Recent Work
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Bodies Dragon by coppertrees
This is done in the Chinese Wrinkle style. Everything is in watercolor, the only editing I did was to crop it. This is 12’‘by18’’ And it is for my Grandson who collects Dragon
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These days I have been periodically monitoring the progress of a neighboring home pouring cement for their in ground pool. One might think in the classic American way about going about building a bigger, more elegant pool, but my mind is taken back to those childhood days of playing in mud holes. Perhaps it was the naughtiness of it all, getting wet and grimy, faces and bodies streaked in mud-and laughing-always laughing. And so goes my next work. A little reminder that all the cement pools in the world cannot distract from a child’s laughter-even on the hottest of days. J.
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batman tattoo commission alternate design by alan sloey(imajica)
bic biro
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alienated by canstan
this was something i did for the online mag Horaley’s april issue http://horaley.mtaar.org/04_2008/04_2008.html the piece is called “alienated” mostly due to the fact that i realy fancy the pronouncing of the word. but also i think that this word has a funny thing about it. it officialy means distanced as in social life, but the way i see it’s more like it refers to being-adobted-by-aliens, alien as in unhuman. i dunno. for more reading wiki knows the best anyway / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_alienation
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Website Award Cond. Entry Form Entries Close: Friday June 20 2008 The St Patrick’s College Art Exhibition shall nurture, support and celebrate the work of local, regional and national artists from a variety of genres to reinforce the esteemed place of the arts in the educational offering and life of the College and its community. The St Patrick’s College Art Exhibition will be synonymous with the celebration of life, diverse mediums of expression and creativity, dreams and challenges, innovations, excellence, stimulation and excitement! Exhibition Date: September 12-14 2008 Exhibition Venue: Old Collegians Pavilion, St Patrick’s College Ballarat Official Opening: Friday September 12 2008 Prizes: Featuring The Flanagan Art Prize ($3000) / and Emerging Artist Prize ($1000) Enquiries: Mark Waddington / Development Manager / Phone: 03 5322 4450 or 0429 990 980 / Email: mwaddington@stpats.vic.edu.au
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The Populous Cast Press Release - Opening night June 18, 6pm - Global Gallery, Sydney. by Adriana Owens
This is the press release for our show The Populous Cast on June 18, 2008 in Paddington, Sydney. Its on for 2 weeks at the Global Gallery 5 Comber Street, Paddington NSW 2021. If you are in Sydney on the 18th, please come along on our opening night to support your fellow redbubblers – 13 of the 16 artists featured were hand picked to be a part of this show by yours truly from RB’s fantastically diverse creative community. We’re also having a ‘Meet the artist’s’ drinks Saturday 28th June from 6pm if you’d like to come and have a chat about the show. Many thanks Adriana
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Frankston Arts Centre / Presents its annual Art Award / The 6th Degree Art Prize / Exploring the Theme “The Human Landscape” / Entries Close July 14th For an Entry form email att: Michael Lane artscentre@frankston.vic.gov.au / or call / T:[03]9784 1896 Frankston Arts Centre / Cnr Young & Davey Streets / PO Box 490 / Frankston VIC 3199
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Missoula Valley by Mara Panich
The sky has been very moody lately and I painted this after driving back to Missoula from Philipsburg, MT. The sky was continually shifting and changing.
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I’ve gotten so many BM’s from assorted people asking me about how I do things that I thought maybe this would be a good way of “showing” you a work in progress. / This particular piece is commissioned. That being said, I really hope he doesn’t pop in and take a look.. so I just won’t mention his name until he has it in his hands. At any rate.. the format is 12×16. I began with the background – which, for all intents and purposes is complete. Then I moved into the cat. The first layer is a very light gray wash.. then I add a darker color for where the spots go.. there is also some very light blue and some ochre – again, very watered down. Now comes the beginning of the colored pencil. I usually work from left to right as I am right handed and I really hate laying my hand across finished work!! Besides, being human we have oil in our skin and most of the media I use doesn’t blend well with oil! You will also notice that the eyes are pretty much complete. They are my barometer.. if they are wrong, the piece goes no farther.. so they are usually done before anything else is. Do keep an eye on this “space”.. / Please understand that you’re not going to be getting these progressive pictures as they happen. This piece was started over a month ago (I had other things that were pressing, so it had to wait) and has been worked on in “bits and pieces” when I had the time. / So, picture 2 shows that I am working the colored pencil, still mostly on the left side but definitely moving down. There’s still a lot of white areas that have only had one layer of watercolor added. / Picture 3: The colored pencil is now spreading. I used mostly Prismacolor and here are some of the colors you’re looking at: All the warm greys, all the french greys, cloud blue, espresso, sandbar brown, terre cotta, medium flesh, dark flesh, slate blue, seashell pink, greyed lavender, green brown, putty beige, peach beige, ginger root, celadon green, black, white, sky blue, powder blue, greyed green and I can’t remember what else right now. Also there are some Faber-Castell and Derwent in there (for shades and colors that Prismacolor doesn’t make or carry). As I have said many times before, I’m a bit heavy handed when it comes to my colors and I layer them on very thickly. / Picture 4: The face now has “color” and I have to figure out what I’m going to do with the “body” – even though there isn’t very much showing, every little bit makes a difference in how someone sees your work. / Picture 5: And now comes more watercolor washes. I’ve added a stronger ochre and then – after that dried – I added a grey-brown, for lack of a better term. Then, I took a well deserved break and let it dry completely. / Picture 6: Now that the watercolor is dried completely, I have to go over the blacks and dark colors because they get altered by the watercolor wash. As I’m working the “body” I’m also looking at the face and adding little touches that I think it needs. Odd little colors like pink, purple and green that would show up if the animal were standing right in front of me with natural light. / Picture 7: And now after I’ve added my little touches and am pretty happy with the outcome.. the highlights… oooooooohhhh!! This is the fun part. I use an opaque watercolor, thinned out a bit for all the white areas. It’s so much easier on me and my hands to do it this way rather than the way I used to. I get a very clean white that stands up to everything around it. The piece is now complete and my signature goes on. / / I hope you enjoyed this little journey with me and I look forward to doing this again but only if you want me too.
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2 PIECES MAXIMUM per artist please!
“The Drawing Board” is simply the space where your ideas are born, take shape and live for all eternity. This group identifies art of the hand, toe or tongue, it’s up to you. If you have ever been to a figure drawing class with charcoal, by the ocean with paint or on a park bench with pencil you understand the requirements for this group.
This is a club for individuals who Draw, Sketch, Paint or Create their work with various mediums on any substrate. The tools used are not as important as the technique. Now, I am not saying that it has to be entirely fabricated from nature. You may have taken your art into the digital age by scanning, tweaking or adding other elements from that light box on your desk used for doing taxes, and that is OK.
Please keep in mind that whatever the end result of your work, it should be rooted in Fine Art and contain a major part of battery free ingredients.
I insist that all art introduced to “The Drawing Board” follow these stipulations and please, two pieces maximum per artist.
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