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Tag Archives: pen and ink
The Last “Spectral”
I have been filling sketchbooks for more years than I want to admit. Suffice it to say, there is a shelf in my workroom which is 38 inches long with over 40 books in it and another which contains maybe … Continue reading
Using Ball Point
Ball point pens are not just for doodling anymore. That’s the word from the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT, where they have an exhibit of ball point works as part of their currently running “Extreme Drawing” show. Is this news … Continue reading
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Tagged ball point, drawing, fantasy, figurative, Ikeda Tatsuo, pen and ink, weird
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Life on Mars: Small herd animal
I have been slowly filling a sketch book called “Spectral” for months. This is the latest. I only work on this notebook when I am waiting for or riding on a train or a plane. And, half the time, I … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, beast, drawing, fantasy, pen and ink, watercolor
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Durer’s Rhino Revised
In 1517, Mr. Albrecht Durer made a woodcut of a rhinoceros. He had never seen one but worked from sketches and descriptions of travelers to Lisbon where one had been on display. Until that time, the rhinoceros (which hadn’t been seen … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, Durer, fantasy, horns, illustration, ink, michealangelo, mythic beasts, pen and ink, rhinoceros
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The Diner Bird
I am one of those people who think that, if you are an artist, it is OK to draw anywhere. This probably comes from when I was a kid and was admonished not to doodle in class or at social … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, drawing, pen and ink, sketch, spontaneous, wings
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Relationship #04
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” Picasso is reported to have said this. Making art is a constant dialogue between what has gone before and what is going on now. In varying degrees, we all steal from one another and … Continue reading
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Tagged human relationship, Keith Haring, Kubin, pen and ink, Redon
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Bird – Hot off the press
Last time I posted, it was a bird that I had drawn some time back. This one is brand new. That said, I could easily have done it years ago. I found a couple dated 1980. I keep it fresh … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, bird, fantasy, figurative, ink, pen and ink, watercolor
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Mythic Bird #1
Despite its title, this isn’t the first mythic bird that I have drawn. I’ve done a lot of them. This one is just the first in a series of sepia birds (which I may eventually convert to black and white … Continue reading
Recent work: not so recent
This is not quite a recent work; it was done in 2007 or early 2008. Sometimes it is fun to open up a sketchbook and see what was going on, back a few years ago. And, this is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, expressionism, fantasy, pen and ink, small work, spontaneous
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Recent work: Gowanus Expressway
The full title is “Gowanus Expressway gets what it has coming.” The Gowanus and the Cross-Bronx are to NYC highways that have been designated “chump roads” by natives. The name is for out-of-towners who get on them because they think they are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Canson, cross bronx, digital, giclee, landscape, New York City, pen and ink, PhotoShop, small work, transportation
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