Friday, November 17, 2017

ERICA RUSSELL

9" x 12" 23cm x 31cm
Schmincke watercolor, Pentel brush pen, Kuretake Fude brush and florescent acrylic on Arches paper

The paper is hot pressed 300g/m2 - 140lb . Very nice paper to draw on. People frequently ask me about the backgrounds in my portraits, mostly "Do you see aura's." Well, humans do transmit energy, right?

AVE OF THE GIANTS CALIFORNIA

11 1/2" x 16"
Pentel brush pen, Kuretaki brush pen, Schmincke watercolor and florescent acrylic in Stillman & Birn Zeta sketchbook

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

MONSTER HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MONSTER HAPPY BIRTHDAY
11" x 8 1/2"
#2 Pencil and Pentel brush pen in hand:book sketchbook

For Elizabeth Flanagan who requested a birthday monster! Happy Birthday.

Monday, November 13, 2017

THE TEACHING

11" x 8 1/2"
Uniball pen, Pentel Brush pen, Fude brush and acrylic in hand:book sketchbook
Life is suffering. Suffering is a direct result of our desires. To eliminate suffering, eliminate desires.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

DREAM JOURNAL PARIS

8 1/2" X 5 "
Pentel brush pen and Fude brush pen in Strathmore sketchbook
I'm in line at a department store in Paris and the person ahead of me is the classic slow customer. He writes a check, makes a mistake, tears it up, starts another one. His pen runs out of ink. This is excruciating. Finally he finishes and it's my turn when the store clerk puts up a closed sign on the counter and goes outside for a cigarette!
Well, I'm not having it and I go outside and start yelling at the guy but he is ignoring me. Then he hands me a cigarette and says "Here, have a Gauloises."
I fire it up and, hey it's not bad. The clerk notices that I still have the store merchandise in my hand and says "keep them, they're on the house."
Then I woke up