Sketches and Studies by Craig Houghton

Have stick, will travel

Craig Houghton November 28th, 2007

older man with walking stick - watercolor and ink on hot press watercolor paper

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pen , figures , watercolor , illustrations , men , ink
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In case anyone has been wondering where the hell all the art is lately, here’s the anti-climatic story: I spent half a month working on the Creature of the Week month-long challenge. I realized that I was not going to make the deadline, so I bailed. That left me with a semi-wasted half-month and 100 creature sketches that I may never scan. I have two smaller watercolors going, but I haven’t finished either. And, since November 1st I’ve been writing a novel for the NaNoWriMo challenge. So far, I’m on track. Aside from all that I have a number of sketches I will eventually scan.

So, for now, here are a couple of photos..

literally the ear of a stranger

squirrel today from Lake Wintergreen in Hamden

photography , men , animals
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Town Council Illustration

Craig Houghton August 18th, 2007

The Cheshire Town Council…

800 x 445 (smaller)

1024 x 569 (larger)

I started with a pencil sketch

added a scanned ink-stained paper

and threw in a few highlights using Painter IX

graphite , digital , figures , women , illustrations , men , portraits
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A Political Cartoon

Craig Houghton July 25th, 2007

I don’t think I’ve ever done a political cartoon before, but I’ve drawn (with varying success) just about everything else. This is regarding a local town issue where our town government bent over and changed the laws to allow some big developers to pave-over (along with some token shrubbery) 400 acres. We even just found out that there’s a 65′ tall hotel in there as well. To my dismay and surprise, it’s the dems that sold us out here. The cartoon makes a lot more sense when you know the details, but nonetheless, here it is:

cartoon , pen , figures , illustrations , men , ink , political
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WIP Orc Shaman

Craig Houghton April 29th, 2007

I’ve no idea what I’m doing with Sculpey, but I played around for a while. I might do some limbs and hands and then put something together with fabric, but in order to do that I’d have to plan a bit more, and by the time I do that I’ll end up wanting to redo the head anyway.

So, it might just end up staying as a pencil topper.

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-Craig

figures , men , creatures , sculpture
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Elfish Portrait in Colored Pencil and Alcohol Wash

Craig Houghton April 22nd, 2007

I drew this elfin lad/lass in colored pencil and rubbed it out using alcohol on a cotton swap. Then, I redefined and repeated. In the end I pulled out the lights with a kneaded eraser.