Figure Block Christmas Gift

My wife gave me the cool idea of making some blocks for my son and nephew. I settled on 6 different figures with interchangeable legs, torsos, and heads on douglas cubes. The process took much longer than anticipated, and it took me a while to gain a good technique with acrylics. I'm just not used to painting. I also put 2 coats of varnish on them, which bubbled in some spots. Ugh!

Here is the sequence:

Characters for Judah's party

This last Sunday was my son's birthday party. My wife planned it all out as a safari theme based on the Maasai Mara she went to on her trip to Africa. She put me in charge of drawing the animals and Maasai boy.

African Elephant

Maasai Boy

Giraffe before the spots

Lion

Zebra (pre-stripes), or as I called it, the redonkyu-donkey

Giraffe post-spots

Zebra post stripes

Challenge 5- Best Friend

For #5, I had to draw a picture of my best friend. Of course that is my wife. Today is our 4 year anniversary and so I thought that I would challenge myself to draw a picture of her FROM MEMORY. This is going to embarrass her like crazy (heheheheeee), but I think this is pretty accurate. Isn't she cute!? Her favorite color is green hence the background. By the way, she doesn't normally stand like this.

Doodlestravaganza

Here's a page of random figures and heads from over the past couple days. I just wanted to practice different expressions, angles, and poses. Tell me which ones are your faves and why. Click on it for more detail.