That is, the North Fork (of Long Island). Miscellaneous sketches from a weekend away, locally. Ben; the posse at delicious dinner table (it was a weekend of good foodie chefs in the house); and finally a random sketch began on Saturday evening, but finally finished this evening (at TWB in Exile's first meeting). None of… Continue reading a weekend on the upper tine
King test sketches... OH! I forgot– I haven't yet made manifest the plan. Well, the plan is a Cabinet Card Portrait-inspired deck of cards. Yep. So it begins...
These are selections from the cabinet card portrait drawings that I framed (cheaply, quickly!) to hang at Total Wine Bar in Brooklyn. They are for sale (even though I've yet to hang the tags with them), so please contact me if you're interested. You can see them in greater detail here. (The four 9"x12" drawings… Continue reading this is what they look like in frames
The final piece- click on the image to see larger. What a lot of work this boy has cost me– so much penciling. Looks somewhat stoic and rather better than I'd expected, though, now he's finished. The process scans are useful and interesting (to me), as they are a reminder of at least some of… Continue reading Update: Freckles is finished.
a girl, overexposed. pencil, ink and gouache on paper. and a Lady. pencil on paper. Slivers of drawings from art nights– more to come. Maybe these will become prints...
These two ladies are from a photo album I bought an an antiques shop in Maryland. The families therein were from Indiana. When you click there is a third– a poor rendition of Ingrid Bergman from Casablanca. (The scene ended too quickly to get it right.)
They were all photographed in studios in Nebraska; I don't know who they were, nor whose ancestors they might be. I acquired the portraits in a boxed lot of paper and photographic miscellany purchased on eBaY. How serious they all look, and what sartorial finery and flare– they were all well-cared for when alive (at… Continue reading more drawings of old photos
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