Friday updates!

Fall is descending upon us quickly, which is awesome. I live in the wrong state to really enjoy the fullness of the autumn season, but thanks to the fall line of candles from Bath and Body Works I am able to at least smell some of it. I've burnt through two pumpkin candles already. And it's not even September yet....

I tend to feel more energized, more industrious and therefore more productive as fall draws closer. I have to believe it has something to do with the feeling of starting school. 16 years of looking forward to the fall (I loved school) seems to be rather ingrained in my head.
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I'm still kinda spread out between multiple projects, although each one is nearly wrapped up. I've finished a small english/macedonian number book for our friends who just had baby. It was a major departure from what I usually do, as it was super cartoony. Very fun project though.

And I've started attending another watercolor workshop on the beach. Small class, great instructor, very excited for the outcome. We had a model come in during the first session, which was a really great way to just dive right in.

I know what you are thinking.
"Wait, is that a picture on this blog NOT taken by a phone?"
Yep, I finally bit the bullet and purchased a scanner. (A real scanner, as opposed to the document scanner we have for office purposes.) I am still calibrating the color output and tweaking all the individual settings, but I love this machine. Will be eating ramen for another two weeks to make up for the cost but I think it will be worth it. And hopefully soon, I should be able to start creating quality prints of some of my recent work :)

Step-by-Step Bluebirds

I've been working pretty steadily on the new website recently, but took a short break today to do a painting of a few bluebirds. AND I actually remembered to take mid-process pictures too, the coffee must be working today.

Pen drawing over a light a pencil sketch.

Starting to fill in with watercolors. A lot of the drippy grayish tones are actually just the pen ink as it runs. It typically dries really nicely, usually separated into blues and reds. I love, love, love that randomness.

Finished!

On another note, the show here on Miami Beach has been confirmed! Sept 20th I'll have 2 or 3 pieces exhibiting at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens!*(jumps for joy)* There will be a bunch of us attending the opening reception and I can't wait, should be a great time.

And back to the website redesign :)

Pigeons and Busy-ness.

Summer is positively flying by.

I've been out and about for the majority of the season, making stops in San Francisco, Ann Arbor, Canada, and most recently France. With travel and my work, its safe to say I've had a bit of difficulty keeping this space updated.

I'd like to say we didn't have internet, or I forgot my computer... but the truth is I was completely consumed with my watercolor work. If not outside adventuring at one of our destinations, I've been hunched over papers of varying size painting into the night.

If I'm not playing with my watercolors, I've been redesigning my website to showcase more of my recent work. Which... as I am not at all a web-person is a very, very time consuming task. Thankfully, I've got a host of web-people I can turn to for help, but I'd like to get the bulk of it done myself. We'll see how well that actually works out.
Then its a blog redesign, store update... the whole shebang is up for a revamp.

As for news, I've got a few pieces in shows, and some other exciting things on the horizon keeping me fairly well occupied.

- August 16th; Brooklyn, Self-Portrait Project Stop by if you find yourself in Brooklyn, its free and should be a good time!

- Rumors of a possible Sept 20th show here in Miami Beach. More information to follow!

Other than that, I'm trying to put off downloading Dawnguard... I'm already busy, Skyrim DLC isn't going to help my schedule one iota. It's getting harder and harder to resist however :)

I'll leave this post with a fond reminder of our time in Paris these last few weeks... Pigeons. Everywhere. Big ones too, we had a few outside our window that sounded like bobcats.