Chloe, the Cat, in Colored Pencil and Paint.

 I have several projects happening at once, with some illustrated zines on the horizon. Meanwhile I attend my monthly portrait group. Then, of course, there is Chloe, the cat.
  Chloe was sitting on my lap when I did a color pencil and gel pen sketch. As you can see, I like playing around with color. I also used black acrylic paint and ink to darken her up; she is after all, a black cat, well black with dark brown highlights. I also added her white 'bib', which is not always visible in my pictures of her. I used the color enhancements in the computer program, so the shades here are not identical to the original.

Clocktower Medical Waiting Room October 2025

 

Pakenham to Bairnsdale Train October 2025

 I recently added to my stock of train sketches. This one has a little extra imagination in 'interpreting' the interior!

 

Space Crusade with Mick and Hoppa

 

Riding on the train, the other day, I drew, in my sketch book, this picture. My sketch book contains numerous portraits, scenes and cartoon ideas. I had begun, a while back, drawing a woman called Angelique, who modelled for the portrait group, but I left the nose and eyes and begun anew. This time I went back to the unfinished drawing and made the nose and eyes into a male angel. The gender of Biblical angels is not set but suggests males, more than anything, but with a hint of androgyny. Other angels are a 'Hellish' mess of wings and eyes.

  This is a possible cover for a zine I am working on. Mick and Hoppa get a job from the pope who needs astronauts for his Vatican space program, designed to find, not only Goldilocks planets but God's planet. Things don't go entirely to plan and Mick, in particular, causes chaos.

View from the Driveway

 

The Peasant Hitchhiker Lands on Mars

 

The Return of the Peasant Hitchhiker - Leaving Earth

 As promised, I finally got back to the peasant Hitchhiker. He has come a long way from the medieval manor.

  

To be continued...