New Directions

So. I have this blog, and I post up my art on it, and that's what I do. I would, however, like to expand it, like to move it towards something more, even just like to update it more!

I'm thinking I might expand this ole sketchblog to perhaps include artist, artbook, and artsy movie reviews. Would that totally ruin this whole thing I've got going now? Would all you lovely Scots leave me behind for not being pure in my art posts?

What should be the first thing to post? Perhaps I ought to watch an artsy movie and write a review. Any new artsy movies coming out, or should I just review any ole artsy movie I watch?

I've got tons of artsy artbooks I could review...would you all be interested in that?

Anyway, I've already implemented some changes to my sidebars, but look for more in the future. I want to be one of those information-packed blogs that lots of people go to, so tell all your friends, and link me up!

The Second Crow

And here is the second crow. I like him better than the first, in general, and the drawing, particularly. I didn't want him to be as complex as The First Crow, but I will still probably put him in a frame and pour resin on top of him. I love my resin :-).

The First Crow

And now...a piece of "real" art. Every once in awhile I go off on these "real" art kicks where I make something (or things) that are completely random, with whatever seems to be lying around. They are often kindof dark, and messy, and 100% serendipitous. I "do things" to the painting that then take it to a different place or a different level. Then I do more things. I add and add until it tells me it is done. It's very artsy-fartsy, and very relaxing.

This one's "The First Crow," mostly because there is a second crow, and will probably be more after that too. He started as a drawing, and came out a painting, encased in resin and sealed into a rustic-looking frame that reminds me of a creepy old house in the woods at Lake Tahoe. This little dude is for sale on Etsy.com, in case you want him! He's also to be hung at the KALEID Gallery, in San Jose, where I am currently showing some work.

New Art, ZOMG!

I know it seems compeltely IMPOSSIBLE, but I have, indeed, drawing something for MYSELF, and not for a client, and I can post it here. Woot! It's been sooooo long, and i'm afraid my Scottish readership has given up on me, but with every intention of creating new art in the near future, I shall begin to post it all here again.

So here's a little sketchysketch of a lady I saw yesterday, at the Impressionist's Picnic (one of those silly costume dance/picnic things I love to go to). This drawing is from my head and in marker and pen, done after-the-fact, and in a style more true-to-me than trying to imitate Sargent and failing, lol.