tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188072362012-01-30T22:46:06.456-06:00art created during demonstrationsdotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.comBlogger711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-59092742011466076692011-11-14T00:52:00.000-06:002011-11-18T00:56:40.302-06:00This is a painting I worked on while my students worked on their projects. At a certain point I just stopped.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Viy2G8h01oA/TsYA3wMBIYI/AAAAAAAAhys/3yKlYYV5PjA/s1600/Flame%2BFan.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Viy2G8h01oA/TsYA3wMBIYI/AAAAAAAAhys/3yKlYYV5PjA/s400/Flame%2BFan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5909274201146607669?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-18160858817588522422011-10-13T09:47:00.000-05:002011-10-13T09:48:34.440-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-veu8lDBaE6s/Tpb6D7CDqbI/AAAAAAAAhoU/SgtAB6Sqwfk/s1600/Mixed%2BMedia%2BDusts%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-veu8lDBaE6s/Tpb6D7CDqbI/AAAAAAAAhoU/SgtAB6Sqwfk/s400/Mixed%2BMedia%2BDusts%2B3.jpg" width="283" /></a></div>mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1816085881758852242?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-44783979669861161732011-09-15T01:13:00.000-05:002011-09-18T01:15:00.698-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R31BQZiZdOI/AAAAAAAAFg0/NHYJJ2L83xU/s1600-h/Mixed+Media+Dusts+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151345298770588898" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R31BQZiZdOI/AAAAAAAAFg0/NHYJJ2L83xU/s400/Mixed+Media+Dusts+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-4478397966986116173?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-50104898534418934832011-08-14T22:30:00.000-05:002011-09-18T01:12:44.155-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R31BP5iZdNI/AAAAAAAAFgs/4T3NxkRb-m8/s1600-h/Mixed+Media+Dusts.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151345290180654290" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R31BP5iZdNI/AAAAAAAAFgs/4T3NxkRb-m8/s400/Mixed+Media+Dusts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5010489853441893483?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-6374916202356361222011-07-15T00:57:00.000-05:002011-09-18T01:01:51.648-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FqIdjXTDh1U/TnWJEjBIgrI/AAAAAAAAhcU/_lrn2HSvqes/s1600/Fiber%2BPink.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FqIdjXTDh1U/TnWJEjBIgrI/AAAAAAAAhcU/_lrn2HSvqes/s400/Fiber%2BPink.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-637491620235636122?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-84806207913573589022011-06-15T23:12:00.001-05:002011-06-15T23:12:00.662-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xD7S98sb59I/TfBIeF-mLRI/AAAAAAAAgLU/dPOL1TOs5Hk/s1600/Fleck%2BPink.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xD7S98sb59I/TfBIeF-mLRI/AAAAAAAAgLU/dPOL1TOs5Hk/s400/Fleck%2BPink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616068417169009938" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-8480620791357358902?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-75658957750313593632011-05-14T09:16:00.001-05:002011-05-19T11:17:43.222-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IofS6S-CqBo/TcvsOFjxL4I/AAAAAAAAf94/t9ddOY6GYFc/s1600/Pumice%2BPink.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IofS6S-CqBo/TcvsOFjxL4I/AAAAAAAAf94/t9ddOY6GYFc/s400/Pumice%2BPink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605833887947239298" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-7565895775031359363?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-61299950778935444862011-04-15T01:02:00.000-05:002011-04-15T01:02:01.664-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XacXLEXXnJg/TaFIIIoe3lI/AAAAAAAAfsc/vO9btPZBqZU/s1600/Matte%2BOrange.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XacXLEXXnJg/TaFIIIoe3lI/AAAAAAAAfsc/vO9btPZBqZU/s400/Matte%2BOrange.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593831516764298834" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6129995077893544486?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-67276242412908319332011-03-14T19:21:00.002-05:002011-03-14T19:24:23.730-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8bGUAch_AmY/TX6xHm0UIUI/AAAAAAAAez8/G1B22f5JBMI/s1600/Matte%2BBrown.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8bGUAch_AmY/TX6xHm0UIUI/AAAAAAAAez8/G1B22f5JBMI/s400/Matte%2BBrown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584095332223164738" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6727624241290831933?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-34948376704924816462011-02-13T15:57:00.001-06:002011-03-14T19:22:43.936-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TUiCbxSJg0I/AAAAAAAAegs/gH8xzWWLEik/s1600/Garnett%2BBrown.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TUiCbxSJg0I/AAAAAAAAegs/gH8xzWWLEik/s400/Garnett%2BBrown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568844352841155394" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-3494837670492481646?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-85562389041502014782011-01-14T16:21:00.000-06:002011-01-16T16:25:35.648-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TTNv3NAoN2I/AAAAAAAAedM/5vHwujl7SPk/s1600/Mica%2BOrange.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TTNv3NAoN2I/AAAAAAAAedM/5vHwujl7SPk/s400/Mica%2BOrange.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562912958908479330" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-8556238904150201478?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-39006932460138992412010-12-11T19:53:00.001-06:002010-12-12T14:48:06.931-06:00This gel medium has little clear glass beads in it. When I started adding acrylic to it, I decided to go with a “Jurassic Park”-like effect.