Sketches

Still haven't found my camera since the big September move-out... so here's a few sketches that I was able to fit into a scanner. Hopefully I can save up enough in the next few months to get a camera, and put up some of the larger recent pieces!

Mascot?

Microperm, Acrylic, Clear Glaze on Maple.

On Open Studio Night several people asked if I had a card... which I don't. I'm working on designing one now, and was thinking that something along these lines would make a cool little mascot. Opinions anyone?

Nametags

Mixed Media.

One of the big perks of working at an art supply store is getting to play with all the supplies to make your nametag!

Sketch- Man and Boat

Acrylic, Compressed Charcoal, Crystal Clear Glaze on Wood.

Sketch- Mother and Child

Microperm, Acrylic, Crystal Clear Glaze on Wood.

Line, Chroma, Value, Distortion.

Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Gesso, Distended Tracing Paper, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Goodnight.

Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Powdered Charcoal, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Text:
i love you. but Jesus loves you best. so i bid you goodnight. goodnight. goodnight. (from an early American folk song)

People

Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Powdered Charcaol, Pages from a Calculus Book, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Sketch- Solitude

Sharpie, Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Powdered Charcoal, Compressed Charcoal, Clear Acrylic Gesso, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Sketch- Laughing

Sharpie, Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Powdered Charcoal, Compressed Charcoal, Clear Acrylic Gesso, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Scars of Imagination

Metallic Acrylic Paint, Microperm, Gesso, Phone Book Pages, Powdered Charcoal, Compressed Charcoal, Clear Acrylic Gesso, Graphite Pencil on Maple.

Text:
doesn't matter (repeated)

Comfort

Metallic Acrylic Paint, Microperm, Gesso, Tracing Paper on Wood.

Text:
don't cry over spilt mountains. or make molehills of fish. there's plenty of milk in the sea.

Tearing

Metallic Acrylic Paint, Microperm, Powdered Charcoal, Gesso, Tracing Paper on Wood.

Text:
i will tear me to shreds, and rearrange the pieces. try to make them into something that might catch your eye. and make you smile.

Saint

Metallic Acrylic Paint, Powdered Charcoal, Gesso, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Sketch- Figure

Sharpie, Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Compressed Charcoal, Powdered Charcoal, Clear Acrylic Gesso, Clear Glaze on Maple.

Sketch- SP

Sharpie, Microperm, Acrylic Paint, Compressed Charcoal, Powdered Charcoal, Clear Acrylic Gesso, Clear Glaze on Maple.