There is a new print up in my webstore called The Drowned Library. Check it out - orders will be shipping in about a week's time. - Richard
The Drowned Libary – New Print Available
The Whispering Wind – Progress
Here are a couple of details from The Whispering Wind. I'm focused on the characters for the moment. The background will be rendered in lighter values to make the figures stand out a bit. Sometimes I like to bury everything in a dense mass but this piece calls out for a different treatment. - Richard.
The Whispering Wind
Here is a look at the work I've managed to do on The Whispering Wind. I am using a very small brush on this drawing - literally one brush - so progress is slow but steady.That's fine, there is no deadline on this piece other than the one I set for myself. My productivity in... Continue Reading →
Pins
Here is an early look at a new work called "Pins." This is the graphite under drawing. Eventually it will be fully rendered in ink. It's one of several drawings I am working on this summer. I hope you enjoy it (remember, to see a larger version, you can click on the image above.) -... Continue Reading →
I did this drawing when my daughter was 3 years old. That's her up on the top of the fish. Over the weekend I was looking through an old note book and found an entry that reminded me that The Fish Parade was the first drawing that I executed in a micro hatching technique with... Continue Reading →
Arthropod Series
Over the weekend I did a couple of line drawings, which seemed to cry out to become a series of some kind. I am calling it Arthropod. I have arthropods somewhat on the mind as I have been in the garden a fair bit lately; trying to beat back the weeds that got a foot... Continue Reading →
Little Monster
A small line drawing I did tonight for fun.
The Dark Essence of Sunny Disposition
A new graphite drawing finished today! This is available for purchase on in my webstore.
Iconoclast #7 (Mouser)
I threw on some Radiohead tonight and finished this little silverpoint commission. It is part of a series called The Iconoclasts, which is in turn part of a larger series called the Human Organizations Project. Tomorrow this guy will be packaged up and sent over the pond to Denmark to join his family. Compositionally I... Continue Reading →
Silverpoint
A BIG thanks to Hi Fructose Magazine for featuring my work on their website today. What an amazing start to Victoria Day! I mentioned yesterday that I was working on some silverpoint miniatures. I thought I'd share some shots off my drawing table. The pictures are a bit grainy but I took them in the... Continue Reading →
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