back to the book

some watercolor sketchbook randomness... good paint on cheap paper.

hey jon, where's your sketchbook?

i've fallen behind recently on the pocket sketchbook of late... mostly working on a stencil series and doing my sketches ad hoc on whatever is laying around. here is what may be considered a stencil sketch as it's a test version of a piece that will most likely be on wood or canvas..

hockey hall of famer (and certainly mustache hall of famer as well) lanny mcdonald. part of a broader series of sport's great mustachioed heroes in line with woodgrain larry and the illustriuos michael jack schmidt. we'll see how it goes.

Basketball Jesus a.k.a. Woodgrain Larry

i did this piece (spray paint, acrylic and gold leaf on panel) with the intent on giving it to espn's bill simmons at his book signing in philly today... but alas i teach a section of drawing at the local community college at night and could only cut the class a bit short... so i jet out, hit the rainy highway and hope for the best. make decent time and arrive at borders in center city at 10 after nine only to have the doughy f*ck at the door tell me about their strict closing policy... bite me.

i am belligerent enough to get his boss down there who gives me the same schpeil and a "bill's been signing for 3 hours." no sh*t, i know what time it started and the truth is, i don't want him to sign anything, i just wanted to give him woodgrain larry and a hearty handshake. settle up a bit for the hours of procrastinating he's provided in my cubicle. so manager guy agreed to bring it up and put it "in bill's box." HIYO!

here's hoping the dough boy made good on his word and basketball jesus finds a home at the simmons's's's and not at the bottom of the border's books dumpster....

pens & markers

testing a line of pens and brush tip markers....

dive! dive! dive!

these are a few preliminary sketches for a large wall piece at the streets 2k9 mural event in new brunswick, nj. the arctic red jellies and pacific sea dragon didn't make the final cut. the diver mask was created as 4 layer stencil, the rest of the marine life was freehand spraypaint and paint marker. you can see the finished piece here.

The Northeast Corridor Challenge

a whole month since the last post? yikes. anyway i gave myself the challenge of doing a quick drawing at each stop while taking the train from hamilton to nyc. the train only stops for 30-60 seconds and i only (ok, mostly only) drew while the train was stopped. the final drawing is from the post office steps on 8th avenue looking at penn station/the garden. it was a fun excercise for sure...

overdue dump...

busy as hell with the new house (visible in one of the sketches) but wanted to try to keep the practice of regular posts up... hopefully i will.