RB art blog

zoe-girl WIP

2010-06-08T22:09:00.002-04:00

i've been loving this photo of zoe-girl for a while.. and i was feeling inspired the other day, and i just so happened to have picked up some canvases at michaels last month...

in any case, here is my WIP.

Little Miss A

2010-06-07T07:14:00.003-04:00

i guess i never posted this.. wtf... anyway.. it's won a spot in this years "On My Own Time" show at the Everson. The opening of the show should be October 15th.

progress

2009-04-26T23:44:00.001-04:00

i worked more on the coat today.. and some subtleties in the rest..

new drawing

2009-04-25T23:10:00.004-04:00

i'm doing another drawing.. this is a commission.. the recipient doesn't know about this, so if you know her, don't say anything. this is a work in progress.

done.

2008-09-24T21:18:00.000-04:00

alright. i'm done..

i'm calling him goldy.

2008-09-22T22:19:00.002-04:00

i think one more night will do it! woot! it's unbelievable what a difference just two of the 6 brushes i bought have made. so totally worth it.

golden retriever

2008-09-21T18:53:00.000-04:00

i've been commissioned to do a painting for one of KMs real estate customers as a closing gift. he has a golden.. this will be my 3rd, wait 4th dog painting.. :) oh wait, if you count lucy its 5. damn.

anyway.. i better finish this tonight, i don't have a whole lot of time during the week.

finished...

2008-04-08T20:55:00.001-04:00

woot! i have been doing a commisioned piece for AF of her friends daughters. i am pretty satisfied with it.. it looks nice in the frame too.. too bad i can't get a good picture of it in the frame..

twins - in progress

2008-04-06T22:32:00.001-04:00

i have been working on a commissioned drawing.... i might be done...

olga's house

2007-08-05T00:33:00.001-04:00

the neighbor across the street is turning 80 this month. her party is next weekend, so i have been doing this drawing of her house. it's going way quicker than i thought. i think that having it ready for next sunday will be no problem.

WIP update

2007-07-08T22:38:00.000-04:00

i painted today... here is where i'm at. i've been gathering some pics for new pieces.

work in progress...

2007-07-07T17:54:00.000-04:00

here is the current painting i'm working on.. i need to pick another subject to start.. so i can have a couple going at once.. email me photos for consideration.. i'm trying to stay in line with my series idea.

this is the finished product on this one..

recent works.

2007-07-02T08:41:00.000-04:00

here is the patty picture that i am finally done with. i think this might be for my personal collection. RH made it clear he didn't want it..

here is the first in a series of people that i am embarking on.. hmm. now that i see it on the screen, it might need a little more work..

drawing dan.

2007-05-12T18:20:00.000-04:00

today was a male model. he must be a regular model because he brought his calendar with him to make plans to model again! wooo who!

he was very nice. he looked a little bit like, and reminded me of, my old roommate JTs brother.

we did three forty minute poses.

pose number 1. i think this one is my favorite of the day.. one of these days i am going to finish a drawing.

pose number 2. pastels are sooo hard for me to use. i am going to look and see if they make pastel pencils so that i can block in color with the sticks, and then refine it with pencils. and i need a darker color than my current dark brown.

pose number 3

my moms school's art teacher was there. cath told me she goes. it was nice to see her, i hadn't seen her in years. she is so talented. i kinda think that i will alwyas look up to my teachers though, ya know. i'll never forget my first drawing teacher in college and how he wore jeans and asked us to call him jon. i think i fell in love with him at that moment. he set the bar in my opinion, i don't care how good i get, i don't think i could ever be as good as he was. he was my hero!

i think i can mke it next week too. then i have plans for the next two weekends in a row. maybe in those two weeks i can make it to a wed or thurs night class.

finally i got my ass to drawing.

2007-05-05T14:20:00.000-04:00

it's been probably 6 months since i drew last, so here is my attempt..

this group is small, meets saturday mornings, and they are all older people.. very nice people. we draw 5 1 minute gestures, and 3 45 minute poses. the model wasn't feeling well ,so we only did 2 45 min poses. the space is a gallery with studios in the rest of the building. and one of my old high school teachers has space there. the one that inspired me to stick with art after high school. i am so nostalgic!

anyway... here are my 2 drawings.

the model was insanely thin. great model though.

this is my first attempt ever at colored pastels. it took me a good 30 minutes to discover that i could get much better results if i blended all the colors with my hand. i need to watch some other people that are good at pastels and learn from them. :)

next week i think i heard the woman say there was going to be a male model. woo who!! it's been a long time since i've worked from a male model. i can't wait!

Screen Actors Guild Awds

2007-01-28T22:45:00.000-05:00

Finally, i set aside time to make Nooners mail art. i had been thinking about it for a long time. i hope ya like it nooner! Let me know when you get it and i'll post the pics..

drawing jennifer

2006-11-15T22:28:00.000-05:00

tonights model was one of the very best models ive ever drawn. she was so inventive with her poses. i wish my gestures were better or i'd show you. she was very thin and held crazy poses, but not dumb poses, good drawing poses. she must do pilates or yoga or something. when i see models like this i think, god, i will never compare to her when i pose for a figure drawing class some day (its on my list).

here are the 20, 30 and 60 minute poses..

i got at least some of the stool in this time..

this was an incredibly difficult angle, i should have moved, but i am lazy.

painting in progress

2006-11-12T15:22:00.000-05:00

i'm starting a series of paintings.... the inspiration for these paintings was the david hockney portrait exhibit i saw at the MFA in boston before i left. he did countless portraits of people that came into his home. my intention is to do a bunch of them all the same size. and show them somewhere, maybe in the next open figure drawing group show.

shuttlecock

2006-11-11T00:44:00.000-05:00

i have been saving these beer labels for a really long time, i hadn't really thought of how i could use them, but i wanted to use them. i decided i would make picket fences out of them for this piece, but they looked stupid when i got them all cut out. so i made them into the kind of fence that just looks like spikes. :) when i got the bears on the page i intended to put them behind the fences i made, but liek i said i hated the fences. so i quickly scanned my brain for an activity that i could engage the bears in. first i thought of volleyball, then i thought that was boring. badminton is much more exciting.

jk, leave me a comment when you receive this..

