I painted this sketchbook drawing of Kem at Farmer’s Market with my Illustrative Storytelling class today. To see more of my class drawings, please go to my blog at: http://jeffreysmithillustrator.blogspot.com/

I did this FW acrylic ink painting of Toni at Chinatown, Los Angeles with my Illustrative Storytelling class. We started at 9:00 am and finished at 12 noon. The weather was extremely hot.

I did this FW acrylic ink painting of Toni at Chinatown, Los Angeles with my Illustrative Storytelling class. We started at 9:00 am and finished at 12 noon. The weather was extremely hot.

Illustrative Figure Class Drawing, circa 2005

Teaching watercolor, Art Center College of Design, Marissa, 2006

This is an in-class acrylic ink drawing for a story, Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl, that we explore as a class assignment. In this exercise, we use observational drawing(the art model,) inventive drawing (the bee,) and typography. This drawing was completed in 2 hours, and the thing that I try to get the students to see is three value design, and especially to be conscious of the white design as it is a way to create balance, move the eye through the composition, and connect the words to the figure. As for the drawing itself, I don’t use pencil lines. Instead, I try to visualize the composition in my mind’s eye, and then I begin to draw the image from the center of the page.

I painted this (in-class) ink drawing of Jonathan with my Illustrative Storytelling class at the Art Center College of Design.  I used FW acrylic inks on a 18 X 24 inch watercolor, spiral bound pad. I’m the only one in class who saw the monkey.

11-28-12 Jennifer Fabos at Zorthian’s Ranch. Watercolor on watercolor sketch pad.

11-28-12 Jennifer Fabos at Zorthian’s Ranch. Watercolor on watercolor sketch pad + digital media.