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Duck and hound
This image was originally done as a black and white illustration for a book of short stories about a very precocious basset hound. In this story, the dog makes friends with a duck, and they would often fall asleep snuggled … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, dog, duck, eli moody, flowers, hound, illustration, moon, pen and ink, watercolor
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Pig in stroller
A few years ago my niece delightedly told me about going to the park and seeing a pig that was being rolled around in a stroller. I thought that was an engaging visual image and decided to try and turn … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, eli moody, flowers, girl, humans, illustration, park, pen and ink, pig, stroller, watercolor
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Girl with pinwheels
A few years ago I was watching my nieces from Alaska running around a park with some pinwheels and decided that I should paint a scene like that. I loved pinwheels as a kid and even when I pick one … Continue reading
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Tagged eli moody, girl, humans, illustration, pen and ink, pinwheels, watercolor, wind
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Waltzing penguins
I was watching Planet Earth 2 around the beginning of the year, and was struck a segment involving a huge colony of penguins living on a big frozen lake. For some reason, later that evening the image of a penguin … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, dancing, eli moody, ice, illustration, pen and ink, pencils, penguins, snow, watercolor
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Cow wearing sunhat
It can be difficult to answer questions like, “How did you come up with the idea for a cow wearing a sun hat?” The truth is that I was in the shower and the image popped into my head: a … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bird, cow, eli moody, frog, hat, illustration, lily pad, pen and ink, pencils, watercolor
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Hedgehog
I was riding in the car with my wife one evening after work, discussing ideas for watercolor images, when she suggested a hedgehog playing in the sand. I decided right there to paint that image for her as a gift. … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bucket, eli moody, hedgehog, illustration, ocean, pen and ink, pencils, sand, sandcastle, watercolor
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First bike ride
This painting was commissioned by a friend of mine as a Father’s Day gift. She wanted something that would show how encouraging and devoted her husband is to their daughters, and decided to focus on when her oldest daughter first … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, butterfly, dad, daughter, eli moody, girl, humans, illustration, pen and ink, pencils, watercolor
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Christmas fish
This is the image for my 2015 Christmas card. I was in a staff meeting at work, and was thinking about undersea creatures (because so far my Christmas cards have featured underwater animals), when this idea of a normally predatory … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, christmas, eel, eli moody, fish, illustration, ocean, octopus, pen and ink, pencils, watercolor
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Hugging owls
This painting started out as a Valentine’s Day present for my wife, who loves owls. It took a while to work out how to draw owls who look distinctly male and female, but I worked it out eventually through size … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, eli moody, illustration, owls, pen and ink, pencils, watercolor
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Suave koala
I’ve been wanting to do a watercolor image of a koala bear for a while now, but it took me a while to come up with an image I liked. My first ideas were two koalas, presumably a couple, sipping … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, eli moody, illustration, koala, pen and ink, pencils, watercolor
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