Lee White Illustration News

Those damn birds

2012-01-04T12:02:00.000-08:00

Mr. Anderson had everything under control. Except the birds. Those damn birds...

Rubbish!

2011-12-17T08:15:00.001-08:00

Kitty was skeptical of the cheerful morning...

Happy Holidays

2011-12-15T11:40:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone, here is my christmas card for this year. Seemed fitting for the times...

Sleepy Cat

2011-11-27T08:56:00.000-08:00

New image available at my store. Sleepy Cat is printed on 308 GSM heavy weight watercolor paper with archival inks. 11x14 is $45. Here's the link if you want to buy: http://leewhiteillustration.bigcartel.com/

The Sinking of the Annabel Lee

2011-10-11T16:29:00.001-07:00

Snowy treehouse

2011-09-01T09:46:00.001-07:00

Leaving again...

2011-08-16T15:27:00.000-07:00

Date Night

2011-08-15T10:46:00.001-07:00

another landscape study

2011-07-05T10:13:00.001-07:00

noodle thrower

2011-06-29T11:36:00.001-07:00

This one is for my wife Lisa. She loves to cook and I love it that she loves to cook! : )

Watercolor paintings done in Bend

2011-06-27T12:36:00.001-07:00

Here's some quick paints I did in a workshop in Bend Oregon. Mulitmedia over watercolor.

twin rocker paper

2011-06-14T17:07:00.001-07:00

Trying out some awesome paper called Twinrocker. Very expensive, but nice. Handmade one sheet at a time. This is a study for a larger painting I'll be doing later this week. Let me know if you have any thoughts. : )

warm up sketches...

2011-05-31T11:33:00.001-07:00

Swan Carrage

2011-05-25T16:13:00.000-07:00

Long time no post. Gonna try to change that since I've been painting a ton lately. Here's one I finished up today. Watercolor on Strathmore illustration board. 24"x12"

They came by air

2011-01-30T17:14:00.001-08:00

Here's a painting for the gallery show I'm working on. This one is in watercolor...

Figure drawing demos

2011-01-28T07:22:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple of figure drawing demos I did for my students yesterday. Each drawing was three to 5 minutes on newsprint (in charcoal)....

Illustration Mundo Feature

2011-01-23T10:30:00.000-08:00

Great news! I'm one of the weekly featured illustrators on Illustration Mundo's site. Check it out if you get a chance! : )

http://www.illustrationmundo.com/illustrators.php?feature=f

Mr. Biggleston

2010-12-28T16:26:00.000-08:00

This year I was the one who passed out all the presents to the family sitting in the living room. I figured rich people probably have someone on staff to do this task. This guys name is Mr. Biggleston and he's my future butler. He will deliver my presents and wash my socks.

Original size is 11x14 and is watercolor...

Lighting/color study

2010-11-17T11:07:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick little study with some new paper. This is just a small detail from a larger painting that I'm working on...

Ladybug Cover

2010-10-29T15:41:00.000-07:00

Hey folks,

Just saw the cover I did for Ladybug Magazine on shelves. Go buy a copy now! This one is done in watercolor, collage, ink, digital....

unicycling rabbit

2010-09-18T20:26:00.000-07:00

This one is for a potential job. Always wanted to paint a unicycling rabbit anyway.

Looking over my work lately, I guess I'm kinda into rabbits. Not sure how that happened. I've only owned one rabbit in my life. His name was thumper (really original huh?). He was blind and would bite you every time you tried to pick him up. Good times! He eventually ate through some wiring which didn't end so well.

Winter Walk

2010-09-18T20:03:00.001-07:00

This one is for some cards I'm doing for the Crafty Wonderland art fair this winter in Portland. It's in watercolor and ink...

character tryouts

2010-09-07T12:34:00.000-07:00

This is what my desk looks like as I try to find the right character for the new book that I'm working on. It's a very fun part of the process but it's also really difficult. You have to find the right shapes and details to tell the story correctly.

Once I finish this stage, I try the character out in a few settings to see how they hold up. Sometimes they do, other times I need to go back to the drawing board.

Lurking

2010-09-02T18:48:00.001-07:00

Here's a Work in Progress image. It's called "Lurking". I'm going to post a step by step on this pretty soon. I shot a bunch of photos as I was painting. It's in watercolor on gessoed paper.

more class demos

2010-09-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

Here's a few more demos from the costumed figure drawing class I teach...

class demo

2010-08-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

here's a quick study for a class demo in costume drawings. lots going on, will post more soon...

character fun in watercolor

2010-07-02T10:01:00.000-07:00

These are a few demos I did during the drawing for animation class I teach at the art institute, as well as some other quick studies for fun...

3x3 annual

2010-07-02T09:57:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Just found out that 7 of my images made it into the 3x3 children's annual. Whoo hoo! This is a contest I've entered a few times with no success. It's nice to finally make the cut!