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TQA2-M-2FmI/AAAAAAAAeEI/_SVOEHTiTsQ/s1600/Bead%2BOrange.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TQA2-M-2FmI/AAAAAAAAeEI/_SVOEHTiTsQ/s400/Bead%2BOrange.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548495183185057378" /></a><br />mixed media on canvas, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-3900693246013899241?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-78928350333404844932010-11-13T19:08:00.000-06:002010-11-13T19:08:00.420-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TNtCMmav3WI/AAAAAAAAdxA/PtD_HWKIF7M/s1600/Inside%253AOutside.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TNtCMmav3WI/AAAAAAAAdxA/PtD_HWKIF7M/s400/Inside%253AOutside.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538092951020756322" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-7892835033340484493?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-37786704231159804522010-10-13T19:03:00.000-05:002010-11-10T19:08:38.633-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TNtBJmeHr7I/AAAAAAAAdww/vF9y1fj8_l4/s1600/Oooops.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TNtBJmeHr7I/AAAAAAAAdww/vF9y1fj8_l4/s400/Oooops.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538091799983665074" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-3778670423115980452?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-66486924507775058012010-09-16T15:12:00.000-05:002010-09-16T15:17:03.393-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TJJ7Gb1t0HI/AAAAAAAAdLM/9T9Cmn3gI0c/s1600/Morning:Evening.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TJJ7Gb1t0HI/AAAAAAAAdLM/9T9Cmn3gI0c/s400/Morning:Evening.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517607843964768370" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6648692450777505801?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-17673763780627099552010-08-13T15:01:00.000-05:002010-08-19T15:10:18.822-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TG2PgQM97pI/AAAAAAAAc60/PB5VLTlt64Y/s1600/Wash+Me.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TG2PgQM97pI/AAAAAAAAc60/PB5VLTlt64Y/s400/Wash+Me.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507215703611928210" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 11 1/2" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1767376378062709955?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-17606019599178902022010-07-11T15:32:00.000-05:002010-07-13T15:33:55.308-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TDzNkBG-kHI/AAAAAAAAcXI/rHG7Nk3TNH0/s1600/Pink+Brows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TDzNkBG-kHI/AAAAAAAAcXI/rHG7Nk3TNH0/s400/Pink+Brows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493491664141848690" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1760601959917890202?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-87581457443060974292010-06-14T00:35:00.002-05:002010-06-14T00:36:31.993-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TBW_wvqxAEI/AAAAAAAAb_E/8VtM24e6Yig/s1600/Rose+Brows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/TBW_wvqxAEI/AAAAAAAAb_E/8VtM24e6Yig/s400/Rose+Brows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482498965543911490" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-8758145744306097429?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-6591307347138476592010-05-11T01:45:00.000-05:002010-06-14T00:36:46.332-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S-zyQvOWfjI/AAAAAAAAbjc/tky4ZND-vQI/s1600/Blue+Brows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S-zyQvOWfjI/AAAAAAAAbjc/tky4ZND-vQI/s400/Blue+Brows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471014016716799538" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-659130734713847659?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-78175819924622020952010-04-13T15:55:00.002-05:002010-06-14T00:36:46.338-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S8TahGVzqjI/AAAAAAAAa8o/kOLDTlW1Nw4/s1600/Gold+Brows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S8TahGVzqjI/AAAAAAAAa8o/kOLDTlW1Nw4/s400/Gold+Brows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459728910452501042" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 11" x 15"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-7817581992462202095?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-11948073733953895252010-03-13T21:18:00.001-06:002010-04-11T21:22:56.174-05:00For the last several years I have looked at works by <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=Takashi+murakami&hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_ehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifn___US230&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title">Takashi Murakami</a> and wondered what I might do in that spirit. I was trying to think of image. Well, I decided to work with an eyebrow motif in symbolic form. Some years ago I was at a Supercuts and the hair stylist was all set to do trim my eyebrows. I got a little ticked that he was just about to cut them.<br /><br />I’m not sure what I’ll do to finish them. Maybe they are finished. Anyway, I’ve been on the fence with these for five years now. Hopefully something will move me. They are now in a place where I am forced to see them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S8KDNrs0ZsI/AAAAAAAAa8Y/H8mmappztgA/s1600/Eyebrows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S8KDNrs0ZsI/AAAAAAAAa8Y/H8mmappztgA/s400/Eyebrows.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459069969418708674" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 4 canvses, 8" x 8"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1194807373395389525?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-3740067763298208282010-02-19T23:21:00.002-06:002010-03-09T23:38:36.783-06:00Since I had given my students sketchbooks, I wanted to encourage them to decorate their sketchbook covers. I got the idea from an art professor I met at SUNO. At the beginning of one class, he held up his gradebook and said, “this is not finished.” The next time the class met, he showed us the outside cover on which he had drawn with different colored markers.