Hello, my name is Mike Sheehan,
and I'm a doodle addict.

Mike Sheehan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He has had a career designing and illustrating for the theme park, toy, and consumer products industries. In 2003 he was artist in residence at Fullerton College in California. One of his pieces was added to their permanent collection. Throughout his career he has been a studio and plein air oil painter. He's currently working on a new series of paintings and drawings. Recently, his sketches of various subject matters around Los Angeles have been featured on KPCC’s Off-Ramp with John Rabe. His home and studio is in Lake Arrowhead, California.

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Some studies from the @fullertonarboretum Friday. These are random studies for my Sketching for Animators and Illustrators class. This is how I create handouts. We're hitting the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles this Saturday. Can't wait! #fullertonc

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One of the students from my lifedrawing class, I have a tendency to draw the other artists in the room and not the model. #drawing #lifedrawing #sketching #tonedpaper #lifemodels #prismacolor #prismacolorpencil #saddbackcollege #saddlebackarts #drawingfro

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My "Sketching for Animators and Illustrators" class started yesterday, which means the start of whiteboard doodlemania. #doodle #fullertoncollege #fullertoncollegeartdepartment #whiteboard #whiteboarddrawing #dryerase #perpective #sketching #marker #paris

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Sometimes I wander around a city with a sketchbook and see where it takes me. This day it ended up being a courtroom. #sketchbook #sketch #police #courtroomsketch #courtroom #sanbernardino #sanbernardinocounty #sanbernardinocountycourthouse #inlandempire

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First date... #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #digitalart #digitaldrawing #characterdesign #bears #animaldrawing #lakearrowhead #lakearrowheadlife #datenight #date #firstdate #cartoon #cartooning

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My notes and demos from yesterday's watercolor sketching workshop at #waltdisneyfeatureanimation. We were talking about quickly blocking in people from life in natural situations. #watercolor #watercolorpainting #pleinair #illustration #disney #disneystud

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Quick sketch of The Pilgrim in Dana Point Harbor. #danapoint #sketch #danapointharbor #thepilgrim #strathmorepaper #strathmoreart #tonedtan #tonedtanmixedmedia #tallship #marineart #ship

Class demos in my "Sketching for Animators and Illustrators" class. The building in the foreground is a students sketch I xeroxed and went over with acrylics. This is about a half hour in. We also looked at brush-pen and watercolor. I'm doing a summer ver

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EASL Costumed Figure Drawing night at Fullerton College last night. #easl #sketch #sketching #fullertoncollegeartdepartment #fullertoncollege #artmodel #lifedrawing #sketchbook #colorerase #costume #characterdesign #artcentercollegeofdesign #illustration

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Sunday morning at the Batman household... #batman #darknight #dccomics #colorerase #drawing #doodle #copypaper #sundaymorning

Some sketches from the Fullerton College costumed model night. Also a few of students auditioning for voice acting roles a video game project.

Doodle at Jensen's Bakery, with coffee stains. #jensensbakery #jensensmarket #jensensbluejay #sketching #sketches #sketchbook #doodle #colerase #colerasepencil #baking #bakery #jensensfoods #lakearrowhead #bluejaycalifornia

Hit the coffee shop last night for our fast sketch class. Quick sketches and demos of various customers. #backtothegrind #coffee #coffeeshop #riverside #downtownriverside #ucr #ucrextension #ucriverside #cafesketching #sketches #sketch #sketchbook #charac

Happy Valentines Day... #doodles #doodle #valentineday #valentines #sketchbook #napkinart #sketch #unicorn #unicorns #valentinesday

New class, Sketching for Animators and illustrators, started last Saturday. I do a lot of trace overlays on students existing work. This was just adding more believable shapes and changing the pose slightly. I really like this class since we get to cover

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Took my fast sketch class cafe sketching. This is a napkin demo.

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Read an article that Gill's Ice Cream is closing, here's an old sketch in front of it at The Original Farmers Market. Los Angeles has a weird habit of destroying the real thing to put in a facsimile of the same thing, but without the tradition, charm or h

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Quick one from the Women's March today in Los Angeles. This was great, everyone was was mellow. It felt more like a demonstration of solidarity than an angry mob. #womensmarch #womensmarchlosangeles #huffingtonpost #drawing #sketch ##sketchbook #sketching

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