I am currently working on a commercial pitch for Laika. I'll post those images once they say it's ok to. More images on the way as well. I'll try to post a little more often here...

-Lee

Sketches

2010-05-03T15:58:00.001-07:00

Here's a few sketch experiments for some greeting cards I'm going to be selling soon...

waiting...

2010-05-03T15:57:00.001-07:00

This is an image inspired by another image that Burnie Fuchs made (RIP). He was so awesome! This is my take on the same theme he was tackling. Also, I wanted to see if I could make a rather mundane moment (waiting for the bus) interesting. If someone gets good at that, there is no story they can't tell...

Followed

2010-04-02T17:29:00.001-07:00

Here's today's effort in watercolor titled "followed". he he!

Enjoy!

Artic Fox

2010-03-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, here's a painting I did today in watercolor. Hope you like it!

Interview

2010-03-30T17:10:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

I just finished up an interview for Amy Baskin over at "Euphoria" which is a children's book blog. She interviews different authors and illustrators in the children's book biz. Check out the interview at:

http://amy-baskin.blogspot.com

more figure stuff...

2010-03-27T10:49:00.001-07:00

not sure if I pushed this one too far. I feel like I'm finally learning how to use watercolor. Whew! it's a tough medium to understand...

figure painting

2010-03-15T20:40:00.000-07:00

I don't post a lot of the more realistic work I do, but I thought I might start. I love drawing/painting the figure. Here's a quick effort in watercolor. It's nice to do these, because you get to relax and not think too much about storytelling (which is HARD)...

Heart Blower

2010-03-10T10:53:00.000-08:00

Here's an image I intended to do for valentines day but I never seem to get holiday cards out on time. I did a few versions with different color ways. The first color version is how it is actually painted (in watercolor on arches paper). The studies I did originally were black and white with only the hearts in red.

I'm not sure which one I prefer, any thoughts??

Alice in Wonderland

2010-02-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

Here's a new image for the Nucleus Gallery show in Los Angeles. It opens on feb. 27. This image is done in watercolor on Arches paper.

Recent Sketches

2009-12-28T09:31:00.000-08:00

Here's a few recent sketches. The first is an image I made for my wife. Her christmas present was some new cookware, so this was the card that went with it. Type surrounded the image.

Game Art Pre-Production demo

2009-12-08T18:05:00.000-08:00

This is a demo for the game art preproduction class I teach at the Art Institute of Portland.

Illustration Friday—Crunchy

2009-12-08T15:23:00.001-08:00

red riding hood looks pretty crunchy to me (and the wolf!).

12.8.09

2009-12-08T15:08:00.001-08:00

This is a painting for an upcoming show in NY. It's painted on a postcard so the finished size is 4x6. It was kinda difficult painting that small! : )

12.2.09

2009-12-03T12:57:00.003-08:00

Some quick sketches from the art museum. I'm trying to use the single line technique of just starting at a point and moving around with no lay in. Kinda tough, but I like the "clumsy" quality it gives the line.

11/31/09 recent sketches

2009-12-02T08:39:00.000-08:00

11.30.09 recent sketches...

2009-11-30T11:41:00.001-08:00

some sketches

2009-11-19T09:58:00.001-08:00

11.17.09 Recent Sketches

2009-11-17T11:47:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday—Subtract

2009-03-24T17:50:00.000-07:00

Edgar

2008-10-10T10:12:00.001-07:00

More books!

2008-10-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

Well, I've decided to try and keep up on the ol' blog. I haven't posted anything over the past year because it's been pretty hectic! Three more books have come and gone and now I'm working on a few more.

I'm slowly shifting my style to a more graphic/textured approach. This is a series of images from a book called "The Library Ghost" that's coming out in a few days...

New Book in Stores!!

2007-03-05T19:35:00.000-08:00

I have a new book that just came out this week called "The House Takes a Vacation". It's a pretty funny story (I got to paint legs on a house!). It's available at all the big book stores or you can order from Amazon.

I like this book because it was the beginning of my exploration of the painting process. Doing this book helped me figure out where I wanted to go with paint (more texture, transparent layers, etc.). Go buy a copy today!

Illustration Friday—Communication

2007-03-01T16:34:00.000-08:00

These are a couple of quick sketches for Illustration Friday. I'm trying to include more sketches in this blog as well as the finished paintings. Hope you like em'!

Illustration Friday—Gravity

2007-02-23T11:22:00.000-08:00

This is an older image, but appropriate for the theme. It's done on scratchboard and is about 8 inches wide. I plan on doing all new work for the weekly illustration friday themes. This one is an image of father time...

Brewster the Rooster

2007-02-21T10:12:00.000-08:00

My newest book has been sent to the printer and will be out this spring. It's called "Brewster the Rooster". It's about a rooster with bad eyesight who ends up crowing at everyone and scaring the heck out of them. Here's a few images. I'll post a link once it's available at stores or on Amazon. Enjoy!