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Old City Collagraph over watercolor
A romantic view of the old city in Tallinn, Estonia as I saw it from my studio window this past summer. The buildings date back to the 1200's

More Figure Studies

 5 Minute Marker and watercolor sketch

One Minute Blue Figure sketch

One Minute Marker Drawing

20 Minute Watercolor
Our model held some truly difficult poses. The challenge was to render them as quickly as possible.

Figure Drawing Marathon at Palette and Chisel

At the Palette and Chisel Watercolor

Redhead Watercolor

At the Palette and Chisel Watercolor

This New Year's Day I spent the day drawing and painting figure  models from life at the Palette and Chisel in Chicago. It was a solid day of working in an old mansion converted into studio and gallery spaces in the Gold Coast section of Chicago. It was a great opportunity to work directly from the figure surrounded by other artists who were doing the same thing. I used a set of Schmincke watercolors. Lately I have been using a set of St. Petersburg watercolors. they are both good quality paints, but the colors are noticeably different, especially the blue hues.

Wedding Sketches

I brought my sketchbook and markers to a family wedding New Year's Eve. These quick sketches capture the mood.

Watercolor and Collagraph Continued

Still Life Collagraph
There is no mystery about the subject matter here.

One More Watercolor and Collagraph Combination

Flowers and Lace
This reworked watercolor is less abstract than yesterday's, but has more contrast and sparkle.

New Ideas with Old Materials

Nets 1, Collagraph over watercolor. Hand-coloring prints is an old technique. This weeks I have reversed the process and printed on top of watercolors. My first piece suggest and aerial view of land and sea and nets being flung.

Watercolors from Figure Drawing Sessions

Lately I have been combining watercolor markers with wet watercolor. The following drawing started as a dry marker cityscape. It was a very misty morning and I misted the drawing to get the following results.

Dry marker drawing on watercolor paper of St. Michael's church in Chicago.

Here is the same drawing after the water spray.

Australia New Zealand Watercolor Marker Portrait Sketches

Queenstown

More New Zealand Watercolors

The scenery on the South Island in Queenstown and Milford sound was spectacular and inspiring.

New Zealand Watercolor Landscapes

Portrait Sketches from Australia and New Zealand Trip

Estonian Windmills

This relief print is of the windmills I photographed two years ago in Estonia. The left is Estonian style. The building is rectangular and the whole structure is turned manually when the wind shifts. The windmill on the right is the kind that Van Gogh pictured.

Woodcut plate

My latest project is relief prints made with MDF plates which resemble wood block. The picture shows the inked block.

New Work New Exhibit

I have been contuing my experiments with collographs ( or  collagraphs, both are correct). The latest have been made with just cut paper on top of good quality paper. I notice that it is easier to work with scissors than with an Exacto knife.

I have also coninued with oil portraits. Pictured are some examples. Most are on display at the Bartlett Viallage Hall gallery during the month of June. The reception is scheduled for 6:30 on June 21. The exhibit is sponsored by Arts In Bartlett.

Collograph demo for Des Plaines Art Guild

Monday night I will be demonstrating various collograph techniques with some new advice about water based printmaking inks at the Prairiei Lakes Community Center in Des Plaines.

Collograph Printmaking Demo

St. John Writing Revelations

Tom H. posed as the apostle John for this painting. the painting will be on view in Seoul S. Korea in Bible Expo 2010

My First Post

Portrait sketch of Thelma at Karen Ramberg's Christmas party