Artwork in March

March 14, 2016

Artwork in March - 01

Having kicked small pencil sketches to the curb with the ending of last month's project, I've been exploring other mediums. Here's a bunch of random things I've drawn or painted in the past two weeks.

Indigo Bunting - sketched from a pic I took while cycling last summer. We came across the downed bird out by Willard, Missouri. It had been hit by a car and was too beautiful not to eventually honor it in artwork form.

An accordion busker in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Squid in color pencil.

Puddles the Clown (Puddles Pity Party), look him up on Youtube. His work with Postmodern Jukebox is awesome and weird.

Pig

Star Lanes Bowling Alley in Carthage, Missouri

Using a wooden artist model to model robots.

Last month I picked up some rivercane bamboo along the Buffalo River, taking care to only take pieces that had already been broken off and dead. I don't want to contribute to erosion issues by taking live plants. It's probably not legal, anyway. I fashioned some rough dip India ink pens and made the following art with them.

Ghost crab, India ink and watercolor wash. Ghost crabs are native to where I grew up in SW Florida and their burrows dot the beaches.

Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas

Architectural flourishes in India ink, sketched from pics I took at the City Museum in St. Louis last year.

I like the look of the dip pens, but it takes some preparation to use the ink wisely and without mess, so I bought a standard brush pen and decided to take in my field carry sketch bag. Here are some done with it.

Masks from the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri