Alma Jo and Ali

Alma Jo Barrera of Texas was one of the few women to get seriously into BMX freestyle in the 80's.  I got to know her then, and we reconnected on Facebook a year or so ago.  She asked me to do a series of drawings for her.  This one, of her and her dog Ali near a river, was a new challenge for me.  With my style, faces don't always come out well, and I'd never drawn rushing water, which is a lot trickier to do than it sounds.  But I gave it my best shot, and added the color bars top and bottom to play off the color in Ali's collar.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".

WIllow the Dog Drawing

When I told my sister I was doing pics for my niece and nephew, Katherine and Ethan, my she asked me if I could do one of their dog Willow.  I wasn't sure I could do a dog in this style, but Willow's spots and this particular photo worked really well.  So here's my four-legged niece,  Willow,  in one of the rare moments when you can actually see her face well.  I was really stoked on how this turned out.  I'm pretty sure Willow was, too.  For those wondering, she's an Aussie-Doodle, half Australian Shepherd and half Poodle.