Next Week's Subject: Batgirl!

We are taking a trip to Gotham City next wednesday, I hope you all will join us!

MALEFICENT by Joe Pekar

Maleficent (and a little friend).

watercolor 9x12

Maleficent by Gene Gonzales

My take on Maleficent done in acrylic and color pencil on 11" x 17" Arches Watercolor Board. 

Next Week's Subject: Maleficent

Next week will be Disney's bad girl Maleficent. I've never drawn her before and I don't think Gene has either, so check back next Wednesday to see what we come up with.

Supergirl by Joe Pekar

And here's mine. back to watercolors this time, giving the copics a break for a bit.

Supergirl by Gene Gonzales

Supergirl © DC Comics

Look! Up in the sky!

I wanted to try something different for this weeks subject of Supergirl and this is the result. This was done in acrylic on a 48" x 12" wrap canvas.

Next Week's Subject: Supergirl

That's right, next week will be the Maid of Might, Supergirl. A character both Joe and I really enjoy drawing and painting. So drop by next week, this is going to be super man! Well, not Superman, SuperGIRL. You know what I mean. :)

Vampirella by Gene Gonzales

Art © 2012 Gene Gonzales

I went for a cheesecake approach for Vampirella. Not menacing or too racy. I had done three rough sketches and then did a Google search for the costume details and on the first image page I saw variations of all three poses I did. So I came up with a fourth, more interesting pose for me to do, but had trouble with some of the figure. Luckily my wife is always willing to help me out and pose when needed. After a dozen shots from different angles I managed to get some images that helped with the anatomy of the pose.

Vampirella was penciled on 11" x 17" Strathmore 400 Series Bristol Board and painted with Golden fluid acrylics.

Vampirella by Joe Pekar

Vampirella, always fun to draw, but I don't think i've ever read a comic with her...looked at plenty, but never read ;)

9"x12" copic markers

Next Week's Subject: Vampirella!

Joe mentioned he hadn't drawn Vampirella in a long time so next week will be a Vampirella-fest. We both realized we haven't done a head-to-head, toe-to-toe post in a while. One where we both draw our takes on the same character. So that just adds to the fun!

Mermaid by Gene Gonzales

Art © 2012 Gene Gonzales

I thought I would show why mermaids use shells instead of starfish. Sure the starfish stay on without strings but they are tough to take off. :)

Acrylic on 11" x 14" 400 series Strathmore Bristol board.

Mermaids by Joe Pekar

Since I ended the year with a redhead and a brunette, I thought I'd start the year out the same way (and because I can never resist drawing redheads for some reason...I think I need help :))

Copic Markers on 9"x12" bristol