This here is the final version of my latest piece for Gallery Nucleus.
It's 5X7 watercolor, pencil, ink, acrylic, Tria, AND Prismacolor on medium paper....THAT is a lot of materials on one small piece of paper!
I'm sending it out in the morning, but I'm not sure when you can expect to see it for sale on their website, either way, it's going to be $50, with proceeds benefiting The American Red Cross.

Been working hard, as always.

Literary piece

 Just clearing my head

Quick Digital Sketch for a Traditional media Gallery piece (more info to follow)

 I've had a busy few weeks, and haven't had time to draw much at all, so I've been making up for lost time.

These are only a couple of the pieces I've been working on. The girl was drawn on "Painters Paper" I bought a huge roll to do my floor, and ended up with loads left over. I like working on it. It's really inexpensive, very resistant to wrinkling from paint, doesn't bleed with markers, and is pretty resistant to creasing.....It's really nice, but terribly dark!

Ths second piece is done on leftover old newsprint from my Days at Gnomon (Man, I can't believe how long it's been) Anyway, I sketched it out, inked, and painted it, then decided it needed a little something extra, so, I scanned it in, and plotted out the lettering around him, and then put the piece through the printer to get the letters around him.....Kind of a lot of effort for a sketch, I'll admit, but I really like how it came out, and now I know how to do it for future works, so it works out all over.

I also decided to re-draw one of my own digital works in traditional media. Again, I used the Panter's paper ($10 for 60 sq.ft. at HomeDepot!) This is how it came out: I'm pretty happy with it. I again used the scan-and-print method I devised earlier to ad the blue behind the subject of this piece.

I've also been working on a couple of commissions and contract pieces, but I'm not yet allowed to share those, stick around though, maybe soon.

Newest piece. I sketched it all quickly-like just to hash out the idea, but then, in a fit of insomnia, I ended up taking it too far. It's just office-style paper cut down to 5X7, So it wrinkled up from the paint.....I kinda like that it did though....I think it kinda' ads..
In fact, I like it so much, I've decided to sell it off, $30 including shipping -OR, I'd throw it in absolutely FREE, if you buy one of my Gallery Nucleus Pieces - That's 2 for 1 on my artwork, Y'all!

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pin/13663

I've taken this weekend to get some things done that have been neglected lately; 

Chiefly, I spent time working on my Motorcycle, watching Mad Men, and catching up on commissions. I have been very swamped lately. I haven't fallen behind, of course.....after all, it's me; But works been coming at me a lot the past few weeks. -It's really nice!

Anyway, I've been working on this commission for the guy who bought my first Gallery Nucleus Piece. He hired me to conjure up a companion piece. He wanted it to keep the literary/nautical theme of the last piece, but this time he requested Pirates and Mermaids as well.
I decided to document my process this time, unfortunately I didn't think of it until I was already working on the final iteration. It's been a fun piece, but it's taken quite a bit of tossed ideas to get to a composition I liked. -and I REALLY like it.-So here we go: 
After I had sketched the piece out digitally, I transferred it to thick bristol paper. I do this different ways depending on a projects time constraints, and what's available to me at the time. i.e. Tracing paper, transfer paper etc. I then draw it with a mechanical pencil. .05 or a .03 depending on how small the details, and how dark I need the lines.

  

After that's done with, I go over key lines in ink. For this I use a Prismacolor premier 005, a Farber-Castell B, or Higgens India ink. it all really depends on the Line-weights I'm trying to achieve.

Next up I painted the background. Recently this has just consisted of a colored circle. It's not only crazy easy, and simple, but I think it's pretty effective in offsetting the piece without being distracting, or a time-suck....Perfect!
In painting these, I use .50 acrylic from the local craft store. It's cheap, doesn't ripple my paper, and dries quickly, so a jackass like me won't spear it when he runs his hand through it....and I always do. (It's hard to believe I have a successful second career as a pinstriper/signpainter/pinup painter, but I do!)

After that's done, It's time to move on to greyscaling. for this I use only the best...8 year old Tria markers I bought for my Visual Communications class at Gnomon...I don't think I used them more than twice since then, until a couple of months ago. Tria markers are amazing. Some people like prismacolor markers, and I've used them...heck I have a drawer full of them, but my heart's with Tria. They blend better, they come with 3 tip-sizes on one marker, and hell, they've lasted me 8 years....So, my money's with Tria.

Next up was the shading with the tria markers. I just go over the points I want shaded after the original pass has dried, with the same marker.
-It makes the perfect level of shading.

Normally I'd call that about done, but on this project, the client requested purple tailed mermaids, and, since I am not in the business of telling clients "no" I used crayola watercolor to ad the purple.

It's not called "Not selling art" People.You do what the client asks.

 Finish up with a few little touches to shading,

Then it was just a matter of using a razor, and ruler to cut it out.

I hope you found this enlightening...or at least entertaining.

-Fin.

As promised, here's a picture of the two pieces I submitted to Gallery Nucleus.

They went online yesterday, they haven't sold yet, but if you want them, you should be quick about it; My last one sold within something like 20 hours

Also, you should act fast just because I think they're pretty swell.

You can see detailed shots, or if you feel so inclined, purchase one, or both of them by following these links:

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pin/13664

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pin/13663

Also, something worth talking about, I have been working part time/freelance as an advertising illustrator for Spyderwise media in SLC for some time now. They recently contacted me, and I have been given the position of Lead Illustrator for their company!
So, if everything goes as planned I, the Mrs., and the Studio are going to be moving again!

Thanks for stopping by.

-B.

Two New Pieces headed off to Gallery Nucleus today. and as promised, I'm posting them here before they sell...........Of course, I'm not actually going post them here until they're up on Nucleus' Gallery, so this is complete Bullshit.

But here's a shot of me drawing one of them!!

 Hopefully these two new pieces are as successful as my last one the Gallery sold.

SPEAKING of my last piece, the buyer is shipping it back so I can put Iris' in her eyes, apparently the way I draw eyes it gives his wife a case of the uncomfortables. Truth is, she's not the first to lodge such a complaint to me, and I am more than happy to oblige. He also wants to commission me to do a companion piece, which promises to be quite enjoyable, as he would like something with mermaids!

this whole experience has got me curious however, as to whether postmen would be annoyed if they knew we were making them lug the same thing back and forth across the pacific for us.....oh well!


Anyway, back to the new pieces for Nucleus: I made the classic blunder and sent off the wrong file to the Gallery. (What a Bing-Bang I am!). And had to do write the embarrassing email explaining myself, and sending them the right one....Oh well, It wasn't the first time I've had to do that, and won't be the last.
I have somewhat of a predilection for making a fool of myself.