Nightlight

I experimented with a new technique on the following drawing.
Watercolors are complicated.
I consider much learning to have occurred.
For anyone wondering about the lull during the past few weeks, let's just say
life is crazy sometimes.

"Nightlight"

5" x 7"

Watercolor

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Non-Verbal

Not that there was much in the way of norms in my life to begin with ... but I'm a little thrown off my groove this week.  I'm temporarily maintaining my family's business while they're out of town,  which means a) i have few art supplies with me, and b) i have less time devoted to art.

However, it keeps me going, so i keep it going, regardless... though perhaps to a lesser degree.

I'm realizing that as convenient as small artworks are,  i greatly prefer working on a large scale.

Bugger.

9" x 12" colored chalk on greenish-blackish paper.

I drew this while I was supposed to be paying attention to something else.

Back Yard

"back yard"
5" x 7"
Scratchboard

Junk Face

I made this piece when I was preparing for a move: it's made out of scraps of garbage.

This is made of a piece of wood, tissue paper, colored scrap paper, glue, and spray paint.

See more art made out of garbage, stencil art, or monsters.

At the Door

I blame Genesis 4 for this one.
It took me a good three hours to draw. I had fun with the slightly warped depth and perspective.

See more monsters.

The Old Watcher

This monster makes me sad.  I know I made him up myself, but he feels like a character that I learned about as I drew him.

I would tell you his story, but it's very disturbing. And maybe it would be better if you came up with a story of your own for him.

This was made with watercolors on watercolor paper and a fine-tipped sharpie. 

Using Free Art Supplies

It's an enjoyable challenge to create a piece exclusively from free materials. In my experience, imposing a framework for a piece is the most important part of its formation. Often I create that framework via medium.

Materials for this piece come from a box of donated items: a rejected, pre-cut mat, a piece of scrap paper, and a pencil stub.

It's part of my Philippians series.

See more graphite drawings here.

Pen Drawing: Facing Hunger

8" x 8" 

pen on vellum

See more of my artworks inspired by Philippians, or check out other monsters.

A Scratchboard Jungle

The Jungle
clay scratchboard and sumi ink
2.5" x 8"

See more of my black & white art.

The Obedient One: Completed

The Obedient One

I draw monsters.
Here are some more.

See an earlier stage of this painting, or check out more pieces in my Philippians series.

A Painting Begins: The Obedient One

After a morning of studying and thinking, I came up with the rough idea for my next painting for the Philippians series.

I started it on a 4' x 3' canvas this afternoon . . . just a brief 15-minute stint of painting, but enough to get the gist down.

Want to see the final piece?
You can see other works in progress here.

Destroyer

The train comes
so run
the noises zigzag across your forehead
hit it, make it stop
catch the train
closer, the noise gets

louder.

It comes, so
get away
that is impossible, you can't run
from your own
legs
they stomp your
feet onto the sharp rocks
and ow
my bones are sticking out but i'm still
running

you have a choice
hurt me, or
die

I don't care about the fog
I have laser vision, you should get some
I know there is a
beached sperm whale with four
of its teeth ripped out
right behind you
but don't worry
it's dead.

There are other things to make us
run

but I'm so tired
will anyone let me

go home?

I have other oil pastel drawings.  Find them here.