more office supplies

Just some more France inspired sketches. She has a ton of sketches of small, mundane things that end up looking cool. One that sticks out a lot is her drawing of a simple rubber band. 

[copic .25 black pen, in a strathmore toned sketchbook]

wed. night paintin'

[oil on gessobord<--yes that is spelled correctly]

sketchin' with the kids

these were some sketches i made while demo-ing to first grade today! what a fun day! 

[copic .25 black pen, PRANG student colored pencils in a strathmore toned sketchbook]

cajun jam session and sketching

pretty straight-forward, musicians played we sketched! 

[watercolors, falcon pen w/noodler's black eel ink, PITT cool gray markers, white gel pen in a strathmore toned sketchbook or a still man & birn gamma series sketchbook]

wed. night paintin'

wednesday nights mark my excitement for the week because that means i get a sloppy burger and i get to paint with oils. i haven't found my subject matter i am married to yet, bouncing between still-life's and painting from photos. i am not a fan of painting from a photo because it isn't "fun". i don't get the depth from seeing something in real life, if the lighting is off, i can't just turn on a light and adjust--you are stuck with what you are looking at in an photo. so while a few artists were eating lunch the other day there was this little butter container that a finger had pushed into creating a little wave of yellow aluminum and some neat shadows. it was a neat little object, a fun composition in a tiny little butter container. i immediately thought "cool! that's going to be my subject--a little butter container!!". of course i left it at home and forgot to bring it! there is always next week! 

instead i was stuck with painting from a photo--more boathouses! 

[oil on gessoed MDF panel, 8x10]

monsters part 2

art as gifts is really fun to make! it makes me smile when the person lights up when the receive them. she's in love with this guy. 

happy birthday! 

[acrylic paint, oil based markers on 8"x10" canvas]

sketch group meet up

it's amazing when a group of people get together that have zero things in common except one simple thread that holds them together. we all have different backgrounds, different ages, different ethnicities, yet drawing for 3 hours together brings strangers together. i would have not met some of these people, nor spent time with them if it wasn't for art-making. 

this past sunday a few of us from the sketching group got together and did a coffee shop sketchcrawl on park avenue.

[pilot falcon w/noodler's black eel ink, white gel pen, PITT warm gray markers, Tri-Tone colored pencils, Derwent inktese watercolor pencils all in a strathmore toned sketchbook]