new toy

Just finished this my second ever oil pastels work. Made with my new toy - Pentel Arts Oil Pastels, 50 sticks, 49 colours.  It is the easiest media in matter of materials that far, you have spare minute, open your pad, open the box of pastels and go on. No need of water, no stains on the table, no need to clean your brushes afterwards - just plain fun. I am in my very beginning and not sure what to expect from it. So I have just tried to do something and based my drawing on one of Duane Wakeham wonderful works. Here it is:

colors

This one we started with my 1 year and 7 month old son earlier today, he did a few broad strokes with 2 inch flat brush and then we had a long break, I've finished it a few minutes ago, when he has been already sleeping. It is a brief color study with scratching, mixing colors on paper, glazing and blending, wet in wet, wet on dry, painting wood and stone walls technics - just a quick refresher made with good old Saint Petersburg watercolors and 3 brushes: half inch flat/ 2 inch flat and a rigger.

sketchbook #0, 2009

I've just found my old sketchbook. it seems like it was when I bought that Faber-Castell "shades of grey" artist pen set for the first time.

the birth of the cowboy

this one was initially made as a gig poster but ended up as an illustration to the thanks list. made using my third best friend - faber castell mechanical penil - a way more eco friendly than any other pencil since you can use it forever with just replacing the lead. Later is was fully outlined with my Pilot pen and blackened with TOMBO acid free art markers.

the sound of one hand clapping

This is one out of 12 illustrations that I've made for Ricochet's new record "in the shadows of giants". This particular one - the last one 12/12 was made using my old friend Faber-Castell CASTELL 9000 2B pencil and my presently favorite gel pen Pilot V Ball Grip 0,5mm - nothing beats this one in my eyes.