<br /><br />For this drawing, I used a white enamel paint pen. I began with simple shapes in a patterned along the other edges of the sketchbook. Gradually I worked my way to the center of the cover. This is just one side of the sketchbook.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S5csZVoJyfI/AAAAAAAAa2o/qRTpdcfUcq0/s1600-h/Sketchbook%2BCover.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S5csZVoJyfI/AAAAAAAAa2o/qRTpdcfUcq0/s400/Sketchbook%2BCover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446871088141814258" /></a><br />enamel paint on sketchbook cover, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-374006776329820828?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-91705036170660841162010-01-23T23:02:00.001-06:002010-03-09T23:17:45.113-06:00Some years ago while browsing the Art section of Barnes and Nobles, I happened upon a book called The Japanese Experience: Inevitable. The book featured the work of a group of artists that call their art “Super Flat.” It is a Japanese Pop Art movement. I bought the book, which traces the art movement’s history to earlier Japanese art – sometimes described as a “floating world.”<br /><br />The students, I was teaching at the time, were very excited about Japanese Animé. So the content of the book fit the kids’ interests. I had the idea to take an unfinished stool and add a Super Flat-like painting to it. Although I wasn’t successful in getting the students to paint their own stools, they liked seeing me paint my design.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S5coCSZJ1zI/AAAAAAAAa2g/Um3kNjTpKfY/s1600-h/Super+Flat+Stool.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S5coCSZJ1zI/AAAAAAAAa2g/Um3kNjTpKfY/s400/Super+Flat+Stool.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446866294090094386" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S5coCEpRYSI/AAAAAAAAa2Y/-8IXbQRscxI/s1600-h/Super+Flat+Stool+2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/S5coCEpRYSI/AAAAAAAAa2Y/-8IXbQRscxI/s400/Super+Flat+Stool+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446866290399600930" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-9170503617066084116?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-60266701146420411892009-12-11T23:36:00.001-06:002012-01-30T22:41:49.365-06:00When I attended an art educator convention in Boston during the spring of 2005, an ad using pink with orange flames got may attention. So, I used the color combination in this final mixed media piece.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Premonition%20Pink.0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Premonition%20Pink.0.jpg" width="262" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 24"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6026670114642041189?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-22753766694318153432009-11-07T23:29:00.002-06:002012-01-30T22:42:09.284-06:00In this charcoal dust and watercolor mixed media piece, I repeated the process. This time my colors were inspired by the film "House of Flying Daggers."<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Premonition%20Green.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Premonition%20Green.jpg" width="256" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 24"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-2275376669431815343?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-11790482128175855682009-10-21T23:23:00.001-05:002012-01-30T22:42:31.508-06:00Some years back I'd seen a technique demonstrated involving charcoal dust. Water is applied with a brush to areas that are to remain whitest. Charcoal dust is then sprinkled across the page. Then a bucket of water is splashed across the page. The dust sticks to the areas that were dry. This process is best done outside because of the mess involved.<br /><br />Afterwards I used spray fixative to keep the dust on the paper. On top of the dust I painted watercolors. I was pleased with the result.<br /><br />This is the first one I did for my students to show them what was possible. Folks have told me it looks like a map. I simply painted complementary colors.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/premonition%20orange.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/premonition%20orange.jpg" width="261" /></a><br />mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 24"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1179048212817585568?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-63455141996188247352009-09-14T00:16:00.000-05:002012-01-30T22:43:51.701-06:00During the spring testing of 2005 I drew this piece beginning with a grid. Using Prismacolor Sticks, I drew expressive lines across my grid. Then I added circles inside each box. I proceeded to blindly pick six colors at random as I filled in each box and the circles within. Filling out testing forms had inspired this part of my piece.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/Stv2j51p8CI/AAAAAAAAXdY/KBG0kKDL4GQ/s1600-h/120+Colors+11:07.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="286" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394176075388022818" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/Stv2j51p8CI/AAAAAAAAXdY/KBG0kKDL4GQ/s400/120+Colors+11:07.jpg" style="height: 286px; width: 400px;" width="400" /></a><br />colored pencil on paper, 21" x 26.5" <br /><br />After I rendering with the six colors, I again chose six random colors. When I reached the last of the 120 colors, I put the rest back in the box and picked at random again. This went on until I completed the piece.<br /><br />From the outset I was determined to use all 120 colors that came in the Prismacolor box. So often artists are advised to only use a limited palette. Anyway it took a while to finish this drawing.