I've been trying out some watercolor-pencils in the sketchbook lately which has been pretty satisfying; especially when augmented with some Old Holland watercolor paint. The sketch above is of my brother Steve lounging in Maine.
I recently had two paintings framed at the Pearl Paint Framing Shop on Lispenard Street in Manhattan. My girlfriend and I were very pleased with the experience. The manager, after politely showing us the frames we had selected, steered us towards several frame choices we had overlooked. His two favorites were the frames we eventually purchased. While not the most cheerful fellow, he was professional, polite, and most importantly, had a keen eye.
The painting above is one of my own and the subject of a previous post.
The piece below is an oil painting by Neil Plotkin, a good friend of mine and an excellent painter. I encourage you to view more of his work on his website: neilplotkin.com.
so, in prep for a class i am teaching in the fall, i was playing around with the gradient mesh tool today in illustrator... and as i promised, i was... i mean am... going to try and do illustration friday every week from now on. so here is my "killing 2 birds with one stone." (which upon reflection really is a terrible expression!) this weeks topic was "Match."
Sketches from the Red Cottage of mid-coastal Maine, an ensorcelled world of hidden beavers, lonely loons, vain turtles and buoys; all lurking in the shadows of the Ragged Mountain.
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that's alot of barb! i'm in the process of moving (my apartment and my studio)... so i havent been able to do much recently, but i was just perusing my files from the workshop i took in june and i definitely want to start using the techniques i learned. oy - where did the summer go???
This illustration for Tennis Magazine's "The Complete Player" column continues the story of the author of this piece which I illustrated for them back in August of 2005. Recalling the tennis-filled days of his youth, the author describes how he ultimately lost a cherished friendship, thanks to his hubris and his gossiping about winning a friendly practice match. This of course, is totally based on Norman Rockwell's classic "Gossips" Saturday Evening Post cover from 1948. Apologies to Mr. Rockwell!
I was reading a good Rockwell book while researching this illo, and I'm convinced that he would have embraced the advent of the computer and digital photography with open arms.
Continue reading " Tennis Magazine: Game, Set, Friendship"
A few nights before Christmas in 2002 I had the great fortune to see Arthur Lee and his band Love perform at Brookyn's Warsaw. They tore headlong through 21 songs, including the entirety of Love's brilliant album Forever Changes. Arthur had recently been freed from a 6 year prison sentence due to an erroneous gun charge and the lost time seemed to have instilled a burning intensity within him. It seemed like he wanted to keep playing untill dawn. A couple years after that show he was diagnosed with leukaemia and it ended his life yesterday in Memphis. It was very sad hearing the news and I remembered seeing that battered legend blowing the place out on a cold Brooklyn night. Here's an ancient clip of Love performing on Dick Clarke's show.
RIP Arthur. Recent sketches above.
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Our invisiblepal Leejone Wong has collected all the pieces, hunkered down and completed the re-animation process of her amazing Show & Tell sessions...and they are back, and badder than ever.
Moving on from the fabled 184 Kent in Williamsburg, Leejone has moved Show & Tell to the super-cool Monkeytown. This is a very cool performance space, in the back of a great restaurant...Truly a cozy and intimate place to hear about people's cool projects. For your modest $10 ticket, you get a delicious appetizer to munch on and a free drink to enjoy while taking in some fascinating creative people share their work and stories (make sure to call ahead and book a reservation).
Leejone has been running Show & Tell's for quite some time now, and they are fascinating, fun and inspiring sessions you won't soon forget. Read on to see this week's line-up...
Continue reading "Show & Tell @ Monkeytown in Brooklyn"
| 08/20 Sketching in Maine |
| 08/18 many a barb |
| 08/08 Tennis Magazine: Game, Set, Friendship |
| 08/08 Ice Bridge |
| 08/05 the long trek |
| 08/05 Arthur Lee Has Died |
| 08/02 Show & Tell @ Monkeytown in Brooklyn |
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