Flowers in December

Messing around with the Blick Illustration Markers this evening. The transparency is nice for building detail and depth. Must think out composition in advance or be satisfied with transparent flower petals.

Art Supply Test – Blick Illustrator Markers

On the trip to Chicago last week to sketch with the Urban Sketchers, I made a side trip to Blick and got a great deal on a set of illustrator markers.

Did a few tests in various notebooks and these babies bleed…even on 98 lb Canson mixed media paper.

The do put down a satisfying amount of color per stroke, and each pen has two nibs…brush and chisel.

The test: A ModriNan (ha!) on a false-start page.

And the flip side.

Special thanks to Smithers the cat for lending her behind as a specialty easel for photography. Smithers is currently putting in community service in an effort to make Santa’s “nice” list.

Thanks for stopping by!

The Design of CRM’s 2018 NACE Materials

If you are interested in learning about the development and design of banners, bookmarks, and screen wipes for CRM’s 2018 NACE booth, please visit https://nancymellem.wordpress.com/the-work/marketing/.

Glitch Happens Illustrations

Many blessings upon the editors who sometimes let you fly with an idea! Tim Clancy was just that Editor-in-Chief, and he really let me run with this one.

The Glitch Happens article that appeared in the October 2007 Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers magazine was written by Dee Giffin Flaherty and Philip D. Flaherty, and they told some wonderfully descriptive stories that screamed out to me for very specific artwork.