#pen and ink
The portrait of my sister that is now on display at Corey Helford Gallery during the month of November for my solo, “Flesh Blood Bone”
“The First”, 2016, Ballpoint Pen, Ink Pencils, Ink Wash, Graphite, Colored Pencil and Gel Pen on Mixed Media Paper, 20 inches by 24 inches (approximately 24 inches by 28 inches framed)
I am incredibly happy with this piece and it’s symbolism.
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Day 30: Pinecone!
Day 29: Ruins!
All caught up! Days 26-28: Gem, Island, Snail!
Catching up, days 24 & 25: wings and monolith!
Combined days 21-23: Bridge, Bloom, and Arch
Day 20: Feather!
Day 19: Shore!
Day 18: Marker!
Day 17: Waterfall!
For auction, my World of Darkness original art published in the 1996 Mage the Ascension book Technocracy: VOID ENGINEERS. Probably my single favorite piece I drew for White Wolf Game Studio back in the day. It’s 12 x 16 inches, ink on Bristol paper.
SOLD
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Circle of Jan de Beer, The Lamentation, ca. 1505
Pen and ink drawing over chalk.
Image released into the public domain.
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Shibuya River re-imagined.
I made this illustration for the Japanology Plus television program run by the NHK World and hosted by Peter Barakan. I was featured in an episode exploring the relationship of people with Tokyo and a special episode about my art.
This piece was made as an example of what I’m often thinking about when making my art — not only showing Japan’s cityscapes in a way that makes them look cool but thinking and indicating what could be done to improve them. And so, this is the Shibuya river as I would like to see it — not a pitiful concrete-clad stream running through grey backstreets but a place that would be fun to visit and rest at.
Technical details:
- 300 g watercolors paper
- LAMY AL-Star M
- Sailor seiboku ink
- Schmincke watercolors
By the way, this is how that place really looks like:
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I went recently with Kana to the close to our new studio museum of old Tokyo - Fukagawa Edo Museum. This is a fascinating place for us because it contains a recreation of a few small old Tokyo (Edo) streets with some buildings you can actually explore inside.
I like to go there for the architecture and because I can stroll around and sketch even on rainy days (the exhibition is all inside a huge hall). Kana likes to go inside the buildings to learn about all the people that lived there (the exhibition is quite realistic and detailed).
On our last visit, while Kana was looking around, checking out some stuff for her Edo book, I sat down on one of the benches and started to do some sketches of a street corner.
The lighting in the museum is constantly changing because it’s supposed to simulate a whole day in Edo in just about an hour, so I focused mostly on the lines and only decided to add the colors back at home.
The paper I used here is not well suited for watercolors, so I tried my best not to overdo the painting.
Tools:
- MD Paper cotton sketchbook
- 0.7 B mechanical pencil (sketch)
- Fountain pen with grey waterproof ink (lines)
- Mijello watercolors
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