Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 7

Here's another one of my ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) from the Halloween swap. 

This happy witch was drawn with Indian ink pens and colored pencils.

Her lovely shade of green skin reminds me of "the Ol' Family Truckster" station wagon from the movie "National Lampoon's Vacation", which happened to drive past me this morning as I was heading out to drop off some mail.

Had a good chuckle when I saw it ... I wasn't too surprised, as they are filming a new version of "Vacation" just a few houses down the street from me.  


7 days down ~ 24 more days till Halloween! 

Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 6

I didn't have any pumpkins handy for carving. So over the weekend
I made this little Jack o'range.

Reminds me a bit of this little pumpkin headed boy I made for a Halloween ATC (Artrist Trading Card) swap in one of my art groups awhile back.

Hope you're having a spooktacular October so far!

  6 days down ~ 25 more days till Halloween!

Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 5

After mentioning "The Little Shop of Horrors" the other day, I decided to pull out my old dvd and watch it again.

I forgot how many funny and bizarre characters were in the film.  I had a good laugh and enjoyed myself.

Afterwards ... I checked on my own carnivorous plants ...

5 days down ~ 26 more days till Halloween!

Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 4

Here's an oldie but a goodie ... I found this in one of my older sketchbooks from 2003. 

This drawing inspired my idea for a "haunted house book".  The book itself being a haunted house with each page a "room" designed by a different artist.   As you turn the pages, you travel through the haunted house visiting all types of rooms from attic to basement, kitchen to playroom, even including a garden and solarium, with the path leaving you in the graveyard.

I hosted the project in one of my online art groups and each artist sent me their pages (20 pages of the room they designed).  I bound the pages into books with black coil binding and finished them off with attached fibers and a skeleton key.  The pages are embellished with moving parts, pull outs, tags and whatever the artists dreamed up.  Each artist received a completed book in return - with original art by all of the artists.

I enjoyed this project so much.  Each year I pull out my book and visit the old haunted house.  You can see a bit more about the project on my hobby site here: http://hobbyloco.com/chunky_haunted.html

4 days down ~ 27 more days till Halloween!

Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 3

I doodled this little mutant frog last night.  I will do some digital coloring and be back later today to add the spiffed up version.

I have a trip to the dentist today ... (how's that for some October frights).   Maybe I'll just close my eyes and think about the Little Shop of Horrors (or the remake Little Shop of Horrors).  I love them both!

**LATER IN THE DAY**
Here I am back with my mutant froggy ... and I survived the dentist!  I am all set ... So,

Bring on the Halloween Candy!!

3 days down ~ 28 more days till Halloween!

Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 2

Doodled with Faber Castell Indian ink pens in one of my sketchbooks.

I have always been drawn to masks - especially hand carved wooden masks from around the world.  I hope to have my walls filled with them some day.

On another note related to masks:
I was handed this card yesterday.

I can't quite figure out what I am looking at, though.
I was thinking grasshopper ... or maybe some kind of mutant bunny.

I guess I would have to go to "Daddy O's Tattoo a go go" to find out.

2 days down ~ 29 more days till Halloween!

Countdown to Halloween : 31 Days of Halloween Art : Day 1

Last week I walked face first into a spider web.  Eewww!  So ... I guess I have spiders on the brain.  This beauty was doodled with Faber Castell Indian ink pens in one of my sketchbooks.

I'm very happy to see all of the Halloween Spookfest tv marathons starting ... I hope to catch some of my favorite old spider flicks this month ~ I did manage to catch "Arachnophobia" last month, so maybe I will run into "Kingdom of the Spiders" or "Eight-Legged Freaks" or maybe just a little "Spider Baby".

1 day down ~ 30 more days till Halloween!