Moose Illustration part 2

This was a quick sketch in Adobe Illustrator.
I drew this illustration awhile ago, so I thought it would be a great experiment to try on. Over and over again.
Hopefully at one point I can utilize the program to my best advantage!

Cara Jeanne

Winter Break Sketches 2

These are the second part of the winter break sketches.
These are sperate because on these I used less line and more flow of the paint brushes.
I kinda like it...but also I'm used to using structured lines, wispy lines, and more defined subjects than just the simply drawn line to represent a tree.
But I like to try new approaches so I will keep experimenting!
Done with also gouache watercolor paint.

All the illustrations are from photo references!

Winter Break Sketches

These are sketches that a few I did over winter break. I was mostly experimenting with gouache paint and a pencil drawing here and there. I really don't like drawing with pencil strictly, but I can't help but look at the bear sketch because of the contrast. I hope to experiment with both mediums in the near future. I am really loving gouache watercolor paint, because of the rich pigments and the thick paint. I think..it's actually a better control medium.
I really enjoy drawing mostly wildlife, landscapes and botanical subjects, because of the availability and beauty.
But I would like to draw more human figures.

And the landscape illustration is a prairie landscape from the Neil Wildlife center in Prairie City, Iowa.

All the illustrations are from reference photos!

Cara Jeanne

Lion sketch

Another experiment with adobe illustrator. I think I need to really fine tune myself here. But at least I'm practicing.

Cara Jeanne

Nature Sketch

These are the sketch books I use mostly. Very good sketch books also you help the environment and animal species along the way! So it's a win win situation!

Cara Krug

http://www.dickblick.com/products/pentalic-nature-sketch-book/

Flower sketch

A sketch for the morning, for a warm up.
Gouache with regular sketching paper.


Cara Jeanne

Old sketches combine with vector

Lately I have been exploring Adobe Illustrator for a little while. There's something about vector illustrations that have this clear and clean cut edge to it, but also with a soft look that is welcoming. I would like to explore gradients at one point, I have found a few illustrations that have brought me back to the idea of gradients. So I can't wait! I would also like to explore another way to use Adobe Photoshop. Some different way to use digital painting in a unique way. Exploring yeah!
I plan to incorporate hand drawn ink, gouache watercolor and digital art within my illustrations. I would like to continue using vector art (and gradient maybe).
But for now, it's just exploring and seeing what I can do, and hopefully it's something unique that people haven't really looked at before. Or in a different way. I know a lot of people use traditional and vector art, mostly in the graphic design field but I know there's something else I can do with the vector art.

But for now, this is all about sketching. Hopefully I can scan in my sketch book pages soon.

Cara Jeanne