Winter's Edge

 

Inspiration came from an off ramp of the Garden State Parkway where the day's light drizzle made a thick mist rise from the snow. 

Started this one with a fixed palette and some small plotting as to where to put the trees.  Having a fixed palette helps me focus more on the use of the colors rather than picking them later on. Although, the initial plan had green in it, I felt it was finished without it.

Sun and Moon in Lace

 

Intricate overlapping circles, as seen in the opening of Stargate SG-1 brought me to this design.

Rappongi

After my girls played enough Dance Dance Revolution the song "Rappongi Evolved" became somethign we talked about the house. I did a little research (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roppongi) and discovered one of the origins of the place means "Six Trees"

A View From the Ropes

Special Thanks to PBS and Netflix for providing some of the reruns of Bob Ross

What the Tide Dragged In - Index Card Challenge #3

Challenge #3: Only Dots - Use stippling alone to form a scene without any lines

Pile of Patterns - Index Card Challenge #2

Challenge #2: Picture a Pile of Rectangles each with their own distinctive style

Distinctive Coats - Index Card Challenge #1

I'm calling this series the Index Card Challenges. All uploads are pure scans of index cards resized to hit a height of 1024.

Challenge #1: Draw cats with distinctive coats