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6345514199618824735?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-59208632570635417212009-08-02T23:29:00.000-05:002012-01-30T22:43:31.675-06:00This piece was inspired by sites in Denver, Colorado.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Sea%20Floor.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="398" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Sea%20Floor.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />acylic and molding paste on canvas, 20" x 20"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5920863257063541721?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-69543111832303830662009-07-28T23:28:00.000-05:002012-01-30T22:44:10.367-06:00This piece was inspired by sites in Denver, Colorado.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Petrified%20Rock.1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Petrified%20Rock.1.jpg" width="395" /></a><br />acylic and molding paste on canvas, 20" x 20"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6954311183230383066?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-65931858783223353752009-06-14T22:46:00.001-05:002012-01-30T22:44:30.490-06:00At a workshop I played around with molding paste on canvas. This is one of three pieces that I painted following the workshop. It was inspired by sites in Denver, Colorado. I wanted my students to see an example of using molding paste on canvas.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Red%20Rock.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Red%20Rock.jpg" width="393" /></a><br />acylic and molding paste on canvas, 20" x 20"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6593185878322335375?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-15889369780454470462009-05-11T20:59:00.000-05:002009-05-12T21:02:49.608-05:00In college when I took the course Freehand II, there was a project we did that involved charcoal rubbings on tracing paper collaged with colored inks. Later on when I was teaching, I thought I’d experiment with the same method. I already had those supplies and I wanted to convince my students to work with mixed media. So I created this piece as a sample. Usually if the students saw me enjoy making a piece first it was an easier sales job to convince them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/SBOH9e-uszI/AAAAAAAAH38/mgptjW6BzC4/s1600-h/Artroom.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zPzveb_czZk/SBOH9e-uszI/AAAAAAAAH38/mgptjW6BzC4/s400/Artroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193644285646254898" border="0" /></a><br />mixed media, 11" x 15"<br /><br />This time I used rice paper to make charcoal rubbings from objects and surfaces around the artroom. I then painted matte acrylic polymer to adhere the rubbings to watercolor paper. After the rubbings were dry, I spray fixed them. I then painted layers of color inks on top of them.<br /><br />While digging through some boxes I found this piece. I think I will try to do some more works using these materials. It’s a direction that I really had not pursued.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1588936978045447046?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-15277009930838319252009-04-21T20:09:00.000-05:002012-01-30T22:41:22.992-06:00My reason for creating this drawing was to show my students a finished color pencil piece. I wanted them to see what was possible when layering different colors of color pencil.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/curls%20gone%20wild.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/curls%20gone%20wild.jpg" width="280" /></a><br />colored pencil on paper, 20.5" x 28"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1527700993083831925?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-9366825737618460972009-03-14T01:34:00.000-05:002012-01-30T22:46:06.464-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0XMmsS_YmQ/Tydx-3dbb0I/AAAAAAAAigA/BxKVgh0_mtw/s1600/Abloom.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0XMmsS_YmQ/Tydx-3dbb0I/AAAAAAAAigA/BxKVgh0_mtw/s400/Abloom.JPG" width="399" /></a></div>watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-936682573761846097?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-25246757759476966852009-02-22T00:39:00.000-06:002012-01-30T22:43:02.680-06:00This was my first attempt at a watercolor canvas painting. Although I didn't have my students working on this type of canvas, I had them see what is how different it is.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Afire.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Afire.jpg" width="393" /></a><br />watercolor on canvas, 12" x 12"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-2524675775947696685?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-22902353712013588092008-09-26T23:49:00.002-05:002008-09-26T23:52:44.318-05:00Do you ever read the Sunday comics in full color? Did you realize you’re looking at pieces of the Sunday comics right now?<br /><br />This collage is made up of pieces of the Sunday comics collected between September 2004 and March 2007. The only thing that they have in common are the colors. Speedball acrylic gloss is used to glue them down on Reeves BFK paper. I recently took a break from my dot artwork to complete this piece.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/RzSTijXhJXI/AAAAAAAAEpo/t-Ok_FZkRUQ/s1600-h/Purple+Blend.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/RzSTijXhJXI/AAAAAAAAEpo/t-Ok_FZkRUQ/s400/Purple+Blend.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130888097300555122" /></a><br />collage, 10.5" x 19"<br /><br />So what made me create this work?<br /><br />Well back in the summer of 1998 I took a trip to Chicago and saw the work of Ray Yoshida. He taught at the School of Art at the Institute of Chicago. I enjoyed the show so much I bought a catalog.