The Art of Olivia Hales: 2017

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Monday, December 11, 2017

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Black Stallion

Things are tight and happiness is on hiatus, but there is always something good to be found in drawing horses.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Monday, October 9, 2017

Inktober 3: Vardek the Vicious!

Yep. Another floating head. I have a problem.

Inktober 2

Digital, late and not exactly ink? I'm gonna count it anyway.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Friday, September 22, 2017

Floatin', Flyin', Flittin' Critters

I think I'm going to instigate a new policy called sketchbook in hand. And it will be just that. I'll get a reasonably sized sketchbook, and keep it in my hands. All the time. P.S. Comic Con is tomorrow, and I must finish my wings for Hawkgirl! I get the feeling these winged creatures are mocking me.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Hard at School, Hard at Work

Monday, September 11, 2017

Horsey Horse Horsen

Floating all alone in the white space!
And so far I have succeeded at my new goal of one page a day minimum.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

No Words

Nonsensical drawing displaying no honest technical ability.

Speaking of art challenges. I fell of the horse. Stumbled off the path. Got lost. But I'll tell you one thing: I'm gonna keep on fighting. New target: aim to open the sketchbook and do a page. I will do one page a day as a method to place my art time in a better flavor, color, light in my mind. You know, to not dread it, but to accept it as a playful exploration. 'Cause sometimes I feel so beat down, I can't hardly lift one more thing. I want sketching to be a release, a joy, an adventure.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Red Pine Lake

This last weekend I went backpacking up to Red Pine Lake. The woods are beautiful there, and the temperature is ideal for hiking! I brought along some travel size watercolors for some nature painting, and voila!

Friday, August 18, 2017

Horse Study, Recap: Day 10/69

Leg studies from life after riding lesson on Thursday

Recap for this week's art challenge: 15/25 sketchbook pages accomplished. 0 finished works. Will do better next week. Total pages completed on this challenge: 26.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Children's Book and Media Review, Illustration for August

Hey everybody! The above Illustration was made (par moi) for BYU's CBMR (Children's Book and Media Review). They are a superb source for reviews on all kinds of media aimed at kids. There are always a lot of current books, tv shows and websites under review. You can get the low down on everything happening at the kid scene, just read the review!

And how is the Art Challenge coming along? Well, for Thursday and Friday I only got in some work on a portfolio illustration I'm planning, so four pages total. Saturday two pages, and a good start on my helmet for comic con (Hawkgirl). Sunday a full 5 pages, though they were (mostly) from imagination. That would make my tally 11/20 sketchbook pages accomplished.

I can do better. I resolve to reach my goal of five pages a day this week, starting with today.
Bring it on!

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Direct from the Loose Leaf Sketchbook

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Mr. Helquist

These are some small spot illustrations I've done to go on a poster from work. The poster advertises an exhibit of sketches and concept art done by Brett Helquist for Lemony Snicket's The Series of Unfortunate Events. The exhibit will be up for the month of August 2017 on the first floor of the Harold B. Lee Library in Special Collections here at BYU. I hope I get to meet Mr. Helquist one day. I remember imitating his trademark hatch marks and swirls while sitting in sacrament meeting when I was a kid. He's classic.