Sunday, September 27, 2015

Marker Drawings 9

























































































Sketchbook drawings
ballpoint pen, Sharpie markers bullet and fine point, Copic value markers, Prismacolor warm grey marker, gel ink pen, 2015
sketchbook 6" x 8" (15.24cm x 20.32cm)

4 more if you have been following these recent Marker Drawings.
I used a new Prismacolor warm grey 40% on two of these. More experimenting with different techniques. I'm all over the place as far as that goes but that is the point. Just do whatever comes to mind, the very nature of sketching is searching. More on that to follow.358,359,360,361

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Marker Drawings 8




























































































































































Sketchbook drawings
ballpoint pen, Sharpie markers bullet and fine point, Copic value markers, gel ink pen, 2015
sketchbook 6" x 8" (15.24cm x 20.32cm)

Still more. From life, photo, memory, imagination, whichever one happens to be working the best at the moment or best suits my temperament.
Many of these are more carefully drawn which happens to be my temperament lately. After the long stint painting oils as I do I needed to loosen up, see previous posts or hit 'Marker Drawings' LABEL.
I did, but that need to delineate always comes back, for now.
Sloooow and thoughtful. Really make conscious decisions on value control and compositional shapes.

Neither loose nor tight is better. As artists we should do both, at least in sketching and drawing. It is our Yin and Yang? It only makes us better.

I also had some fun mixing the warm and cool Copic markers on some sketches. There is a richness in tone on those I like.
I have really blown through a lot of markers doing these, including the Copic markers which are nearly dry now. I had to go out and but all new markers!
I only wish some sketches weren't duds! I look at the all that ink... and think, well, at least I know what NOT to do!351,352,353,354,355,356,357


Monday, September 21, 2015

Marker Drawings 7










































































































Sketchbook drawings
ballpoint pen, Sharpie markers bullet and fine point, Copic value markers, gel ink pen, 2015
sketchbook 6" x 8" (15.24cm x 20.32cm)

More... all from vague recollections of my memory or my imagination... whatever comes to mind.347,348,349,350

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Virga Gallery Opening































































































We had a good turnout at the opening at Virga Gallery in Laguna Beach. I had to wait until the end of the night to take pictures so the walls could be seen.
Although it has not been long since Art-A-Fair closed it was great seeing some of my fellow artists again!

Friday, September 18, 2015

Laguna Beach Art Gallery Show























It's short notice I know!
But here's an announcement for a group show I am part of in Laguna Beach. It was put together rather quickly. We just finished up at Art-A-Fair only a couple weeks ago and here we go.
Sometimes you just go with it.
A group of us artists from Art-A-Fair plus two others are participating in a show at Virga Gallery hosted by Virga Siauciunaite, one of the artists from the festival.
The show will hang for the next month so if you can make you won't be disappointed.





Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Marker Drawings 6





















Sketchbook drawings
ballpoint pen, Sharpie markers bullet and fine point, Copic value markers, gel ink pen, 2015
sketchbook 6" x 8" (15.24cm x 20.32cm)


Sketch, sketch, sketch.
Still at it.
Making designs. Some more abstract than others. It's the arrangement of lights and darks that must work.339,340,341,342,343,344,345,346.

Friday, September 11, 2015

More Marker Drawings 5















































































































Sketchbook drawings
ballpoint pen, Sharpie markers bullet and fine point, Copic value markers, gel ink pen, 2015
sketchbook 6" x 8" (15.24cm x 20.32cm)

Continuing posts of more black and white sketches/thumbs/comps.
After a long period of mostly painting it was time to get back to the simple pleasure of drawing.

I started by doing this while in my booth at Art-A-Fair and have continued with them.
Some here are from Art-A-Fair others afterward.

Not all of them are good or good everywhere but that is the point of a sketchbook, doing compositional studies and experimenting.

The yellow staining appearing in some I think are from a cheaper brand of marker like a sharpie and not the Copic warm. It seems the ink bleeds yellow onto adjacent pages after a couple of days.334,335,336,337,338

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Art-A-Fair Drawings 4






























Sketchbook drawings
ballpoint pen, Sharpie markers bullet and fine point, Copic value markers, gel ink pen, 2015
sketchbook 6" x 8" (15.24cm x 20.32cm)

I really used the Copic markers on this series of sketchbook pages. Again, all from my imagination other than the bottom sketch from each of the bottom two pages which are actual sites.
The Copic markers really do a good job of laying down value quickly and as you can see the Warm 5 in the bottom page is a nice contrast to the cool version in the upper pages.327,328,329,330,331,332,333