The Shut-Eye Series

These odd and colorful watercolor paintings belong to a series I did a couple of months ago I called the Shut-Eye Series. Each one was drawn in about two minutes with a micron pen, and with my eyes completely shut. Then I would paint them (with my eyes open) with watercolor paints. I really loved doing these, and was surprised how much control I had on the drawing part, what with not looking and all. I would like to do another series of these, maybe one with animals, famous people, sailor's kneecaps or something like that.






Here are three of the pre-painted drawings, just to show you the ridiculousness I was giving myself to work with.

Br' er Rabbid

Here's a lovely pen and ink drawing/painting of a terrifying nightmare rabbit. I love using ink, sometimes more than watercolor. The colors tend to really stand out, adds a lot of depth. The brand of ink I use is Higgins, and they haven't let me down yet.

Gnomenclature

 

So I've always had an obsession for gnomes, elves, and the whole mythical fairy realm in general. I thought maybe I!'d grow out of by the time I was 30, and Im 32 now, so I guess I'm in it for the long haul. I blame movies like Labyrinth, Legend, and the Dark Crystal. Brian Froud is one of my all time favorite artists alive today.

Anyways, I drew this little pipe smoking gnome at work on a post-it note, and then drew a much bigger version on cardboard with a sharpie. Maybe next I'll recreate him in paint, or clay...I don't know, I just really like him!

Love Liza

Love Liza   marker on paper  2007

Jack Kehler holding my drawing of
of Philip Seymour Hoffman and himself from
the movie Love Liza

This is a marker drawing of a scene from the 2002 film Love Liza, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, and the man in the picture holding the drawing, Jack Kehler!

Mr. Kehler's daughter-in-law found the picture on this blog (I'm guessing through google) and contacted me through email the day Mr. Hoffman died (feb 2), inquiring about buying the piece for Jack. We agreed on a price and I happily mailed it to her.

Jack Kehler himself emailed me asking about the piece as well, it was funny because I couldn't mention that Id already sold it to his daughter-in-law, as she had told me it would be for his birthday. So I just told him all about the drawing and mentioned that he was in a few of my favorite movies (lost highway, the big lebowski, pineapple express).

After I received the pic of him holding the piece, I got another email from Jack. He was very happy to get the drawing, told me it meant a lot to him, as working with Philip Seymour Hoffman was a major highlight of his career. Its funny because this was definitely a highlight in my art life as well.

The whole thing was just so surreal. I loved it. Its not everyday I get contacted by famous actors about my art. Oh, and lastly, it was really strange...they came across my drawing on the day before Philip Seymour Hoffman died. Kind of eerie and sad.

Speed Drawing- two handed charcoal drawing

Two handed charcoal drawing of a devilish demon of sorts, sped up for your pleasure. Finally got a decent video editing app, although Im still not completely satisfied with the quality of video my phone gives me (haha, what a whiner I am:"The movies that my telephone records are not good enough for me, wahhh!") I just need a good camera, not to mention a new computer, then these will turn out much better. And maybe I could try turning my damn iphone sideways haha

Chalk Again

Some more back patio chalk drawings...

Chalk

A few chalk and charcoal drawings I've been doing lately before it gets too hot outside. Its already hit  over 100 this year here in AZ,while in Alaska its still snowing (as of yesterday)! I miss the great white north. But I guess you can't really draw with chalk on the snow, so I guess Im okay for right now.