Portion of second plate with hard ground; scribing in progress; this image represents a small area (3.5" x 2") of the full size (7.25" x 9.25") Yesterday I went into the studio and cut a second plate and prepped with hard ground. I transferred a drawing onto it (using white colored pencil on the back… Continue reading Etching, plate No.2 sneak peek
Edinburgh rooftops; copper plate line etching, first proof. 5.5" x 3.5" Last evening was my second class in Etching & Intaglio. Last week we prepped our plates by filing the edges, de-greasing, and coating them with a hard ground which is basically wax. Our homework was to scribe drawings into the ground. The way it… Continue reading Etching class: first proof
work in progress: graphite and oils on wood cigar box I completed the graphite work and began painting oil glazes on this piece last night. In the background can be seen some of the other items in my collection of panels and pieces for future projects. (The one just next the cigar box is one… Continue reading Work in progress: the bathers
5.5" x 3.5" copper plate with wax hard ground applied; first go at line etching. Above is my homework assignment for the first week of my Etching 7 Intaglio class. It was a learning experience, for sure. Although the instructor warned against using anything too sharp, I used the same scribes I've been using for… Continue reading Etching homework
I miss my vivid dreams of last year... the recalling of them took some time each morning, and I miss that time– I want them to come back in all their colors and vibrancy.
The first of several bathers– a new work in a cigar box that was apparently, unintentionally designed to be the world's perfect mini-diptych in the most traditional sense; 1 : a 2-leaved hinged tablet folding together to protect writing on its waxed surfaces 2 : a picture or series of pictures (as an altarpiece) painted… Continue reading The first of the bathers
Work in progress; pencil stage. Executed on wood panel drawer, approx. 16" x 32". (Seen with some other collected antique items in my studio) The wood panel/drawer was found at an antiques shop up in Pennsylvania, not far from the Delaware River, in which location acts as the border between New York and Pennsylvania. Closer… Continue reading A new work
Yes. After toiling with a different (much more interesting!) drawing last evening, this i what came of my work: an angry bunny.
Ninth day of the new year, but it still feels like maybe only the third to me. Wrestling with thoughts when, perhaps, I shouldn't be thinking so much. S i m p l i f y . Rob Cham wisely sums up the conundrum. Studio practice. An artists' phrase, but the same idea applies to… Continue reading When in doubt, keep things simple
First Art Night of 2011! Complete disclosure after the jump. Click the image to see both studies. Pencil allows and invites more sensuous detail than marker, that's for sure. But the simplicity of the marker and ink is also nice. Thus the reason for multiple studies, a discipline I've often shied away from. Fact is,… Continue reading Two studies of lamps
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