Sunday, July 10, 2016

mo' skateboards ....

at work on another board ....just one of the ideas bouncing around in my head ....mostly charcoal ....a little lift off technique with both the eraser and some rubbing alcohol.   adding some ballpoint pen and color pencil while setting layers with fixative for now.  was going to be a glaze and lift off only on the skull ... like i did on my gorillas but haven't decided if i want to leave it raw or not.....


Wednesday, July 6, 2016

'hidden tig' huntington beach artwalk demo




one of the studio mates checking out the beginnings


'hidden tig" became the next work and the smallest in the fingerprint series ... 8" x 24" ...it was started with charcoal and a spray bottle (filled with water of course!) during the huntington beach artwalk in july 2015... i was at the rainwater gallery where my art was currently on exhibit ...

 being a tiger with much more distinct stripes ....and loving some of the textures created i decided to add a little ballpoint pen ... i ended up loving it .....and was quite satisfied with the way i preserve some of the textures i created .... as you can see from the working pics i use a multitude of layers to give my work depth ...the works seem to be lacking if i do not ...




 

'RHiNo'

is the largest and last (to date) in the series... he was finished in january 2016 the night before show entries were due .... no ballpoint .... this work is 36" x 48 " .... lots and lots of charcoal .....




a mosart studios blog announcement !!!

so to try to become a better blogger i started doing my entries from my tablet ....but it doesn't let me be as creative with my photo placement .....so until I take time on a computer to fix you will be dealing with a multitude of 'continuations' or stacked photos .... can you tell which blogs have been edited ?  yes, sarcastic i know ....

plus my creative partner who loves to write may be making entries for me .....you can easily tell whom is writing just from the capital letters as well as excellent grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary !! 

just FYi .... if you care ....(smile)