<br /><br />It wasn't until seven years later in March of 2005 that I got around to doing a piece in the spirit of the work I saw in Chicago. Cutting out the pieces from the Sunday funnies was very time consuming. I wanted my students to see how the context of the comics could be changed in a collage. It was a good way to show them how to use found materials.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-2290235371201358809?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-51614748707786556792008-08-16T23:53:00.001-05:002008-09-26T23:55:46.313-05:00The materials for this collage were handed to me at a lecture on Hannah Hoch in Boston. It was one of many seminars I attended at a national art teachers convention in March 2005. The speaker asked 25 of us to make a collage out of the materials she put in a cellophane bag. She referred to it as a "Dada bag." When I returned home, I worked on this piece as an example for my talent art students. I wanted them to see how unusual materials could be used to make a collage.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/We%20See.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/We%20See.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />collage, 17.5" x 24"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5161474870778655679?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-60205131011330643482008-07-07T02:32:00.002-05:002008-07-07T02:37:39.946-05:00This piece started with a demonstration I did for the Jefferson Art Guild. I poured paint as a start. After that I had to let the paint dry. It wasn't until days after that I went back into it.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Reef%20Madness.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Reef%20Madness.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6020513101133064348?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-87084218338394752592008-06-25T13:26:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:05:06.170-05:00This one started as a demo for the West Bank Art Guild back in 1995. Mostly I used a stencil and sprayed acrylic with a toothbrush.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Pink%20Sensation.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Pink%20Sensation.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-8708421833839475259?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-38999863320869468442008-05-12T01:45:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:05:53.163-05:00This painting started with a tennis ball rolling an orange acrylic path that proclaimed a glow worm. The texture came about from imprinting pine straw. The Metairie Art Guild was fascinated by the tricks I showed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Glow%20Worm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Glow%20Worm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-3899986332086946844?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-79748302686897149862008-04-27T01:28:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:06:46.522-05:00This piece was painted around the time of the Hale-Bop Comet passed us in the 90s . . . members of a cult killed themselves in the belief that they would catch a ride on a spaceship traveling with the comet . . . The smear became the comet occurred at the demo I did for the West Bank Art Guild. It was a "happy accident."<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Blame%20it%20on%20the%20Comet.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Blame%20it%20on%20the%20Comet.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-7974830268689714986?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-83008992667158560682008-03-18T01:31:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:09:02.632-05:00At the demonstration where I began this piece, another artist pleaded with me to stop. She liked it the way it was at that stage. "Well, I'm not finished," I told her.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Algae%20in%20Bloom.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Algae%20in%20Bloom.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-8300899266715856068?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-7441419268477013302008-02-09T01:40:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:09:46.814-05:00Again, this painting began a demonstration for the West Bank Art Guild. I used string dripped in acrylic paint. Also, I scraped som paint around. It was an expressive mess. All I could think about was how it looked like a messy windshield. But that bright yellow-green seemed more "not-of-this-world" - hence my title "Cosmic Windshield."<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Cosmic%20Windshield.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Cosmic%20Windshield.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-744141926847701330?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-47342895155931381412008-01-21T01:50:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:10:57.574-05:00This one contains a lot of the experimental watermedia techniques I use, but I never felt like it worked out quite the way I had hoped. I just sort of had to say to myself "It is time to stop."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Splash%20of%20Pink.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Splash%20of%20Pink.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-4734289515593138141?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-10152670018201736472007-12-09T01:48:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:12:20.555-05:00This one resulted from scraping acrylic paint with a credit card. The technique takes advantage of the rough canvas texture. The art guild I demonstrated this one to enjoyed seeing me work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/What%20the%20Hey.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/What%20the%20Hey.