Favorite Things I've Made

This post is based off a fun idea Erika over at Foxtrot Press has put together.  So be sure to click on that link there and check out what else is going on over there!

Here are the six things I've settled on:

A group of drawings 

Painting of my brother Kevin from this Summer

An old vase, I probably made this somewhere around 2008? 

Some of the signs I'be been making at work.

My new tattoo that I collaborated on with my tattoo artist Dennis, from Providence Tattoo

A couple of simple and colorful dishes I've made this week... healthy and otherwise.

Go ahead and linkup if you like!

Process Post

Here is a post I've been working on all week.  I've tried to take photos at each decision point.  Of course not EVERY decision point, but highlighting the important ones.

I still have to measure this one but the sketchbook resting to the left of the canvas is about 12" long for reference.

This one is close to being finished.  Next time in the studio I will be lightening up my darkest dark blue and adding some glazes to my gray mid-tones for added depth and texture.

And here is "Earth Hole with Hidden Shape" again.  I thought it was much closer than it actually was to being finished when I posted it last time.  In really good lighting it looked okay for me but out of that something was lost.  I decided that a minor shift in light can't be to blame for an entire painting failing and that it actually was kind of dirty looking, so I got back in there. 

(This last one is a little warped because of the angle I took the photo)

Forward Moving

Forward Progress!

Here is a fresh sketch for a new piece I'm about to start. I can't wait to get into the studio to try it out with some oils. I'm thinking I'll throw it out on a 16"x20" panel. More on this later.

My landscape series is continuing on, I have 10.5 out of 14 of them completed. As I work on finishing those up over the next week I'll be stretching a big guy (4'x5') to paint a large version of one of them. Can't wait to post the pieces I've completed recently. I'm proud of this series and have to give a shout out to my girl Arlee who's paintings are a great inspiration for me. I just checked around for pics of her work online but couldn't find anything, I've put a request in so hopefully we can see some soon up in hur.