Megabog, Salty and Jean-François Ducis
A ballpoint pen and pink ink pen sketch of Megabog’s Erin Burgy, Salty’s Jonathan Brokaw. Pencil sketch of French author Jean-François Dupis.
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A ballpoint pen and pink ink pen sketch of Megabog’s Erin Burgy, Salty’s Jonathan Brokaw. Pencil sketch of French author Jean-François Dupis.
Michael Art landscape, plein air, sketchbook, watercolor 0
An early morning plein air watercolor made on the northern slope of Canyon Road in Madras, Oregon. Inset sketch of pottery and baskets from the nearby Museum at Warm Springs.
Michael Art gouache, sketchbook 0
A watercolor and gouache sketchbook spread with drawings of a foreground figure for a larger painting. Includes a sketch of Met curator Dr. Randall Griffey.
Michael Art landscape, Moleskine, sketchbook, watercolor 0
A watercolor sketch from the river bank of the Old Chariton. The boys are near the center of the picture, walking down river far in the distance. It was a hot day, and the river was down pretty far. You couldn’t hear yourself think for the drone of the cicada.
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A pencil portrait of singer Natalie Norman. 4b pencil and stump on cream watercolor board.
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A watercolor, gouache and pencil sketchbook page spread of the main character from my father’s book, Martin Shannon. Also, notes from my son’s first trip to Chicago: daily agends; restaurant recommendations from strangers at the Art Institute; observations of artworks (“Sargeant’s muted late Florida watercolor make the viewer imagine the missing light”); and so on.
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A plein air watercolor and pencil sketch of the beautiful view from below Quandry peak, of the Mount of the Holy Cross. September 2018
Michael Art anatomy, gouache, portrait, sketchbook 0
A watercolor and gouache anatomy study of the serratus muscles, and of artist Matthew Cook.
Michael Art bookjacket, gouache 0
A gouache sketch for my dad’s book, The Saga of Martin Shannon. This was the final sketch which I followed for the finished art.
Michael Art portrait, sketchbook, watercolor 0
A watercolor portrait of artist Jocelyn Yao.
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A pencil portrait of my youngest son, John, in his Gi, awaiting a match.
Michael Art bookjacket, gouache, sketchbook, watercolor 0
Two watercolor sketch ideas for Dad’s bookjacket, but–while I like the feel–this wasn’t a good fit for the book content. Too tropical, too Robinson Crusoe.
Michael Art bookjacket, gouache, Moleskine 0
A watercolor gouache sketch idea for historical novel Martin Shannon, by Robert Buckley.
Michael Art Moleskine, portrait, watercolor 0
A watercolor and ink portrait of Hallmark photographer Eli Haman.
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A watercolor, pencil and charcoal drawing of Melancholy, appropriate for Halloween.
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A watercolor portrait of Meg Townsend
I’m happy to have this back in the house and hung on the wall. Paper modello, sculpture, pop-up whatever after Bassano’s late-Renaissance Adoration of the Magi (1563).
Michael Art Moleskine, portrait, sketchbook, watercolor 0
A watercolor portrait of artist Ken Sheldon. I particularly noticed the cast pink shadow behind his ear, translucent from the strong light.
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A watercolor sketch of the beautiful summit at Smith’s Rock, Oregon. What a great hike that was, in such a beautiful part of the country.
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A watercolor portrait of analyst Mackenzie Hine. This was a very fortunate little sketch and not a bad likeness, either.
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A somewhat traditional watercolor landscape of Herefords grazing in a Kansas field on an early July evening.