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1015267001820173647?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-57732937909820398702007-11-11T01:20:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:13:22.378-05:00A local Catholic school had a special day when artists demonstrated at tables at the school. This is one of several I worked on as the girls came by to look. I had seen "Jurassic Park" around the time I worked on this piece - hence the dinosaur eggs. I played with stencils and sprayed acrylic with a toothbrush.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/RjGBk0HuNeI/AAAAAAAACXI/wtLfJOtkDwE/s1600-h/Are+Those+Dinosaur+Eggs%3F.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/RjGBk0HuNeI/AAAAAAAACXI/wtLfJOtkDwE/s200/Are+Those+Dinosaur+Eggs%3F.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057966325980083682" /></a><br />acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5773293790982039870?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-83255862162763146102007-10-03T09:49:00.000-05:002008-07-07T02:43:14.136-05:00During a spring break from college, I went with a group to a mission in Mexico . . . one of the churches we visited used shamrocks symbolically in stained glass to represent the "Holy Trinity" This piece began as a demo for a group of students at a Catholic high school . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Trinity.1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Trinity.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />graphite on paper, 18.25" x 24.5"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-8325586216276314610?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-10928344108975682062007-09-07T03:01:00.000-05:002008-07-07T03:02:12.601-05:00Some years back I was asked to demonstrate non-brush watercolor techniques to some kids who attended an art camp program. This is one of two pieces that were begun with a demonstration. I then worked back into them to finish.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R4VCF5iZdXI/AAAAAAAAFh4/2gahY4sFzA8/s1600-h/Just+Right.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R4VCF5iZdXI/AAAAAAAAFh4/2gahY4sFzA8/s320/Just+Right.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153598017707275634" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 19" x 25.5"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-1092834410897568206?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132186311758027082007-08-19T01:10:00.000-05:002008-07-07T03:02:38.995-05:00My students did not understand the term "value" in art. I showed them these grids and had them look at the pieces at a distance. This was to let them see how to make grays by using lines and dots.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Line%203.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Line%203.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Line%202.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Line%202.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Line%202.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Line%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ink on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113218631175802708?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-59239236007215218332007-07-09T01:02:00.000-05:002008-07-07T03:01:31.936-05:00I wanted to do something "Pop" to inspire the students. Finishing was the hardest part. one student goaded me about seeing me finish this one in particular.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Smiley%20Burst.1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Smiley%20Burst.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />graphite on paper, 12" x 18"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5923923600721521833?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132184037632969292007-06-18T21:57:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:24:38.000-05:00Here I was working with graphite dust. Also, I wanted to make a point about depicting a three-dimensional object with shadows and highlights.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Magic%20Ball.1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Magic%20Ball.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113218403763296929?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-3902474660499413282007-05-27T01:17:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:28:30.789-05:00This was an experiment to see how color pencil would work on some mat-board I had in my classroom. I was demonstrating drawing with color pencil to the students. Specifically I wanted them to understand the layering of color pencil and the use of warm and cool colors. Also, I wanted them to see an example of how to make a landscape from imagination.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Ridge.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/200/Ridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />colored pencil on illustration board, 6" x 12"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-390247466049941328?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-57421467748014072662007-04-15T01:05:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:21:26.525-05:00This was an experiment to see how graphite would work on some mat-board I had in my classroom. I was demonstrating drawing with graphite to the students. Also, I wanted them to see an example of how to make a landscape from imagination.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Range.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/200/Range.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />graphite on illustration board, 9" x 12"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-5742146774801407266?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132183983228346062007-03-18T21:52:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:29:43.190-05:00In this piece I sketched a shape and then went back and erased through as well as smudged the graphite. I then went back and drew into the erased and smudged areas. It's a destructive technique.