New artwork
Monday, February 6th, 2006
This is my latest drawing, (tentatively) finished less than an hour ago. My inspiration for this was a photo I took at one of the missions (San Jose?) in San Antonio, a detail of a stone archway around a chapel door. With the exception of the cherub’s face (which I’ll probably go back and rework), I’m very pleased with the way this turned out. All that relief work gave me a fit–all artwork goes through an ugly stage, but those bits stayed in the ugly stage for a very long time. Since this drawing is small it went pretty fast–I just started it last night. It felt nice to actually make some artwork after spending so much time just thinking about it. (”Stone Angel” pencil on Bristol, 4×6″)
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While roaming WetCanvas!, I stumbled across an artist’s website featuring a really neat mixed media concept–pop art paintings and collages on old records. Check it out here. I think it’s a great concept and many of the pieces are a whole lot of fun. My particular favorite is “Bad Day 2.” If I had more money, I’d buy 3 or 4 because I think they’d look cool in a group on my wall, but alas! I am a poor college student, even if I am finally employed. But putting the state of my wallet aside, it’s a unique and well-executed idea. I just wish I’d thought of it.
