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Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! In developing a pen and ink portrayal of Sacagawea, one famous mother, I created a lot of “good try’s” (those images that didn’t make the grade). First off, I was working from my imagination, because there are no photos of Sacagawea. There is a painting of her with Lewis and Clark,…
Read MoreSelfie, Sorta
A selfie, sort of. A sketch of me, if I looked a little different. So, really, it’s a character sketch based on me. Sketching seems to be a series of choices. Which features do I include? Which features do I imply? How close to reality do I take this? How much do I let…
Read MoreThe Girl Who Left Home to Learn David Hockney
Oh, I had such a fantastical afternoon, once upon a too bright Saturday. I found my way into the strangely dim, yet clear light of a brand new art center and its surprising gem of a show: David Hockney‘s Etchings from his book, “Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm“. These fairy tales are…
Read MoreJourney of Hope 2017 Exhibit: Work in Progress Detail From the Painting
Detail from my painting for the Journey of Hope exhibit 2017. Would you have guessed a swan was going to show up in this painting? I wouldn’t have. But there it was, flying above. I felt reassured by it, a noble and beautiful sign. The Journey of Hope exhibit starts in October and…
Read MoreJourney of Hope 2017 Exhibit: Work in Progress, Pencil Sketch
A peek behind the scenes for you, a Work-In-Progress sketch for the painting for the Journey of Hope Exhibit. I work out some of the concept for the piece on a separate piece of paper. I spatter paint on paper for the actual painting, then look for the image that expresses the theme I…
Read MoreJourney of Hope 2017: Work in Progress, Finding the Image
The detail of the painting I last posted started out as the spatter of color that you see here. Here, you can see the figure I found there in the paint. Here you can see the figure I found there. I am working from a piece of writing provided to…
Read MoreAfternoon, Revisited: A Couple Characters
A couple characters in study mode. Drawing loosely in doodle mindset often yields the best personalities. I tend to be shy, but I’m trying to loosen up and share. Are you shy or free-and-easy-going? See the evolution of this piece from sneak peek to color study to initial idea to character studies to characters…
Read MoreA Sunday Study
Did you guess the painting that inspired the piece I am starting here? It’s George Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”. You can see the original below. Before I started painting and inking my version of Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”,…
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