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Mermaid #3

Trying for an older look to this mermaid’s face. I like the feeling of energy that the cross-hatching gives this piece. A lot of my compositions are way too static. 4.5 x 6.5 inchesColored pencil on Stonehenge Aqua HP paper. #mermaid #ColoredPencil #TraditionalArt

Wondewell Movie

I recently got around to watching “Wonderwell”, Carrie Fischer’s last movie. Overall I enjoyed it, I think probably for a lot of the same reasons that a lot of reviewers were uninspired by it. It’s not a cut and dried fantasy movie where you easily know what’s going on. Instead you’re left with lot’s of… Continue reading Wondewell Movie

Josef Maria Auchentaller Drawing

I love the sense of swirling motion that Josef Maria Auchentaller gets in this drawing with so little detail. I wish the quality of the photo were better but I suspect that it’s a scan of a magazine illustration from the 1910’s.

Tree Medallion #1

An early experiment (they’re all experiments, aren’t they?) with colored pencil over watercolors. It was a bear to photograph because my camera was making it look way too grainy. I ended up using the blur filter in order to make it look right. Still a little work to do on it. I want to define… Continue reading Tree Medallion #1