Drawings from Pieter Bruegel using recently acquired Namiki Pilot Falcon fountain pen with carbon ink in a Moleskine sketchbook, 8x5 inch. Above: Peasants Dancing (1568). Pieter Bruegel, The Dark Day (1565) and other paintings Pieter Bruegel, The Land of Cockaigne (1567) and The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) Pieter Bruegel, The Battle Between Carnival and Lent … [Read more...]
Danforth Drawing Classes
Drawing classes begin on Tuesday, April 7 at Danforth Museum School in Framingham, Mass. Emphasis on seeing shapes of light and dark within a compositional frame is presented. Learn to observe the direction of light on objects in space. Warm-up with gestural thumbnail sketches from observation and from memory. Translate complex forms into two-dimensional compositions using line, value, edge and … [Read more...]
Rodin — Philadelphia
Evidence of my on-going effort to draw in galleries from great art. No pens allowed in the Rodin Museum. … [Read more...]
Gouache — Fall 2012
All paintings are gouache on heavy, textured handmade paper from India, bound in an 8x8 inch book that opens to 8x16 inches, painted in the fall semester of the MFA program at Boston University. … [Read more...]
Teaching Assistant — Figure
Contre-jour, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), 2012; titanium white and lamp black, on yellow ochre ground Man, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), 2012; yellow ochre, titanium white, and lamp black Seated Man, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), 2012; venetian red, lemon yellow, ultramarine, titanium white … [Read more...]
Suburbs
I've been using a sketchbook to look for outdoor painting locations that offer parking, shade and other necessities, along with the subject itself. The pen is liquid ink, made by Pilot, claims to be archival. ABOVE: Houses, pen & moleskine, 5x8 in (13x20 cm), 07/24/12 Observatory, pen & moleskine, 5x8 in (13x20 cm), 07/24/12 Greenhouse, pen & cachet, 8 x10 in (20x25 … [Read more...]
Self Portrait Series
Self no. 4, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/29/12 Self no. 3, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/27/12 Self no. 2, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/26/12 Self no. 1, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/24/12 … [Read more...]
Visual Critique
Visual Critiques are paintings or drawings done in response to work done by other students. ABOVE: Fish — gouache, 6.5 x 10 inches (17 x 25 cm), 11/05/11 Couple — gouache, 11.25 x 15 inches (17 x 25 cm), 11/14/11 … [Read more...]