A Quick Study

She Smiled

A Martian

“Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs

Elf's Might

Male Fairy Study In a Sitting Position

The Kiss (A Look Into My Sketchbook.)

"Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength."

-Billy Graham

Through the Ages

"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."

Hebrews 13:8

You might be wondering how that verse and this illustration of a stomp have to do with the other? Well it's quite simple, each layer in the tree is an amount of time. And it reminded me of that verse.

An Unexpected Drawing

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

~ Alistair Begg

A few days ago my sister, Nicole and I were having a drawing session, which involves getting pencils paper and something to enthuse us and almost immediately getting right down to work—there are no boundaries, no rules, you only need to keep your mind open and your eyes observant. Although that might sound really great occasionally it isn’t so great.

When we started, I didn’t feel motivated and didn’t have a drive to draw. At first it looked quite strange to my eyes, I had only passed a form of what I saw, a man’s figure sketchy without facial features or any other true details to be factual; then I looked at my sister’s representation, and I felt a moment of discouragement. She had been drawing as long as I had and had already made a perfect depiction of a Dúnedain Ranger like those that protected Eriador in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth as it seemed to me, the figure gushed with passion so provocative.

 I almost gave it up mine (a pattern I’ve seen in my life, the abandoning of things I no longer understand or have little interest to. It isn’t a good one). A moment passed, and then another. Then rapidly and much to my own surprise, a spark of resolution overcame me, I still didn’t feel inspired but I was fixed on finishing what I had started. I had no idea what I was drawing I just kind of let my mind's eye get the best of me and ended up with this.

Let me know what you think, i.e. leave a comment. 

Sisters & Him is here!

Whew! After a long and somewhat grueling process we have come to a point in the development of Sisters & Him to where we can finally feel good about sharing it publicly.

Nicole's pallet is literally swimming in vibrant color while working on a portrait

What you can expect to see here:

• Clippings from sketchbooks, new and old, and our thoughts on them.
• Tutorials, How-to's and the like.
• Progressing projects: exclusive pictures of the process as it undergoes and our thoughts on it.
• Thoughts on the subject of art itself.
• Our life and experiences as artists: what we do, how we do it, and where we do it.

This is just a small list of the main things that will be presented here, since there are several different authors of the blog there also will be differing personalities according to each author (one thing that will separate me from the rest, for example, will be my constant quoting of Tolkien! hahaha).

I hope you are excited as much as I am! Go ahead and leave a comment and share! Also don't forget to subscribe! 

~ Ryan