Henna BBQ

So I did this gig in the middle of Missouri yesterday. I really had fun. It was totally NOT like deliverance! :P

Everyone were really nice, good people.

Here are some pics:

New sketch

Sooooo....

It has been a rocky last 2 months, I'll tell ya all about it in another post. I'm still sketching with my drawing group and I love it. It's more adult but without the pretense.

Here's my last, enjoy, and as always, please comment and/or 'like'.

oil pastels on grey paper- 24 by 36

 

 

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Morning has broken...

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My latest...

So I have to put up a painting tomorrow for our senior thesis. I just finished this one, since my 3 other pieces will be at Koken for the Renaissance show...

Voila!

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Damn it! my comments are gone!!! :((

Painting is hard...

So I whipped out my paints last night at a painting session and did this. It was a lot of fun but I think I'm still searching for my own way of making marks. A lot of my strokes were tentative. I just need to do more and more and more :))

By the way, this was done in oils...

work...no, fun.

What I did last night. I was doing some exploration. :))

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New work

So I just got back from Koken. We had a group drawing / painting session. I did some exploration with Sumi ink on Yupo paper. It's such a strange texture but does some really interesting things. I still had time to so a pastel painting of the model. I also gave her one of the drawings.

Let me know what you think, and please click a few starts if you like it.

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New Show coming up...fast

So I'm part of a show that's coming up fast. The submission deadline is this Friday. I have to submit 3 large paintings, 3 by 4 feet and I've just started today! hahaha.

Leave it to me to work under pressure.

Should I show the progress of the work or just show the final product?

Venus Envy?

So I went to Venus Envy tonight at Mad Art Gallery. I had fun looking at everyone that was there. I even saw a few friends I had not seen in a while. It was also nice to get out of the house. I was starting to feel trapped with this snow...

I took some photos of some of the performers tonight. One girl, Ellen the fellon, really touched my heart when she sang. Her boyfriend was killed in a hit and run a few weeks ago. She was in the car with him as she told him she loved him. That was the last thing she said. Most of her songs were about that experience.

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Tuscany here we go

So a friend of mine commissioned me to do a painting of a Tuscan landscape sunset with red flowers.

It's done and will be delivered tomorrow, yay!

Here it is, what do you think? I did it for $200. Not bad heh? So, who's next??? lol

 

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More henna today...

So I did a little more henna today at MoKaBes coffee across the park.

Let me know what you think...At least rate it.

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More henna today at MoKaBes

Letme know what u think...

New henna

Ok, so I just did some henna. Here it is...

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School...

So, how is it possible that I'm getting more by doing my own thing than what get from school? Maybe I've been using school as a crutch and now I'm ready to fly on my own?

I think I put too much hope and expectation on people and things...

Classical or Expressionist

I've been working on my self portrait for class and I HATE it. I can't stand this tedious glazing and glazing and glazing. The process is just tooooooo slow for me.
I guess I'm more of an expressionist type of guy. I like my brush strokes to show.This is who I am, my brush strokes, not my subject.
Anyway...my ex sent me a text photo of her baby last night. I swear she's doing this on purpose! So I sent her back a text/photo of my new bedroom :)
I think the last thing I text her was: I curse the day I met you! hahaha.

So, I'm feeling much better now...

So, I still have some thoughts of anger about my ex but for the most part I'm really happy. It's a beautiful day, warm and sunny.

I've been working on this self portrait project for school. It's giving me a hard time. This glazing is....slow. : ) I don't think I have that kind of patience. lol.

Here's the piece:

So, I've been drawing again...

I've been going to these drawing/painting groups and for the most part, I really like it.

Here are two drawings I did. They are made with dry pastels. I just bought some oil pastels today, I've never used them. I can't wait to see what I do with them...

Ok, so I added a couple more photos of some sketches I did last night...

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some of these were done in 20 minutes, some in 10.

Some prints...

I forgot to post some of the prints I did in my printmaking class last semester...

Enjoy!

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Wow, it's been a while...

So...to make a long story short, I was engaged and now I'm not. : )
I was in love, truly, but as it turns out, she's a great manipulator and a very selfish person...Oh well, enough about that.

I'm starting to get somewhere with my art. I'm still in school, at UMSL, and plan on being there for at least another semester. I realized something there. I need to market my SELF not so much my WORK. I have an interesting background and story. I've modified my work so that it may reflect that.

This is a photo of the style I'm doing now. It's not a great photo but you'll get the picture...get it? get the picture? lol, ok, ok, bad joke...



I think this will be a great year for me :P

Latest henna

Ok, so here's my latest henna. What do you think?