RAW natural born artists Show

I'm really excited to announce that I will be in an art show at the end of this month. The show is being put on by RAW:natural born artists, it will be August 23rd, 8:00-midnight, at BackStage LIVE [1305 East Houston St., San Antonio]. 21 and up, cocktail attire. There will be a fashion show, independent films, performance art, bands, jewelry and other visual artists. You can buy tickets in my name here, only ten bucks. If you can't go to the show but still want to help me out by buying a ticket (I have to sell twenty to keep my spot), then I'll send you a little drawing of something as a thank you. 

Nothing Today

Jar of mineral spirits that I use to wash my brushes.

Vashti

I kept trying to draw this tiger from the Toronto Zoo at a reasonable size, like 8x10 or something, but I couldn't get it started. After a while, I realized that this tiger deserved to be drawn at life size. Most of the picture was drawn in charcoal, with highlights in white pastel and white acrylic paint. I initially tried to sketch in pen, before I realized that it was a waste of time, so scribbles in pen are visible here and there.

Vashti, 22x30 inches, mixed media on heavy paper.

Vashti, detail, 22x30 inches, mixed media on paper.

Much thanks to MoonsongStock on DeviantART for the reference photo!

Vashti, out on the porch to show the size.

Nothing Today

Not really feeling too artsy lately, so here's a few pics of my OMS Jar, showing a few days worth of brush cleaning.

 Wish I had taken notes on what painting I was working on during these, have to remember to do that from now on.

OMS Jar

Not much going on lately, so here's a picture of the jar of mineral spirits I use to wash my brushes.

Feo

Feo is a mixed media drawing, made from a few different pictures combined. The majority of the drawing is done with charcoal, sharp dark marks were put in with pen and highlights were done with white acrylic paint. The paper is a soft, heavy light grey paper with deckled edges, sorry I don't have a good picture of the edges at the moment. I really wanted to draw the appaloosa horse (whose name is Feo), so I made up a background to finish out the composition.

Feo, mixed media, 8x15 inches, finished.

Feo, detail of clouds.

Feo, detail of horse.

I really like this picture, so it is currently hanging on the wall in my room. Maybe someday I'll sell it, but for now I like it too much. 

Calliope

 This is a painting I finished a few years ago. It was done with oil paint and galkyd medium, which is good for doing paintings with lots of layers, because it dries quickly and is mostly transparent. If the galkyd layer is extra thick it sometimes dries with interesting textures, called alligatoring, like on the left side of the painting.

Calliope, oil on canvas, 11x14 inches.

Calliope, detail.

Calliope, detail of galkyd layers and alligatoring.