I’m working on a sign for out front of Area 23. I loved getting to do some hand lettering. Below is the final sketch, which will be carved of wood and then I can paint it. I am really enjoying the hand lettering, hopefully I’ll have time to do some more projects in it.
I got the Billiards Mural up and finished! I had to take a couple last minute reference photos using their billiards table, but I’m pretty happy with how it came out. I’d like to put a frame around it to protect it a bit more, but that’s a project for later. I had a lot of fun on these two murals, I’ve love to do more of them!
I started work on Area 23’s murals! First up: The bathrooms! I dug out our (very) old projector and had to boot up my (even older) laptop to transfer the sketches onto the wall. Kirk was kind enough to take some photos of the progress. It’s been a while since I worked in acrylics on this scale, but I love how they’re coming along.
I met with the two owners over at this new bar-in-progress called Area 23. The two guys are great, very quirky and geeky. I asked if they had need of a bartender or artist, and they mentioned that they’d like to have some artwork on the walls. I think they’ll be some fun guys to work for. I worked up some sketches for them, the one above to overlook their billiards table, and the two below to indicate the bathrooms. I took inspiration…
This is a scan of a sketch I’ve been working on for a while now.. trying to figure out the coloring just right, then I gotta just grit my teeth and paint it! I got a beautiful reference for the horse from a Morgan horse at the Granite Rose Morgans farm nearby. http://graniterosemorgans.com/
So it turns out that training to teach Zentangle® is sooo much fun. I wasn’t really expecting it to be arduous or boring, but it has surpassed my expectations of inspiration. I am so pumped up and raring to go! In our first day we have drawn and tangled so many tiles and even our bags, shirts and name tags! I can’t wait for what tomorrow brings.. but until then here are a few photos I can share with you.…
I’ve been working on this portrait-ish thing of Liz Taylor for a while now.. very slowly in photoshop. Thought today would be a good time to share a small piece of it. It’s not finished, but I wanted to share how it’s going. I like how the eyes look, but the rest is so-so.