I can't stop listening to Elton John

Hey guys!

Do you even understand how much I've been listening to Elton John this past week? It's out of control. 

Anyways, I have to find a new place to live (again) ... I really hate moving. It is the worst and top most stressful thing to me. But it's okay because it will be over sooner than I think. I just got to find a place first. (tee hee?)

 

This is an hour speed painting I did for one of my followers on Instagram. She won the giveaway I did a while ago and the print got lost in the mail! So when I resent the mail, I decided to include a little gift! Isn't she the cutest?

 

Here is the pottery as promised! This was a father's day present for my dad. He loves the Green Bay Packers, specifically Vince Lombardi. Turned out better than I thought it would... it was my first time painting a portrait on a cup! Sheesh.

 

These are some "His" and "Her" mugs I made for my friends that just got married. I painted them in her wedding colors and even painted her flower on the bottom. 

Thank you all for your love and support! It keeps me plugging along!

cheers,

Ashley Fairbourne

A Quick Post

Hey guys! I am not dead. This blog is still a thing. I have just had a TON going on the last couple weeks, and this week I work 9-5 every day. I am not used to this much work. 

Anyways, I just wanted to show you guys a painting I finished a few weeks ago as a present for my uncle. It's done with oil on masonite board. Also, I promise to have a better post next week. (psst... it's going to be a pottery post!)

 

 

cheers,

Ashley Fairbourne

alwaysdrawingalwaysdrawingalwaysdrawing

Man! I still have vacation brain... all mushy and filled with sea water. It's taken about a week, but I think I may be finally back in the groove of things.

Excited to be working out my Etsy shop this month! I am still planning on having it open in August. I also will be opening a Society 6 store, which I will tell you guys about in more detail on a later date.

Update about Comic Con: I will NOT be purchasing a booth this year. I decided that I am going to buy a ticket to this upcoming September SLC Comic Con and scope out the area and get a better idea of how people set up their booths. That way, when Comic Con comes around next year, I will feel better prepared! 

I drew quite a bit over vacation, in the airport, etc... and I just wanted to share some of these doodles from my sketchbook with you guys! 

 

"Es-cargot" shorts... get it?

 

My sister and her new red hair..

 

I drew mostly profile views of people the past couple weeks... and they all look like the same human.

 

She wouldn't stop wiggling on the plane... so she gave me no choice but to draw an unflattering picture of her.

cheers,

Ashley Fairbourne

I look the same as I did when I was 5

Hey humans, how goes it? I am having a much better week than last week! So that's an improvement. I have just been working on some commissions and stuff for the newspaper. Even though I don't have as much to show as I normally do, I figured it was better than nothing.

 

 

Since it was father's day on Sunday, I ended up sorting through some old pictures, trying to find a couple of me and my dad. In the process, I ran across some seriously silly pictures of myself, this one included. (That's my mom! Isn't she an 80's babe?) I also discovered that I have scrapbooks filled with my old art, from the first time I picked up a pencil up until the end of grade school. I couldn't believe that my mom saved all that junk, until I started looking through it. She claims she always knew that I was going to be an artist, and I always shrug it off. But as I started looking through the books, I was pretty amused by myself. I remembered exactly what I was trying to draw and honestly, they were not too bad for a 5 year old! Anyways, the point of that is I think it might be fun to share some of my early art with you guys. Its pretty hilarious. So let me know if you think that would be a good idea, and depended on the responses, I might just do it anyways. 

A caricature of my cousin and her husband... I've been getting a lot of commissions for caricatures, and I love it! It's so entertaining to try and skew someone's features ever-so-slightly.

I drew this last night for the Sketch Dailies prompt... Sailor Moon! I couldn't resist, seeing as I was obsessed with that anime as a child (and still have a soft spot for it!)

I also am having a giveaway currently! But it closes tonight! So hurry and enter if you want! Just go check out my instagram @ashleyfairbourneillustration and the details are listed there! 

cheers,

ashley fairbourne

It's so late, but I had to post!

Oh hey dudes. Hope this week has been stellar for you all. It's actually been a pretty rough week for me, but it's bound to happen once in a while, right? So I just have a few random things to show you guys.

 

This is a little 5x5 wood block that I painted a bunny on! I gave it to a friend as a little surprise/thank you. I think wood is one of my favorite surfaces to paint on.

These 2 caricatures were a commission I worked on the last couple of weeks. I had so much fun with these! I actually have been getting a lot of caricature commissions as of late, so I will have some more to show you guys soon! 

I just have to take a moment to show off a little. My name is in my school newspaper! Isn't that swell? It was a really cool moment for me to see my name in print with the title "illustrator."

 I drew a little comic this week about how terrified I am of taking the trash out at my work. Also, remember how I said I was thinking of starting a web comic out? Well, I think I might end up doing something more like this. Or I'll just revisit the characters I had for the web comic. I guess we will see what I decide to do. 

 

Doodles from the newspaper's layout meeting... I was paying attention, promise.

cheers,

ashley fairbourne

p.s... don't you love how I didn't bother cropping my hand out of half of these? 

Sketchbooks - Part I

Hello fellow humans! I got my assignments back! I am so stoked to show you guys a little peek into my sketchbooks from this past semester. I am planning on having another post about the process of one of my drawings in a couple days... I think it might be fun. I am really proud of the page of hands I drew and the Emily Dickenson drawing.. let me know what you think! Enjoy! ^-^

 

 

The cup with the sexy legs was a collaboration with a bunch of my friends. Lovely, isn't it?

cheers,

ashley