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.
Mermaid #2
Mermaid #2Colored Pencil and Watercolor3.5 by 2.5 inchesFabriano Artistico 300 lb HP paper#mermaid #TraditionalArt #watercolor #drawing #ColoredPencil #MixedMedia
Scarab 2023 10 01
8×10 inches on Strathmore 400 drawing paper. #ColoredPencil and #Watercolor. I’m going to call this one done. Overall I like it but of course there are a few issues. Number one: I screwed up when I taped it and the lower left hand corner is nothing like square. Number two: the watercolor leaked under the… Continue reading Scarab 2023 10 01
Minor update to Tree Medallion #1
Just a minor update to better define the “halo” on it’s lower right hand side. #TraditionalArt #Watercolor #Drawing #ColoredPencil #MixedMedia
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
JSON bug in WordPress Editor
So I was trying to upload an image to my (this) WordPress site and I kept getting an invalid JSON error. Turns out the pixel dimensions of the image were too large. It would have been helpful if the error message had said that.
Mermaid Series 1
Mermaid series 1Colored Pencil and Watercolor3.5 by 3.5 inchesFabriano Artistico 300 lb HP paper#mermaid #TraditionalArt #watercolor #drawing #ColoredPencil #MixedMedia
Went a Little Crazy with the Watercolor on this Scarab Background
So I was a little bored with this colored pencil drawing of a scarab and I knew I was planning to try a watercolor background even though it’s not watercolor paper. And things happened… I’m actually pleasantly surprised by how well this turned out. I knew the paper would buckle, especially given that I really… Continue reading Went a Little Crazy with the Watercolor on this Scarab Background
“Goblin Dance” 1912 Woodblock Print by Bertha Lum
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/51102/goblin-dance-bertha-lumThere’s a lovely sense of movement in this print. How does Lum achieve this? The colors on this seem streaky. Is that deliberate, bad printing or a function of age? I think it’s actually the grain of the wood. #TraditionalArt #Woodblock