Green Pepper Halves

"Green Pepper Halves" Chris Breier © 2012

This is the second pepper drawing that I've created using Adobe Ideas. The first was a full color green pepper drawing. I thought I would try to mimic a traditional pen and ink drawing using Adobe Ideas, and I've found that it works rather well.

THE DRAWING TECHNIQUE

I began this drawing by making a quick and  loose sketch of the basic shapes using a fine line. I wasn't worried about making mistakes because I knew that I would be working back into it with heavier cross hatching that would hide these finer lines.

Pencil Sharpener Drawing

I've been working through some of the exercises from the Keys to Drawing on my ipad. This exercise is Project 1F – Mechanical Objects. He suggests drawing a sewing machine, egg beater or an old rotary pencil sharpener. I drew a vintage Boston 55 pencil sharpener, which is solid metal and will last a lifetime. The X-Acto Ranger 55, which is the current version, is solid black instead of chrome and beige.

The reflections were the fun part of this drawing and I like the sketchiness of the line work, especially around the crank.

If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art

iPad Portrait of Milton from Office Space (Stephen Root)

Watch the video of this portrait being draw from start to finish. The high resolution completed drawing is below. If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art

A new vector app is being developed - Stagestack

Stagestack is the new vector app that Quasado has been developing for the past two years. It's supposed to have the feel of Freehand without being an exact clone of it. You can support the development of it by making a donation, which will qualify you for a discount on the final product. They have posted some videos of the features that they have already completed. The cost of the program will be approximately 400 Euros or $490 USD.

Here's a youtube video of expressive running on Mac OS X 10.6. It's still in the early stages of development, but it already has some impressive features. At roughly 1:12 minutes he splits open a circle to make a pac-man like shape with very little effort–I've never seen this in a vector app before. Rounding one corner of a rectangle looks simple too.

Since FreeFreehand.org has settled with Adobe the site has changed to FreehandForum.org which will help support the development of a Freehand alternative. It will also function as a forum for vector app professionals.

Still Life- Onion, Pear, Bottle

A fun still life drawn with Adobe Ideas, from direct observation without the use of photographs. There are subtle color variations that probably wouldn't show up in a photograph, but can easily be captured from direct observation. I especially enjoyed matching the colors for the pear and the onion.

iPad portrait of Alan Shore (James Spader) from Boston Legal

This was drawn from the episode "The Black Widow" from season two. If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art

Blue Caboose

Acrylic on paper
8"x10" © 2012
I completed this right before the Western New York Railway Historical Society started restoring it. Just this morning it received a coat of glossy fire engine red paint. Now I'm tempted to paint a red version...

Peanuts

Drawn with Adobe Ideas. The challenge of this drawing wasn't the shading, but finishing it without eating the subject matter! Fresh peanuts have a fantastic aroma!

iPad portrait of Elaine from Seinfeld

Portrait of  Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Seinfeld. This scene was from"The Statue" episode of the second season. Drawn with the Brushes app on an iPad. If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art

Green Pepper Drawing

"Green Bell Pepper"
Drawn with Adobe Ideas on an iPad. If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art

ipad portrait of Monk- Tony Shalhoub

This is from the episode Mr Monk Gets a New Shrink. If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art

iPad portrait of Jerry Seinfeld

I've been painting portraits of celebrities using the Brushes app on my iPad. This is from the Chinese restaurant episode... "Cartwright?!...CARTWRIGHT!" If you like this you may be interested in more of my iPad Art