Daily Art: Sketch

One of my New Year resolutions is to write or make art every day. As part of my new discipline, I drew this while waiting for pupusas on 24th in That Part of town.

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Snowman, Aghast

I’ve been practicing snowmen for the past few days (for the  next holiday card). Here’s my favorite so far.

 

Holiday Card, Red Hat Edition

Normally I get very bothered by stray marks and imperfect registration, but with this print, I’m really feeling it instead.

 

Holiday Cards in the Shop!

A few very kind friends have asked if the most recent holiday prints are available as cards, so I set aside this afternoon for printing. What with one thing and another, I got carried away and printed quite a few extra. So, slap they went into my Etsy shop. Drop by and take a look; there will be more prints to come, like the Santa hat above.  

 

Next Winter Print: Festivus Pole

Not a lot of free time today. All you people are getting is this Festivus pole.

 

Next Winter Print: Tree

This is getting to be fun. With planning and luck, I will maintain something like this pace for a few weeks. Here, have a tree.

Should have used a third color (blue) for the sky. I’ll print a few of those somewhen.

 

Next Winter Print: Snowflake, Better Photography Edition

Well, the phone’s camera isn’t so good for some things, is it? Here are the cards, in a more visually appealing presentation.

Added bonus: I laid down too much black ink, and so figured that I would just go ahead and print the giraffe plate, even though it’s not finished. I’m just glad to have that done and on the finished shelf.

 

Next Winter Print: Snowflake

No, I don’t do much two-color work. So here’s a little example of my branching out. I do enjoy that mid-1950′s illustration vibe.

 

Post-Thanksgiving Post

The final holiday of the Fall season, Thanksgiving, is finished here at home, and it is time finally for the Winter holidays. Though that knowledge doesn’t improve the sickly sweet omnipresent Christmas music experience one iota.

 

Moon and Clouds, A Quick Print

Testing the handmade brayer again. My apprentice was underfoot the whole time, constraining my workspace. Without freedom of movement, I couldn’t work the ink as much as I would have liked, resulting in some gloppiness. It’s most visible (or not, if you like) in the sun’s rays, which are just about all filled in. You can still see they’re there though, due to the lay of the ink, so all is not lost.

The paper is a coarse, inexpensive drawing paper for kids. After dampening, it held onto the water for a good long time.

I can’t lie; I’m a sucker for these low-angle shots. Please pardon my indulgence.

 

And here we see the awesome swoopy line that made such a statement, except that you can’t see it in any but one of the six prints. Grrr.