Sara in the 6th Grade

The past few Lunchbag illustrations as Sara makes her way up Math Mountain.

April Drawings

I have been very delinquent in posting, here are some of the illustrations that were done in April.

6th Grade Lunch Bag - The Bookworm

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The most recent lunch bag find Sara at the bottom of the book return and meeting the Book Worm that is working the old card catalogues!

Pitt Pens, copic markers, prismacolor, gel pens and oil pastels on brown paper bag.

Robot Dragon Slayer - Episode 13

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This past week's Robot Dragon Slayer finds him pinned down and in trouble!

Sketches

These are just some random sketches:

Elsa is the property of Disney

Remus Lupin is the property of JK Rowling

Cowboy Singer

As part of the fund raising for my daughter's school I was asked to create a lunch bag that could be auctioned off.  This is the bag:

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Since we are in Nashville, the topic seemed appropriate.

Pitt Pens, copic markers, gel pens and oil pastel on a bag that I think came from a liquor store.  It is a little larger than a regular lunch bag.

6th Grade lunch bags for February

I have also been behind on posting the lunch bags so here are a few week's worth:

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Sara has returned from her mission to the Sun and has found that all the books have gotten their definitions all mixed up and she has to get them right before the access to the school can be opened.

Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, gel pens, oil pastels on lunch bags

6th Grade Lunch Bag - 17

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This week we have Sara on her trip to the sun to return the wayward ball of energy to its original source.  She has exited her craft and the debris that wasn't tied down has started to float out along with her.

Col-Erase Pencils, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, gel pens and oil pastels on a lunch bag.

6th Grade - Lunchbag 16

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This week finds Sara has bottled the energy and realizing that the majority of all energy on Earth comes from the sun has put on a space suit and is boarding her spaceship to deliver the energy back at it's source.

col-erase pencils, pitt pens, copic markers, gel pens, and oil pastels on a lunch bag.

6th Grade - Lunch Bag 15

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This week we return to our normally scheduled programming!  Sara returns to her search for what to do with the energy that she discovered.

Col-Erase pencils, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, Gel pens, oil pastels on a lunch bag.

Robot Dragon Slayer meets the Shaman

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For generations the Shaman had hid in amongst the debris of the Lost Ones, perfecting the spells and following the old rituals, protecting the bastion of healing from the onslaught of the dragons.  Now though, her citadel had been breached by the Robot that stood at the edge of the flickering light of the remaining ancient oracles.  

This is watercolor and Copic Markers on Strathmore board with Pitt Pens and colored pencils. 

6th Grade Lunch Bag 14

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This week Sara has to figure out what kind of energy it is that has escaped her science books. She is determining whether it is Potential, Kinetic, Mechanical and a couple of others that I have forgotten. She has placed the sphere on a high platform to see if it has potential energy, it has crashed down through the ground and she is looking at it.

Col-Erase Pencils, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, white gel pens, oil pastels on a standard lunch bag.

6th Grade Lunch Bag 13

Last week was mis-labeled as #11, so I am back on the right track with illustration #13 for the year:

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This week finds that Sara has made it out of the social studies books and into the realm of science.  Sara has found a little ball of energy that has broken free from the text books and needs to return to its point of origin.  She has to determine what kind of energy it is first, potential, kinetic, chemical, thermal, electric, mechanical, or nuclear so she can take care of the little guy.  She is surrounded with things that use or make energy.

Col-Erase Pencil, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, white gel pens, oil pastels.

Robot Dragon Slayer episode 4

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I got the sketch card for my son's lunch done early this week, it helps when he skips a week.

The Robot Dragon Slayer's quest has led him into the Temple of Healing, what the ancients mysteriously referred to as the CeeDeeCee.  After navigating the seemingly endless corridors and bottomless shafts and passing multiple dragon signs, the Robot emerges what appears to be the most sacred spot of the temple, still magically lit only by glowing windows housed in mystical frames that shown on the surfaces of the Robot's dirty armor. 

Pitt Pens, watercolor, copic marker on Strathmore board.

Updated Halloween Witch

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Updated the witch image and re-formatted her for printing.

Originally a hand drawing that I then re-drew in Illustrator and placed the color in Illustrator as well.  The final composition was put together in PhotoShop.

Sketchbook Studies

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These are different sketchbook studies for a variety of projects, including the revisions to the Sara lunch bag character, Halloween characters, and a couple of characters for some writing projects.  Even tried out some watercolors on the witch character.

Lunchbag #8 of the 6th Grade

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This week finds Sara deeper in the hanging gardens trying to find out why the water isn't supplying the plants. We are still going with the braided hair.

Col-erase pencils, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, white gel pens, and oil pastels on a typical brown lunch bag.

Dragons...again

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My son has been asking when he is going to get a drawing again, so I started working on a dragon for him.  This is the practice sketch.

Pen and pencil

Sketch Book Doodles

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Here are some more sketches from the sketch book, working out the current lunch bag, practicing Sara's Mom character and throwing a robot in for fun.

Blue Col-Erase Pencil, Stabilo Pen, and a Marvy Artwin marker

Sketches

All images and text copyright 2013 Michael Smith - Doodle Bag Productions

These are all sketchbook studies for a variety of projects