...and another...Two

Although I've clearly been slacking on my blogging I've been pretty productive in the studio, here are two more previews of pieces in progress, finish products coming soon!!

Both are mixed media on canvas (and when I say mixed I mean MIXED! ink, acrylic, paper, coffee, spraypaint, leaves!?, etc...)

Been too long...

Allrighty, let's start with my usual apology for tardiness, busy at work, moving, etc...Without, further ado, here's some of lots of new stuff I'm getting ready to finish up.

First, on the bottom here is a small (6"x 9") graphite drawing of lady liberty not looking her best, and up top is an acrylic painting on a skateboard deck of a rather dapper-looking dead guy. The first is part of a much larger piece, and the second is about 90% done...as usual, more to come, enjoy!

New-ness!!

As per usual I've got some updates, but nothing quite finished...first is a graf-collage type jammie, and the other is going to be primarily graphite, but still undecided, I'll post more info with the finished projects...

So I've been terribly delinquent in updating this bad boy, and finishing the projects I intend to post, so I thought I'd toss up a couple in-progress pieces for now...First is a monkey on board/brown paper, and the second (Below) is a jackalope on h/p watercolor paper. Grahpite on both...stay tuned for finished pics, and a couple more previews soon (or asap)...thanks.

Sparrow on a Cherry Tree...

So still playing around with graphite, this guy is 7x5. First attempt at a realistic style pencil piece, likely more to come in the near future, trying out some new techniques and materials.

For those interested, that awesome piece of paper is a 200lb HP watercolor paper with a feathered deckle from a company called Twinrocks. This was drawn completely with an HB mechanical pencil.

Piggy revisited...

Bit later than promised but finally done and under glass...7 1/2 x 9 1/2 graphite and pen on paper

Greedy as a Pig (with a monocle)

I know I've been terribly delinquent in posting here, I do apologize to those few (possibly) interested parties.

Anywho, here is the progress thus far on my latest. It is of course a pig with a pipe, bow tie, monocle, and top hat. Going for a few layers of contrast here: Realistic pencil shade vs simple line drawing; clean white space vs rough brown, etc...Kinda fun for a tattoo artist this way, similar to the way I work in that medium. Start with a simple black line drawing, then attempt render that in a more nuanced realistic way. Simple, hot press illustration board, HB pencil, torn up brown paper, and Staedtler Pigment liner pens (Awesome!). Anyway, just playing around. Will post some final pics in a few days (I hope) when it's complete.