Hog Heaven

Ahh! This is the life!

Halt!

Nora's request for today's sketch was for a "weird alien."  I'm not sure how weird they are but I think they're kinda cute.

Flick!

Flamingos are mean!

Chopper Bunny

Nora requested a bunny so, naturally, I thought of one riding a chopper. Interestingly, this style of handlebars was not originally called "ape hanger," but, rather, "bunny flopper"- a name that never caught on in the chopper community.

Aquarium Royalty

The new frog has taken up residency in the aquarium castle.  Was he self appointed or was there an election that we were not aware of?  Perhaps, he was royalty all along and we didn't know it- there's a children's book in there somewhere.

SCUBA Frog

Nora got a frog for her fish tank yesterday- very exciting!  She is amazed that he never has to come up for air.  This must be the reason.

Monkey's got talent

Another silly sketch- colored with watercolor pencils.

For the boys

Anyone remember the Atari game "Joust?"

I did these drawings for Nora when she was in first grade.  By this time, word of her "lunch drawings" had spread around the class and every day her classmates would gather to see what her dad had drawn for her.  I started getting requests from other kids in her class and even did some "commissions" for several of them.  So, in order to satisfy some of the boys in her class, I did a few sketches of knights and dragons- some funny and some "serious."

Butterfly egg

This sketch stems from a conversation Nora and I had about butterfly eggs.  I can't imagine the poor butterfly that layed that egg- yikes!

the patient lion

Just a fun sketch- inspired by a saying that we use a lot around here- "Whoa! It looks like a bird made a nest in that hair."  -usually in the morning.  This was colored with watercolor pencils- I love them!