Monday, February 27, 2017

Gulf Presbyterian - watercolor

watercolor, 2016
available, 9"x12"

      This is a little sketch of a church not too far from my home, but done from a Google Maps Street View image. My biggest issues with this one is, of course, the trees, with which I'm never happy, and the small suggestion of a graveyard. I should have made that a bit more prominent. The shadows on the building could have gone a bit more cool or warm; it doesn't matter which. They just need to have some color. The red door color was a change from the original to add pop and an obvious focal point.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Decoy #2 - watercolor

watercolor, 2016
available, 9"x12"

      Here's another duck decoy. I'm very happy with the texture on this little fellow -- and the form shadows on the head. They worked out nicely.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

55 Desoto - ink + watercolor

mixed, 2016
available, 9"x12"

      A quick, little ink and wash classic car. This one works out pretty nicely in spite of a general loosening of the details in the chrome grill.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The Camper - charcoal

charcoal, 2016
available, 8"x11"

      The most famous attendee of everyone's favorite summer camp. Something special but off-beat for St. Valentine's Day. Remember what happens to lovers in horror movies.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

53 Skylark - watercolor + ink

mixed, 2016
available, 9"x12"

      Not much to say about this one. Just another ink and wash classic car. I really like the graphic nature of Buick's old vertical grill. The ink on this one has a unique look because I used Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper instead of the smoother paper I normally use for inks. The paper texture made for a lot of skipping -- or micro-skipping -- in the ink line. I like the look a lot, but I'll probably stick to the smoother papers most of the time.

Monday, February 6, 2017

Salisbury Corbel - watercolor

watercolor, 2016
available, 11"x15"

      This is architectural detail from a building in downtown Salisbury NC. I just thought it would make an interesting subject.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Bethabara Blacksmith - watercolor

watercolor, 2016
available, 11"x15"

      When I saw this historical re-enactor (and real blacksmith) at an event at Bethabara Park early last fall I wanted to get shots of him doing blacksmith stuff; you know, hammer, fire, red-hot metal. I circled for a good half-hour. But he was talking a group of kids showing them some nails and hooks he'd made. I settled for a shot of him leaning on his anvil. The pose, costume, actor and accessories all work just as well as an action shot. And, I'm pretty stoked (get it;) about how this portrait worked out.
      Bethabara Park, by the way, is a partially restored and preserved 260-year-old Moravian settlement in Winston-Salem NC.