“Leave me be!” COMPLETED!
Sadly the Art in Bloom Event was cancelled so it doesn’t have a home now.
Now I will try and get one more work completed before The 100 Day Project Ends!

Here is a fun work I am in process of creating for the Oasis Gallery’s Art in Bloom Silent Auction. Of course since was in Marquette I had to do my own fun take on a distinctive seen from Marquette, Michigan.
It’s almost completed now!

I was recently chosen by Koh-I-Noor to be 1 of 10 Artists throughout the United States to add my Art to their Clearprint Cross Country Project.
We had 7 days to create and add our artwork to an Artists Pad where each artist creates artwork on one page of the Vellum pad and then it is sent to next Artist.
It was great fun and also a great honor to be chosen!

This work is now completed!
I really enjoyed creating this with no thought at all to where it was going and enjoyed it mostly 🙂
The next work I will be doing is actually something I was invited by Koh-I-Noor and Grumbacher to take part in. I will be receiving a packet from them in next few days where I will have 1 week to create a page in the Cross Country Artwork Book featuring Artists across the Country who have received an invite to take part! What an honor!

The100DayProject

“Something wicked this way comes…”
18″ x 24″
Medium: Pen & Ink / Watercolor

The 100 Day Project will be a view of what I am doing in my Studio and without over a 100 day period.
As I create my works I will also attempt beginning an Arts Organization here in my hometown of Republic, Michigan.

DAY #35

I complete the hoody with some simple stippling to create folds and creases on the hooded jacket.
I then brush on a simple wash over it. Later when I will take an eraser and apply some softer tones simply by removing some of the wash to create highlights.
I then apply some very fine, soft stippling detail on the moon to create distant craters and shadow on the surface.
I then brush a very soft wash of yellow just barely visible.
And then I use a Xacto knife and begin scratching in very small distant stars onto the night sky and even a shooting star.

This piece has been the most fun headache I have ever created.
First I applied all the pen & ink work as I would my normal works I create.
Now I am applying all the simple watercolor washes throughout the piece in preparation of the Scratch Art portion of this piece.

As for Republic Arts Council “Mining the Arts” Festival the members continue to set up vendors, musicians and other entertainment.
The Township has been so helpful. We will have Main street closed along with connected side streets so everyone can walk freely without fear of vehicles. The few local businesses are readying themselves.
My biggest fear is the Artists and Craftpersons showing up.
These past 30 days of The 100 Day Project have been the busiest of my life and I know will get more and more hectic.
God help us 🙂

Hope this works…been trying to post for half the day! If works will give more info about piece but tired of typing! Lol!