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Head%20%26%20Arm.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Head%20%26%20Arm.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113218398322834606?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-62209405757702085112007-02-21T01:14:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:30:31.426-05:00This was just a doodle I stuck in here. I used it as an example of what can be done as doodle - with just pencil.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Laser%20Eye.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/200/Laser%20Eye.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />grahpite on paper, 3" x 6"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-6220940575770208511?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-91533897358153761492007-01-03T13:30:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:31:13.784-05:00In this demonstration I showed students how to glaze watercolor over stenciled shapes, splatters and drips. I discussed creating depth through this process.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R3037JiZdLI/AAAAAAAAFgc/3cWqv7bTKiA/s1600-h/Rock+Glazing+Demo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/R3037JiZdLI/AAAAAAAAFgc/3cWqv7bTKiA/s400/Rock+Glazing+Demo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151335038093718706" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8 1/2" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-9153389735815376149?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1147844578438775002006-12-17T00:39:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:31:44.135-05:00These circular shapes were made from stencils that were sprayed by watercolor on a toothbrush. Then they were glazed with several layers of watercolor. Different colors were used for each layer.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Rocks.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Rocks.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Rocks%202.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Rocks%202.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-114784457843877500?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132195380415932812006-11-12T20:37:00.000-06:002008-06-25T15:33:31.898-05:00Enamel paint is floated on top of water. Paper is placed on the surface of the water and then pulled up. Two or more colors are ideal for best results.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Marblized%20Paper.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Marblized%20Paper.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />enamel on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113219538041593281?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1137369286187981292006-10-15T17:52:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:34:11.290-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Expressive%20Line.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Expressive%20Line.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />colored pencil on paper, 12" x 18"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113736928618798129?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1137369339215190272006-09-15T17:50:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:34:41.846-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Cube.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Cube.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />colored pencil on paper, 12" x 18"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113736933921519027?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1137369220956679882006-08-15T17:48:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:35:33.309-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Spheres.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Spheres.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />colored pencil on paper, 12" x 18"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113736922095667988?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1133132875754354512006-07-29T17:52:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:36:23.460-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Palm%20Pattern.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Palm%20Pattern.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />colored pencil on paper, 12" x 18"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113313287575435451?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132797927189572502006-06-23T19:50:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:01:02.526-05:00Alphabet letters can be used to create organization for a composition. Here are the more interesting pieces I drew for my students.<br /><br /><br />A<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/A.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/400/A.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />C<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/C.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/400/C.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />D<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/D.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/400/D.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />E<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/E.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/400/E.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />F<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/F.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/400/F.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />H<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/H.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/400/H.