Pirate Drawing

Pen and ink drawing of a pirate 

Ephrata Saints #6 Grace

Ephrata Saints #3 Sue - Finish!

Ephrata Saints #3 Sue

Ephrata Saints #2 Tim - Finish!

Ephrata Saints #2 Tim

Ephrata Saints #2 Tim - The end is near...

I am still very surprised of how quickly I am picking this up. It has to do with all of the years I spent only drawing. Behind every stroke of paint and brush are hours upon hours of drawing practice. 

Ephrata Staints #2 Tim

Starting to work on details....

Ephrata Saints #2 Tim

It is remarkable how the process of painting happens right before the eyes. Twenty years of only drawing is making this transition very smooth and enjoyable.

Step two: The Lay-in

Ephrata Saints #2 Tim

I started a new painting in my Ephrata Saints Series...
Step 1. Drawing

Step One: The Drawing

Morning Dancer

Morning Portrait

Ephrata Portrait

Learning to paint

I have started to teach myself to paint... of course I have picked up a little of this and a little of that along the way, 1,000 of hours of drawing, some inspiration from Ken Laager and reading a few Andrew Loomis books.

Morning portrait

Ephrata Saint Painting...

I started painting a portrait today. It took a lot of courage to take this next step in my journey as an artist. Drawing has been my mainstay for over 20 years. There has been flashes of painting over those years, but never in traditional oil. So here is the process.

I had one of the models from a
life drawing class pose and took a
picture using my iphone.

A background from the
arts and crafts movement.

Layout #1

Layout #2

First step it to draw a tight drawing from the photo
using panel board bought at AC Moore. 

Morning Drawing

Restaurant Sketches...

A couple of weeks ago I started to sketch a face for one of our bus boys. Each day he asked me for another one so the following is a small collection of those faces...

Drawing at work

People sketching

Morning Portrait

Morning Portrait....

Here is a quick step by step tutorial for a 3-5 min head drawing...

A quick 3-5 min head drawing tutorial...

Morning Coffee Drawings...

The Baltimore Hon Festival is right around the corner...

The work on "Rhymes" Continues...

Welcome to "Twig Town". "Rhymes is a world that is loosely based upon the story of the three little pigs. The races of beings are divided up between the Brick, Stick and the Straw people. A nomad group called the "Los Lobos" seek to control the world of "Rhymes".   All of this work is coming from a class called World Building with Sean Murray.

Rhymes Art Work Continues

The work on "Rhymes" Continues... "Rhymes is a world that is loosely based upon the story of the three little pigs. The races of beings are divided up between the Brick, Stick and the Straw people. A nomad group called the "Los Lobos" seek to control the world of "Rhymes". Today is a few sketches from an area of "Rhymes" called "Stick City".  All of this work is coming from a class called World Building with Sean Murray.

"Rhymes Artwork"

The work on "Rhymes" Continues... "Rhymes is a world that is loosely based upon the story of the three little pigs. The races of beings are divided up between the Brick, Stick and the Straw people. A nomad group called the "Los Lobos" seek to control the world of "Rhymes". Today is a concept painting of a panorama view of the animals and plants of "The Den". All of this work is coming from a class called World Building with Sean Murray.

"Rhymes Artwork"

The work on "Rhymes" Continues... "Rhymes is a world that is loosely based upon the story of the three little pigs. The races of beings are divided up between the Brick, Stick and the Straw people. A nomad group called the "Los Lobos" seek to control the world of "Rhymes". Today is a few sketches from an area of "Rhymes" called "Deep Lake Ruins".  All of this work is coming from a class called World Building with Sean Murray.

"Rhymes Artwork"

The work on "Rhymes" Continues... "Rhymes is a world that is loosely based upon the story of the three little pigs. The races of beings are divided up between the Brick, Stick and the Straw people. A nomad group called the "Los Lobos" seek to control the world of "Rhymes". Today is a few sketches from an area of "Rhymes" called "Deep Lake Ruins".  All of this work is coming from a class called World Building with Sean Murray.

"Rhymes" Artwork

The work on "Rhymes" Continues... "Rhymes is a world that is loosely based upon the story of the three little pigs. The races of beings are divided up between the Brick, Stick and the Straw people. A nomad group called the "Los Lobos" seek to control the world of "Rhymes". Today here are some sketches from an area of "Rhymes" called "Brick City Train Depot".  All of this work is coming from a class called World Building with Sean Murray.