I haven't drawn in months because real life got more real and my kids got crazy busy ergo Mom got crazy busy. So I decided that this year I would make the time again. I love how I feel when I am drawing, it's a good zen place for me. Right now I find I'm really being pulled toward celtic/medieval things...possibly due to my newest obsession, the tv show Merlin. Anyway, I didn't have a tonne of time tonight so I decided to draw one of the symbols that I thought was quite pretty PLUS why not start the year with Peace.
Again my scanner is kaput so this is just a photo...which sucks cause you really can't see details. Plus I've apparently crinkled the paper I was drawing on...I'm so out of practice :|

Happy New Year everyone! 

Starting tomorrow (12/14/11) we will be changing up the homepage on ESS.com. A new photo will be added each day of the 12 days of Christmas. This is our holiday gift to the fans who support and help us at ESS.com. A big "Thank You" to Andrea for working on all the pictures for us. Happy Holidays Everyone!

 Lordy I love a man with deep smile lines around his eyes but it doesn't make him easy to draw.  I haven't seen his show Suits but I am very familiar with the Harvey/Mike Slash videos and fanfics....I almost don't want to watch the show because it will probably ruin all the non-canon yumminess for me.  Again I have no scanner so the details are sucky and it looks like I barely shaded/blended. Overall I'm pretty happy with it even though I see little imperfections.

 This is from the ATWT Anniversary party....His eyes/lips look a little feminine but overall I'm happy with it.  Two drawings in one week...need to keep it up...always puts me in a good place.

It feels like forever since I've taken the time to draw something. It's such an amazing feeling when you start with a blank page and look down a couple hours later and actually see something.  Drawing is my "in the moment" activity...time flies and I just feel in that really good place.  Yes this is another elf...Sometimes I look at it and see a male, (which it started out as) other times a female (especially around the eyes) ...I'm going with a very feminine male elf.  Not my all time favourite but I'm pretty happy with it. Still no scanner :(



 

Eric has generously signed and donated two unique ATWT's items to be auctioned to benefit the Vermont Shakespeare Company. The first is Dr. Reid Oliver's Harvard Diploma, which was seen on the wall of his Dallas office on the first day Reid was on our screens. The second is a script (episode #13,851...air date Sept. 7,2010) The final script for Reid's character. The script is 82 pages long plus has some cover pages. So something from the first day and the last day of this amazing character.

All bids should be emailed to ESS.com. The email address is k.5weet@yahoo.com or just click "Contact Us" in the top right corner. Please write VSC Auction Bid in the Subject box. All bids will be forwarded to the Auction Organizers. Bidding starts NOW and ends JUNE 26 at 2pm. The bids (but not the bidder) will be posted as they are received, on the ESS Fan Forum so you can be kept up to date of the top bid. The winners will be announced at the private screening of LLRT in New York where members of the Vermont Shakespeare Company will be present.

**Please note: Paypal will be set up for payment and the winners will also be responsible for shipping costs. This is NOT related to the LLRT Premiere or Incentives.

As these are very unique items bidding starts at $250 for each. We will also have larger photos to post this weekend.

 This is loosely based on a painting by agalloway....I was hoping to do it in colour but kind of lost my nerve.  We just discovered that my old scanner won't work remotely with the new Mac  (:sadface) so until I can move it back to my old laptop and re-connect it I have to keep using my camera to load pictures.  Sadly it doesn't come anywhere close to getting the details.  Oh well...
It was a lot of fun drawing this today.  I got to texture a bit, layer and use my eraser to create more details in the hair. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

This is Van. He's looking a bit like a little boy in a man's suit. His eyes and lips always give me a bit of grief when I try to draw him.  I actually had to erase and re-draw the eyes 3 times before saying no more...(Once I sign/date it, I don't touch it again.)  He so pretty though I have to keep trying so I'm sure you'll see more of him in my journal.

 I started this back on Jan 2...then I sort of got into a drawing funk. I did start another one of my oldest son but it sits incomplete too.  For some reason I really wanted to draw today.  I've missed it a lot but kept putting off grabbing my pencil and pad. This isn't my favourite picture by any stretch and I sort of blamed my disinterest in drawing on the fact that I wasn't loving it (this drawing not drawing in general.) It's done now though and while I don't love it, I'm just so thrilled to have finished something again.  

My hubby moved our scanner and hasn't hooked it up so that my computer can "talk" to it so I had to take pics of this, which isn't my preference but it works well enough.  The original picture for this isn't mine and I am yet to find the name of the person who drew it....I will keep looking.  In keeping with the pattern I have of uploading the drawing process...I will add the 3 pics I have for this one including the Feb 2 one which has already been posted and long forgotten...

 Dr. Reid Oliver came to Oakdale 1 year ago today.  Please check out our Anniversary homepage at ESS.com.  You can view all of the pictures in the Gallery.

We have Reid's story on theESScrew YouTube Channel if you want to check it out and if you feel like chatting about him please feel free to visit the Eric Sheffer Stevens Fan Forum.

Enjoy!