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />colored pencil on paper, 4.5" x 12"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113279792718957250?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1147844882295044062006-05-17T00:44:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:37:01.065-05:00Plexiglass was painted on with watercolor. Paper laid on top of it and then print pulled.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Face%20with%20Purple%20Eyebrows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Face%20with%20Purple%20Eyebrows.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Fang%20Monster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Fang%20Monster.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Red%20Eyebrows.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Red%20Eyebrows.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-114784488229504406?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1131769295247019642006-04-11T22:21:00.000-05:002007-09-03T22:05:08.651-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Rubbing.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Rubbing.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />crayon rubbings on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113176929524701964?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1131769429743346892006-03-11T22:22:00.000-06:002007-09-03T22:05:08.652-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Flower.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Flower.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113176942974334689?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1131583434322661772006-02-09T18:34:00.000-06:002007-09-03T22:05:08.653-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Trees.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Trees.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Trees%203.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Trees%203.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Trees%202.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Trees%202.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113158343432266177?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-9881978291537315342006-01-10T16:04:00.000-06:002008-07-10T04:16:09.577-05:00This piece started as a demonstration to my high school talent art students on how to draw on scratchboard using the scraping tools.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/SHXS5w-of7I/AAAAAAAAI3o/n32L1Oq5zEM/s1600-h/Scratchboard.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_zPzveb_czZk/SHXS5w-of7I/AAAAAAAAI3o/n32L1Oq5zEM/s320/Scratchboard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221311232847937458" /></a><br />scratchboard, 5" x 6"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-988197829153731534?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132183881975161012005-12-27T15:32:00.001-06:002008-07-07T02:41:12.952-05:00Here are some paintings I completed for a "Positive Space/Negative Space" project with high school students. I wanted them to see a variety of possible solutions for one project. Each one shows a different ways to break up space of a leaf shape and its background.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%201.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%202.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%203.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%204.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%204.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%2010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%2010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%2011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%2011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%205.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%206.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%206.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113218388197516101?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1132183749688309462005-12-27T15:27:00.000-06:002008-07-07T02:41:48.748-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%207.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%207.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Leaf%209.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Leaf%209.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113218374968830946?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1131582842395272812005-11-09T18:30:00.000-06:002008-07-07T02:23:43.705-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Fish%202.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Fish%202.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Fish.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Fish.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113158284239527281?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807236.post-1131581926188864232005-10-31T19:00:00.000-06:002007-09-03T22:05:08.664-05:00These pieces were created to show my art students the possibilities for completing a project.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Horns%20%26%20Fangs.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Horns%20%26%20Fangs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Witch.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Witch.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/One%20Eye.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/One%20Eye.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Ghost.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Ghost.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/1600/Horns%20%26%20Fangs%202.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4725/1796/320/Horns%20%26%20Fangs%202.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18807236-113158192618886423?l=demoart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dotartdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153712056928026621noreply@blogger.com0