"Comic-Con Tiger" © Kari Raley. 5½" x 8½" pencil on paper

"Comic-Con Tiger" © Kari Raley
5½" x 8½" pencil on paper

It's been four years in the making, and now it's finally finished. What started out as just a sketch in my (very old) sketchbook gradually became a more detailed drawing as time went by.

"Half Dome" © Kari Raley. 12" x 9" watercolor

"Half Dome" © Kari Raley
12" x 9" watercolor on Arches paper

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"Owl II" © Kari Raley. 10" x 8" watercolor

"Owl II" © Kari Raley
10" x 8" watercolor on Arches paper

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Work-In-Progress: "Munchies" watercolor

"Munchies" Work-in-Progress © Kari Raley
9" x 12" watercolor
Arches 140# cold press paper

"Owl" © Kari Raley. 12" x 9" watercolor

"Owl" © Kari Raley
12" x 9" watercolor on Arches paper

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"Cottage" © Kari Raley. 12" x 9" watercolor.

"Cottage" © Kari Raley
12" x 9" watercolor on Arches paper

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"Raccoon" - 3.5" x 3.5" ink on paper © Kari Raley

"Raccoon"
© Kari Raley
3.5" x 3.5" ink on paper

I think I'm starting a series here. These small drawings, whether technically "tangles" or not, are very relaxing and enjoyable to create.

"Tiger Tangle That's Not A Tangle" - 5"x5" ink on paper © Kari Raley

"Tiger Tangle That's Not A Tangle"
5" x 5" ink on paper
© Kari Raley

When I brought out my supplies to get started on this one, I had intended to try my hand at a Zentangle, as I've seen more and more of this phenomenon popping up around here.

However, as with just about all of my artwork, as I progressed, things morphed into something else entirely.  It became a series of lines - none of which are straight, incidentally - that are all connected.

The only aspects of this piece that are still related to a "tangle" are the size (3.5" x 3.5" drawing) and the relaxation effect that drawing has.

"Yosemite Valley" - 6"x4" watercolor on paper © Kari Raley

Finished my entry for the Twitter Art Exhibit: Orlando:

"Yosemite Valley" 
6" x 4" watercolor on paper 
© Kari Raley 

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Design: Car Show T-Shirts

T-Shirt design for the
Camaro Club of San Diego
© Kari Raley

So much has been going on, I don't even know where to start.  In addition to teaching myself Adobe Photoshop for many, many years, I've decided to start teaching myself Adobe Illustrator as well.  With no classroom or instructor to guide me, it has been a long, steep, and often rocky learning cliff.  The reward of discovering how to do something myself, though, is soooo satisfying!

Here's the T-Shirt design I started on back in Sept. 2013 for a local car club.  Although I would have liked to play around with it a bit more, time ran out quickly once the club found a T-Shirt vendor ready to go forward with printing.

Now it's time to work on the 2014 show's shirt!