Meditation Series: 5/8 Overlapping Greenery, LA 2024 Part 2

More monotonic than I would have preferred, but I like it. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Final – Pen and Ink Practice

I worked on the pen and ink study from the other day (Pen and Ink Practice). I added more color to the original blue monotone. I added some yellows and greens to the central form, and a red accent on one of the wormy shapes. The surrounding shapes took on more subdued colors. Finally, I […]

Action Wall Shadows

Earth tones, which I really like, are good to use in contrast with color. In my composition below, the color represents one realm, while the muted colors inhabit the shadow world. This makes me think of the cave painters who where lived in the real world, while their paintings were more or less monochrome, although […]

Weather Vane

Last day in Burbank. We’re going home. Sidra went off to Science Camp this morning. The place feels a bit empty. I can’t wait for Science Camp stories or, even better, Science Camp paintings. Today’s watercolor experiment: My study today is a pencil sketch overlaid with watercolor. Sidra’s line-drawing technique served me in good stead since my […]

Bronze Big Cat

My  anti-colorization attempt yesterday, met with limited success, so I thought I would get back on the horse, so to speak, with another try today. My parents had this wonderful bronze statue of a tiger. It is probably from the 1930s, since I saw the very same statue in an episode of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, a […]