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I read an article on WND.com and liked it, so I recommend you check it out. http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/former-communist-spy-chief-celebrates-american-freedom/

I’m doing a series of studies of hands for an upcoming project, so I’m giving you guys a chance to look at them. Hope you enjoy. Graphite on 94 g/m2 sketch paper pad 9×6 inch sheets.

I’ll be putting these paintings up for sale soon and writing articles about how they were made, here’s just a peek.

I did these sketches on toned paper with compressed pastel pencil and white chalk.  The Riley picture I took time with but I did the Willow and Oz as a quick demonstration for someone just to show them white chalk … Continue reading →

Bargue drawings are used to practice art.  I’ll write a more extensive article about them later, but here’s a sample of one that I did recently (uploaded Sep 18th 2013) in graphite.This next one I could have worked on a … Continue reading →

Oh yeah, and I miss her too.  This sketch was done in about 20 minutes with a Dixon Ticonderoga HB 2 Graphite Pencil on an 8×10 Strathmore Series 400 drawing paper pad.  The eyes need more work with a sharp … Continue reading →

I’m starting on some flats for Batwing today.

This is a quick charcoal study for a self portrait that I’d like to do some time in the future as an oil.  “The Guitarist” shows myself with my backpacker classical guitar on the day I got it as a … Continue reading →

How will Obama, a self admitted Moslem, fundamentally transform America?  He is following these steps. Step 1 : Infiltrate Step 2 : Disarm Step 3 : Destroy  

Here’s one suited to the task.  I traced a photo of a hippo and placed a Santa hat upon him, colored him, and named him in scientific fashion.  Now he’s ready for Christmas or the end of the world, whichever … Continue reading →

I’m working on the flats for Marvel’s Avengers and Captain America.  Little time to blog or paint, but I’ll try to get you guys some pics of my latest stuff.  The Chen portrait is done, but I have to wait … Continue reading →

You may hear artists talking about their “palettes” and you may only have a vague understanding of what they are talking about.  This article will explain the concept more fully to you. When artists talk about their “palette” they may … Continue reading →

I have one of the Conte A Paris Conte 48 color crayon sets available at dickblick.com, but it didn’t come with a color chart of any type, which is normally fine with pastels since they appear in their fully saturated … Continue reading →

Last time we looked at some earth tones and stressed the importance of categorizing them by their dominant hue.  This time we are going to look at how applying the pigments in different ways and in different mediums can affect … Continue reading →

The vast majority of the time I paint with nothing more than earth tones to which I add mineral colors when needed. Philosophically I consider mineral tones to be earth tones because they are both crushed rocks, but technically earth … Continue reading →