EDIT:: alright, i received confirmation that this mailart made it to its final destination...

10 thirty pm nov. 10.2006

2006-11-11T00:38:00.000-05:00

i wanted to do another suspended in tape mail. when i cut out the hole, i fit a couple pieces in and i think it looked wicked cute. i also loved the stamp that was naturally on the cardboard.

jlg, leave me a comment when you receive this!

EDIT:: i've received word that this made it to its final destination.. however.. it was supposedly delivered in an enevelope. wooot!

drawing suzette...

2006-10-26T00:13:00.000-04:00

i love birds. this was brought in by the model. it was a halloween theme tonight.

i think this is my favorite one of the night. it was a 10 minute pose.

ugh. this one was a 30 minute jobber. not my favorite.

i had two completely random women come up to me at the end of class and tell me how much they liked this piece. it was hard to do, this woman would not sit still. grrrr.

next week is a show, no class. i will be able to watch LOST in real time.

figure drawing group.

2006-10-18T23:14:00.000-04:00

i am back from my first night at figure drawing. we did five 2 minute poses, five 1 minute poses, five 30 second poses, a 20 minute pose, break for snacks, then a 30 and a 60.

here are the 20, 30 and 60 minute poses...

she didn't really look like a witch mask.

the floating stool!

teeny tiny claw hand!

i don't think this is too bad for my first time out in about 7 years. i plan to go every wednesday if possible..

the only downside is i will consistantly miss LOST.. :( good thing for dvr.

michael fish scofield

2006-09-04T20:29:00.000-04:00

i've been wanting to do this style of postcard from the beginning...

i've also been watching so much prison break that is all i can think of.

bykfam, let me know when you get this..

phew. it didn't get lost... he got it.. i can continue on with my life.

art show at essential kneads

2006-08-29T11:56:00.000-04:00

i have an art show during the month of September at this place called Essential Kneads. i will be hanging my work on Wednesday. the reception will be during their "wellness fair" towards the end of the month. i will be sure to notify people in the area. i came across this opportunity on craigslist. this woman advertised a need for artwork.. how exciting! maybe i'll sell something!

here is a link to the artwork i have pictures of... i add to it as i take pics...

Dear Laguna

2006-08-28T11:50:00.001-04:00

The latest piece of mailart is #2 in the series that i started last time. i completed it in NC whilst watching endless hours of Laguna Beach.

i'll post the pics when i hear that it has been recieved.

fun with cookie cutters

2006-07-27T21:50:00.000-04:00

this piece came about pretty quickly. i got the idea and then as i looked around everything was right there. i thoroughly enjoyed myself doing this too, until i was applying the gloss at the end. the marker ran, i should have hair sprayed it. next time, live and learn.

i don't want to give anything away, so i'll post the pics in a few days when the piece reaches its home.

flight 93 history channel

2006-07-05T09:54:00.000-04:00

i sent out my 4th piece of mailart today. it should arrive on friday to its destination... i started this one back when i was living in MA. it should be obvious what i was going for when you see it. i wanted to cut out a face similar to what i did with one of my college sketchbooks, but the front and back didn't line up properly. i finished it with found objects from my old apt. comment when you receive it...

i hope that its obvious that it was meant to be a smiley face. :)

two hundred twenty dollars and fifty cents

2006-04-25T23:06:00.000-04:00

the third mail art is on its way to HK's house. so, when it gets there i'll put up the pic...

alright, she received it..

i was going through some of my shoe boxes full of stuff decided what to move, and what to shred, and i got to my shoebox full of movie tickets, baseball game ticket stubs, play tickets, airline flight coupons, concerts...basically i have every ticket i've ever recieved for everything..

so i thought i would put them to good use. :) then i totaled up all the money i spent on just the tickets that are on that particular postcard. i spent $220.50 total. shiiiit.

i was able to see beautiful mind for free because i saw it the weekend of the oscars at the ghetto theater in somerville where i was working at the time. i saw that one by myself. :) its funny what memories were brought up when i looked at those ticket stubs...

matinees one hundred ninteen dollars and seventy-five cents

2006-04-23T21:48:00.000-04:00

the 2nd piece goes to AR. let me know when you get it.

she received it!

this is the first piece i made that had the movie tickets in it. only, this piece has only matinee ticket stubs.. i spent $119.75 on this particular piece. i keep all sorts of stuff, i have enough "stuff" to make hundreds of mail art! wooot! this weekend i am going to make some more.

dinner april 22nd, 2006

2006-04-22T23:18:00.000-04:00

this is my first piece of mail art. it went to my friend JI, she was one of my college roommates. more to come when she receives it..

this was a collaboration of found materials from my dinner on april 22nd. i had steamed spinach dumplings, white rice and sesame tofu. i also cut up all the chinese food menus in the house that night for their characters. (sorry LK)