Kate Feirtag- Sarah Gay

Here is my portrait of Sarah!  I did this pretty quickly because I'm in Texas for a wedding.  I've never met Sarah so I asked her to send me some photos and fell in love with her beautiful flowing hair!  I would like to take this to color in the future just so I can paint her locks!

Kate Feirtag- Love at First Site, Part 2

On the other side of the screen.  Colin and his standing desk.

Kate Feirtag- Love at First Site, Part 1

 

Kate Feirtag- First Love

This is my first love Dylan.  We were in third grade and he was a complete nerd and probably had no idea I liked him so much.  I changed schools and never saw him again, but Facebook told me he's married now with kids.   

Kate Feirtag- Getting back on the horse

My brain shut off this weekend.  I have no excuse for not drawing and I'm disappointed.  So to get back into this project, I drew another horse. 

Kate Feirtag- Love is a Battlefield

She's gonna eat him. 

Kate Feirtag- I love horses

Feeling tired from work and training so I wanted to draw something that always makes me happy.  A pony!  I grew up with horses, had horse sheets and curtains and toys and bookshelves full of ribbons and books on horses.  I even have a horse tattoo. To say I was, and still am, obsessed is an understatement. 

On a side note, it's nice to see that I can still draw.  I was feeling overwhelmed with color since this blog started so I've decided (for now) to stick to graphite and ease into paint.  Also, I need to invest in a computer and a scanner.

Kate Feirtag- Love At First Sight

"You know you want me."

Kate Feirtag- Lecture sketching fun!

Some quick sketches during tonight's lecture with Robert Hunt.

Kate Feirtag_ Freestyle Sunday

Finley loves food and feathers. 

Kate Feirtag- Love is Blind

Kate Feirtag_ Otters in Love

I asked my sister what to illustrate.  She said otters.  I  watched some videos of otters holding hands and decided they needed a break from all that swimming and probably wanted some wine to go with their romantic boat ride.  Ben is on the left and Noel is on the right.  Hope you like it Kelly!

Welcome to the Month of Love!

I've been wanting to set up a daily sketch challenge for a while and decided that February would be a good month to give it a go. (shortest month = slightly less intimidating right?) I also believe having some sort of focus to sketching helps the ideas flow and February, with it's Hallmark Holiday vibe, provided the inspiration. The theme of course: LOVE. 

Love is a complex beast. One day a year it's built up, wrapped up, marked up and torn down.  How can just one day be expected to contain all the flavors in the oldest muse of them all? It can't. But maybe 28 days can...Let's rescue February from the flower shops and devote the whole month to love.

The best way to make a drawing challenge better is to make it social. Also, a support/shaming system is a good way to motivate. So I put out a call and some amazing artists agreed to join me on this ride.  →

The challenge is this:

Every day in February, we will Draw/Paint/Create something love-related and post it. Images revolving around the heart, relationships (or lack thereof), inspiration, heart-breaking, ship-launching beauty, romance, sex, unrequited, innocent, fetish, crushes and whatever else we can think of. Half the days will be free-for-alls, half the days we will set up challenges for each other. Sunday we will take a break from the Love theme and draw anything we want. In the end, the most important thing is sitting down every day for a few minutes to make something.

You are invited to follow along or even do your own Month of Love! Find us on Twitter for bonus material and send us link to your own #monthoflove sketches if you're feeling brave.

Thank you Jeanine Henderson for our beautiful logo and background!