it some here in the next few weeks.

Well, it has been a while. Got through everything though and received a commission for a walking stick at the show, of a Selkie. Customer is planning to go to Scotland and wanted a nice stick to walk around the place with. I've got it carved and 'sealed' (pun intended) just need to paint it and mount to the stick.

Lovely! And I like how the rings in the wood gives an unexected pattern on the seal(kie) too!