Second Drawing on Canvas Complete

I've realized that an excellent routine is emerging - I spend a couple nights a week drawing publicly in the neighborhood. In that time I strive to complete as much ink work as possible so that in the other couple of 'art days' per week I can take those pieces to my studio and paint over top of them.

Currently, I am creating a series of new crow pieces on canvas. I have now built up a good number of ink drawings, ready to be painted on.

This piece was drawn last night at a local coffee shop. I did the drawing component in two hours, during which time I received a good amount of feedback from passerby!

Expect to see the finished, painted work popping up on the blog/gallery site in the near future.

Drawing on Crow Canvas Complete

Last night I continued work on this new crow piece. I shredded another pen making it, but the drawing component is now done and I'm stoked to start painting over top now :)

Hockey Stick

I have completed a basic render on the hockey stick piece, #3 in the series. The three pieces are now about the same level of completion, around 50%. I spend the first half of a piece preparing the warm/cool contrasts, and setting up tonal structure and overall balance. Now it is time to take all three and fine tune/detail them all.

New Piece in the Work

Last night I spent a bit of time preparing some imagery and a larger canvas (2' x 3') in order to make a cool new piece with some room to play. I plan to treat this the same as my recent pieces, with a lot of intricate line work, then some loose paint applications. For this piece though I am particularly excited as I can really play around with larger washes, drips and other cool visual components. 

I'm going to spend some time on this over the next week or so and continue to post the progress! 

Some New Crows

I've done the underdrawing for a few more crow pieces. I will be painting on top of these in the near future. The paper is not yellow, that's the White Balance from the wonderful iPhone camera :)

Progress on Hockey Equipment Commission

I am currently working on a commission of three pieces of hockey equipment. I have completed the glove and skate to about 50%. I feel the warm and cool contrast is harmonizing these together in a nice way. Tonight I will be getting the third piece (the hockey stick) to this same level of completion.

I Sold My First Gallery Piece

I'm happy today because I just found out that my first painting in my first representing gallery (Power House Gallery and Studio in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) was sold! That's good news, because earlier today I lost my bus pass which kinda bummed me out :)

This is the one that sold, titled "Claw" :