Chevette Postcards

Here is a series of illustrations I did for a friend who helped out greatly with the remodeling of our kitchen...giving up a few weekend afternoons for holding, leveling and drilling fun!

He has three Chevettes and is a fan. One is a '76 burnt orange one, which is the star of these drawings. On the backs of the pictures, I have small descriptions like postcards do, as well as a stamp indicia area. Rather than showing all backs, I've put the copy in the caption under each photo. I'm giving them to him tonight, in some sort of envelope I guess, deemed as postcards. I hope he finds them entertaining!!

The Chevy Chevette. A low-cost, lightweight, and readily available compact.
It'll drive you happy. (Straight from the old ad campaign.)

The Chevy Chevette at Easter Island. It's not a myth. Or made out of volcanic ash.

The Chevy Chevette at the Great Pyramids of Giza. It's all about scale.

The Chevy Chevette at the Great Wall of China.
At 43 MPG highway/wallway, the Chevette will
only use 90 gallons of gas to travel the 3,889.5
miles of wall. Economical fortification.

The Chevy Chevette at Niagara Falls. During the summer months,
100,000 cubic feet per second of water actually traverses the falls, some
.01% of which is not water but the Chevy Chevette.

The Chevy Chevette at the Chandelier
Drive-thru Tree. Inspiration found among the
Avenue of Giants.

The Chevy Chevette at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Lightly salted and flat out.

The Chevy Chevette at Stonehenge. Monumental. Megalithic. Chevy-rific.

Birds!

Looks like I'm drawing birds these days. A few personalities...

Kitchen Bird

I'm going to try to start posting small sketches more regularly. We'll see where it leads (and how often I do it). I really need to start drawing more regularly. Just get stuff out there.

Here is Kitchen Bird.
Kitchen Bird is a rare bird found only in kitchens with cheap, patterned linoleum flooring. KB prefers non-stick pans and wearing dish gloves while ordering supplies online. KB learned how to cook from watching Julia Child and Justin Wilson shows in the 80s. It is currently seeking a contract with the Food Network.

Mom's House

This is the house that my mom was born in. It is her birthday present...her birthday was October 24th. But in my typical fashion, I wasn't happy with the drawing and spent more time on it redoing a lot of things. Below is what is being printed on canvas and will arrive at Thanksgiving dinner! Happy birthday, Mom!

White Flower Tree

5.5" x 8.5" pen & ink, digital color
© 2010 Stephanie Smith

Trail Tree

5.5" x 8.5" pen & ink, digital color

Copyright © 2010 Stephanie Smith

Also, I've now joined the Cincinnati Illustrators blog. Check it out here. My plan is to post things there as well as here, such as art and maybe some graphic design related things.

5.5" x 8.5" pen & ink, digital color
Copyright © 2010 Stephanie Smith

Willow

5.5" 8.5" pen & ink, digital color
Copyright © 2010 Stephanie Smith

Trees to Flowers

8.5" x 5.5" pen and ink, digital color
Copyright © 2010 Stephanie Smith

Cupcakes

10" x 8" colored pencil on bristol
© 2009 Stephanie Smith

Dexter in Chicago

5" x 7" colored pencil on bristol
© 2009 Stephanie Smith

Sketchbook 08-12-09 Lunch at Cumin

Sketchbook 08-10-09 Fourteen Mile Run

Orson the Cat

9" x 9" colored pencil on bristol
© 2009 Stephanie Smith

This is my donation to the Powder Factory Cat rescue art project. Check out the site for more information, but basically there are a bunch of stray cats living at a cool old munitions factory near Loveland. Some people are collecting the cats and spaying or neutering them, giving them vet care if needed, and trying to adopt them out. This is Orson, who I believe is a kitten. I thought his huge eyes sucking in everything around him were pretty fascinating.

The art show opening will be at my studio building, Loveland Artist Studios on Main, during our 2nd Saturday Event on February 14th from 6pm - 10pm.

If it is like the previous cat rescue, a silent auction will be set up. People can bid on the donated art that night and also on eBay. There will also be merchandise with the different artists' art printed on things like tote bags, coffee mugs, tiles as well as prints to buy of the art (a more budget friendly option if you're interested in the art!)

Please come check it out!

Portrait of a Man

This is my submission for the most recent Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge- a portrait of a fellow DSFDF artist. After artists who wanted to participate submitted their own photos, the blog moderator, Karin Jurick, paired us up with another artist to paint.

I don't know this man's name but his photo was interestingly lit with deep contrasting shadows. I drew a few studies of it before I ended up with the final seen here.

Portrait of a Man
colored pencil on paper
























It was hard to paint another person I didn't know. I hope I got his likeness accurately enough and at least close enough to not offend! Unlike painting or drawing a scene with which you can totally fudge, imagine parts of and "take artistic license", someone's face creates a lot more pressure– at least for this realistic artist.

I am happy that it is done and can't wait to see what I end up looking like!