Juan Bobo dressing his pig for market! Illustrating this story out of order, you can see the happy ending here. 

Juan Bobo steals borrows clothes, make-up, and a wig from his Aunt to dress up his pig.

Animal speed portrait no. 3, suggested by Astrid!

Otter, gouache and watercolor on bristol. 

Animal speed portrait no.2, another suggestion from Jojo!

Cat, gouache and watercolor on bristol. 

Animal speed portrait! First up is a recommendation from Jojo: 

Dog, watercolor and gouache on bristol. 

My mother has been longing for a cat portrait of lil’ Zorro for a while now, so in honors of Mother’s Day… I obliged. 

Today was relax-and-play-around-in-a-sketchbook day. Now to collect enough references to finalize this lil’ doodle. 

Although they are 

only breath, words 

which I command 

are immortal 

Sappho

625 BC - 570 BC

A happy ending for Juan Bobo and his pig. 

thanks to Jojo for all her help!

Happy Earth Day!

Birds were the subject of today’s daily painting practice. Scanned twice and I liked the effect of the two images side by side.