Michael Art after masters, portrait, sketchbook 0
A sketchbook page with a colored pencil study after Ruben’s Head of a Young Man (1601), a watercolor of Tess and a pencil of Sam B. These are the last pages of a huge Moleskine watercolor sketchbook that I could never love, the paper being of indifferent surface texture and an awkward, utilitarian A3/11×17. On […]
Michael Art portait, sketchbook 0
Pen and wash sketch of composer AJ Harbison
Michael Art gouache, modello, paper, sculpture 0
Gouache, watercolor, string and chipboard half-size modello for a larger oil on board painting after Bassano’s Adoration of the Magi (1563). Each individual shape is laser cut and assembled on a slotted wooden base of my own design. The base allows both for painting and display without a frame. I suppose it’s more of a painted sculpture […]
Michael Art Christianity, pencil, sketchbook 0
Pencil sketch of St. John the Baptist from the Nelson Atkins collection, and an anguished demon, sketches for a plaster bust.
Wash and pencil busts of a sorrowful–or perhaps anguished–witch and demon.
Michael Art Christianity, sketchbook 0
A red chalk and watercolor sketch of the Jewish concept of the cosmos, juxtaposed with Christ as Pantocreator, after Cranach’s Christ from the Last Judgement, on view in Kansas City at the Nelson Atkins.
My first oil sketch ever, of the kneeling Magi (Melchior?) adoring the Christ, after Bassano. This took ages to dry; perhaps my non-toxic oil technique (no petrochemicals) using spike lavender won’t work in a sketchbook?
Michael Art Christianity, Moleskine, sketchbook 0
A gouache and ink study of Francesco Bassano’s Adoration of the Magi
Michael Art exhibition, sketchbook 0
A small #gouache #painting I have in this years’ KCAI H&R Block Artspace #flatfile show, Club no. 01. With this work, I am revisiting a theme from 25 years ago, where I created #sculptural #lathe turned wooden clubs from recycled red #oak in all shapes, sizes and colors.
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I’ll have a few pieces in this year’s KCAI H&R Block Artspace #flatfile show, including this #paper #sculpture #modello, The Card Players no. 2.
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A 25 minute pencil portrait of artist Jessica Lin.
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A page of pencil and gouache studies and sketches for The Card Players, after Bruegel’s The Peasants’ Brawl.
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A pencil portrait of artist Abbie Bender.
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A gouache sketch of a woman, in rose tyrien.
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A pencil sketch of artist Erin Martinez.
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A sobering overview of the historical usage of chemical weapons usage during WWI, the Iraq wars, and the recent chemical atrocities by Syria and Russia. With former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired General Richard Myers, Dr. Tom Sack, President and CEO of MRIGlobal, and Dr. Ron Trewyn, the National Bio and Agro-defense […]
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A pencil and gouache sketch of Candy Guidry. 25 min.
Michael Art Nelson Atkins Museum, pencil, sketchbook 0
Pencil study of the sandstone Head of Buddha (584 AD) from the collection of the Nelson Atkins Museum:This sandstone Buddha head originally resided in Cave Eight of the Tianlongshan Buddhist caves in Shanxi province. It is dateable to 584 A.D. by the stele outside the Cave Eight entrance. Cave Eight is approximately 14 feet on a […]
Michael Art after masters, museum, pencil, sculpture, sketchbook 0
Pencil study of The Elephant Hunter sculpture (1927), by Malvina Hoffman. This was one of the most striking pieces from the current retrospective of Hoffman’s work at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. If you are in Iowa, I recommend taking time to visit this exhibition.Like her mentors Borglum and Rodin, Hoffman gravitated toward interpreting the […]
Michael Art pencil, portrait, sketchbook 0
Pencil and gouache portrait of Joel Franklin.
Michael Art after masters, gouache, sketchbook 0
A sketchbook page showing gouache drawings after Teniers (Temption of St. Anthony) and Pieter Aertsen (Adoration of the Magi – Presentation in the Temple). Here I am trying to figure out color and composition for my current paintings.
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This is a gouache modello painted on laser-cut foam board, after Pieter Bruegel’s Card Players. A grotesque, brutal, ridiculous fight scene.
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A watercolor and pencil portrait of Delaney Stevenson.