non-digital
I loved the Marvel Special Feature, Michael Giacchino film, Werewolf by Night. And when the camera rises to show the garden maze? It’s like he pulled it from my brain.
Especially cool? Giacchino Retweeted!!
So this image is scaled to print across 2 pages, have fun!
I’ve been having a blast with Dr. Ph Martin’s Dyes! These colors are super bright and look lovely when combined with brown or sepia ink. Here are some smaller mazes and mini-mazes that I’ve played with since the completion of my super-secret project. Several of these originals are now available on my shop, and would make a great present for maze-loving family or friends!
Working on a fairly large red and blue ballpoint commission based on the maze from my December post. It’s too fun!
Any larger, I’d have to work on an easel or wall.
The maze is created in the red ballpoint. I did use light pencil guidelines for the isometric grid.
Though I used a grid, I still kept the buildings and paths kind of loose.
Cleaning the pens as I draw. I love my Zebra pens!
I’m trying to paint every morning.
All the paintings are oil studies and started around 6am. The scene is facing west toward the Whitestone Bridge and Manhattan. I adjust the horizon depending if I want to paint the foreground water, which is especially challenging. The short term goal is teaching discipline, and, in a couple of months, have enough to fill a really big wall. Long term, I want a better grasp of the medium so I can dump 50 hours on a painting (a maze?) and not be overly disappointed!
The panels are gessoed hardboard, 8”x12”
All these and more are now for sale in my shop!
The previously posted towers were studies for this new watercolor maze. The colors are more gentle than my earlier trials.
These are Strathmore watercolor postcards. Studies for a larger piece coming soon!
Apart
Loneliness
Here’s a little maze I did in ballpoint pen. Unusually, I didn’t lay it out first, just started in the uppper left and worked across the page. Real iRobot plotter style.
The squiggles at the top are cleaning my pen. I still get globbies though. I’m not sure how the pros avoid it.
I’ve been playing around with ballpoint for a few weeks now, practicing patience and control. I’ve posted a some on my Instagram, but most I will hide until I get better. I have a ways to go! There are several artists I follow who do ballpoint work, like Nicolas Sanchez and Guno Park.
Full non-digital maze! Very fun to make. Using watercolor in such an uptight way seems to run against the medium, but too bad. Possibly I'll make some prints available. Email me if you're interested!
Goldenrod Maze, 2017. 11"x9" ink and watercolor.
I wound up submitting 4 cards to the Single Fare show. Hundreds of artists and over 2000 cards
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