Influences

Artists are always influenced by other artists. Those influences don’t have to come from famous artists. During our drawing group’s Skin Deep exhibit last March I bought one of the drawings by one of our favorite regular artist attendees, George Donoho. As I organized a stack of drawings the other day, I unwrapped the Donoho drawing I’d bought and realized there's another drawing on the back side of the one I bought. After scanning the drawing I thought it would be interesting to base my own drawing on the Donoho drawing.

Young Woman
26" x 18"

The original Donoho drawing

Leg Shadows

Leg Shadows
Charcoal on white paper

Woman on a Pillow

Another print on aluminum made from an earlier drawing, charcoal on newsprint.

Woman on a Pillow
Digital print on aluminum
Black float frame (not shown)
16" x 24"

Thinking

A digital print made from one of the life drawings in the previous post. 

Thinking
Digital print on paper
40" x 30"

Drawing Then Maria’s

One of our favorite models returned last night and provided a variety of great poses. About a dozen artists attended. After three hours of drawing, pal Bob and I always stop by Maria’s Restaurant to have a beer with chips and salsa.  

Which makes for a quintessential Santa Fe Tuesday evening. But maybe that’s just me.

Thinking
Detail, charcoal on white paper

Thinking
Charcoal on white paper

On Her Side
Charcoal on white paper

Quick Pose
Charcoal on white paper

Bandaged Foot
Charcoal on white paper

Arched Back
Detail, charcoal on white paper

Arched Back
Charcoal on white paper

Model in Profile
Charcoal on newsprint

Brunette

Brunette
Digital print on metallic paper
28" x 30"

Color Abstraction

Detail from a new digital canvas in production.

Braided Pony Tail

Model with Braided Pony Tail
Charcoal on paper

Recent Models

Charcoal drawings from recent Tuesday night life drawing sketchpads. 

Sleeping Beauty
Charcoal on newsprint

Pondering While Posing
Charcoal on Canson paper

Zeus
Charcoal on newsprint

Leaning
Charcoal on newsprint

Model’s Stool
Charcoal on newsprint

Huddle-up
Charcoal on newsprint

Florentine Ambience

Finally got around to sending this image to the lab for a digital print on aluminum.

Florentine Ambience
24" x 24"

Blue Girl

Another digital canvas that originated from a charcoal on newsprint life drawing of a model wearing a bandana.

Blue Girl with White Bandana
28" x 28"

Bandana Art

Limited edition fine art bandanas. Affordable, wearable, washable art. 

This edition is available at CafePress.com/jtcanvas.

Blue Pillow
Digital print on bandana
22" x 22"

Graffiti

Graffiti from a web site that was created last century (late 1990s). As with any restroom graffiti, the opinions expressed on the wall of this restroom do not necessarily reflect my own personal opinions. Drawn with Corel Painter (from what I’m told). 

Model and Stool

The model holds on to a stool during pose. Or perhaps she’s a hitchhiker. Semaphore flag signalling? All sorts of possibilities.

Model and Stool

Psychedelic Cabernet

I made some changes to an existing image (a tribute of sorts to Peter Max) to output on aluminum. Aluminum prints with a high gloss finish can reproduce colors more vibrantly than other mediums. And vibrant color is what this image is all about. That and red wine. If you start feeling this vibrant, however, you should throttle back a bit on the cabernet.

Psychedelic Cabernet
Digital print on aluminum
30" x 40"

One Ear Showing

Tuesday's model provided lots of dynamic and interesting poses. My favorite drawing of the night was of this stoic, straight-forward pose with flowing dark hair and one ear showing.

Two-minute pose

I Hate Rejection

Another piece in the Drawings Metallic collection. This image is for an exhibit themed Under Construction, But I haven’t decided yet if I want to enter. I hate rejection. Maybe that’s a better title.

Everything Is Under Construction
Digital print on aluminum
40" x 30"

Detail

Classical

This print is another in the series Drawings Metallic. I like how the classical feeling of charcoal, linen, and parchment contrasts with the extreme glossy surface of the aluminum and the juxtaposition of traditional subject matter with a contemporary visual presentation.    

Classical Back Pose
Original: charcoal on newsprint
Digital print on aluminum
24" x 16"

The background texture of the image below is from a scan of a page of the Psalter of Henry VIII, one of many amazing ancient documents in the British Library. The result is a combination of pre-classical background texture, classical pose, contemporary figure rendering, and a 21st century presentation on glossy aluminum. I call it Pre-Classical Post-Contemporary SantaFe Superflat Modernism. With a hint of Post-Coloring Book. 

  

Not-So-Classical Back Pose
Digital print on aluminum
36" x 30"

Blue Pillow

In progress: another digital variation of a charcoal-on-newsprint drawing.

Blue Pillow
Digital print on aluminum
30" x 24"

Back Pose

One of the poses of last night’s model at Argos Gallery. 

Charcoal on newsprint