Gabriel Hunt

Pen doodles!

2012-01-27T09:04:00.000+01:00

Ballpoint pen drawins. My daily life is interrupted every day by the fact I can't decide if drawing with ballpoint pen is my favorite thing to do on the planet Earth. Long hours of debate take place trying to come to a conclusion. Sometimes frisbee golf edges to the top, or monster truck rally-racing.

I was just flipping through Facebook pages drawing random images at random.

Painting of Rolf Markusson Svensk glasmästare ( Swedish glazier )

2011-12-26T02:30:00.000+01:00

46cm X 55cm burnt sienna on canvas board

Painting based off the drawing from a previous post here. Its really an oil pick-out. Felt more like a drawing when I was painting it. Didn't rely on tiles but instead using paper towels to lighten areas or a q-tip dipped in mineral spirits for the highlights. Really fun process. One of my favorites. A little scratching in the hair with a palette knife. It will be on display at the Rättvik Kulturehus, Sweden December-January

November 30 Days of Drawing (Final Day 30) Alfred Nobel

2011-12-03T14:00:00.000+01:00

Alfred Nobel

Inventor of dynamite, and propagator of the Nobel Prize. He's a rather dapper looking fellow here, and was kind enough to model for me. He was very still and didn't say a thing the whole time. For the upcoming art show my group is having, the theme is Nobel. In Sweden, December 10th is Nobel day. He was a Swedish inventor. I'm still not to sure exactly what I will have on display. I have some wild ideas, but they seem hard to conceptualize. I might make it easier on myself and paint or draw a portrait. I checked online and there isn't much art on this guy except from when he was still alive and blowing things up.
Art in the Garden December 10th. http://www.facebook.com/events/186675341424110/

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 27-29) Maia!

2011-12-02T08:30:00.000+01:00

I was very pleased with this drawing. At first. Now I'm seeing some things that need a little adjusting. Its funny how seeing a drawing after its scanned or the size is reduced, you can pick up on some of the mistakes, and changes that are needed. My daughter was a very good model for this one. She was reading her Disney Princess magazine, and it helped her to keep her pose. I won't take full credit for the nose. My wife helped fix it after I drew it to big. I am very happy with most of the results.

Another phalaenopsis, but this time one of Mother-n-laws. Its my first attempt to draw one, or any flower from the back. The one on the right did not come out as good as I hoped. (Next time)

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 25,26) Choir

2011-12-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

The art group I'm in is having a show on December 10th. at
Studiefrämjandet Norra Dalarna

Hjortnäs Road 5, Leksand, Sweden

http://www.facebook.com/events/186675341424110/
the link may, or may not work, but all the other info is googleable.
(yup I just said "googleable")

I liked how she turned out. Real simple!

Goran

Had a little fun drawing the lady in the middle.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 20-24) Kurt Cobain

2011-11-30T08:30:00.001+01:00

Kurt Cobain

Not the best likeness. He looks more like a sentimental Jesus than a melancholy grudge rocker. I've been listening to Nirvana alot lately, and the local Swedish rock station plays them frequently. The other day I drew a girl playing a cello, and wearing a Nirvana shirt. She was the same age I was when I first started listening to the band. Kinda weird, but made me happy at the same time. I wonder how or fathers felt when they first saw a younger generation wear clothing with the names of their favorite bands from their youth.

From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah [Live] - Its Nirvana, its live, you can pretend they are in your living room, or car.
Sliver: The Best of the Box - Alot of their demos, early recordings, some early live work, and alternate takes

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 17-19) Birds!

2011-11-29T00:27:00.000+01:00

Twitter Bird, Facebook Crow, and Google Owl.

Fat blue birds, and a constipated whale.

Some crow sketches from memory that look more like seagulls.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 16) Maia

2011-11-24T22:49:00.001+01:00

My daughter Maia while she was coloring.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 14-15) Flowers?

2011-11-23T00:43:00.001+01:00

One of the flowers on a phalaenopsis orchid I received for Swedish Fathers Day. A little known fact about me: I can draw any orchid, from memory. I might start drawing, or painting one a day. We have 12 plants now, and its nice to see them taking turns blooming.

Any time I get the excuse, I will buy my wife roses. She loves their smell, and will make time to draw them. Sometimes I join in on the fun.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 13) Eva!

2011-11-17T18:08:00.001+01:00

I think this was around 17 hours of drawing. Definitely 2 days and some hours after finishing some details or corrections. Its the longest I've spent on a drawing, and I think it shows. The drawing is of a sweet little old lady in Leksands Church Choir. I've drawn her around 7 times before I drew this one. It really helped to have that experiance before I attempted this one.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 12) Timjan!

2011-11-16T08:30:00.000+01:00

I don't draw my son much. He rarely sits still, even for a picture. My mother n law was over the other day and took some awesome portrait shots of our kids sitting or standing next to our window. It was close to sunset and the light drenched everything in a warm yellow. The photos were instant inspiration to draw or paint. So more to come!
I might give this one another shot one day, but it would be nice to do a larger painting, and try to capture his likeness more. He's a beautiful boy!

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 10-11) Music

2011-11-15T12:00:00.000+01:00

I spent this weekend drawing at Folkmusiknatta i Falun (Folk Music Night in Falun) There where three stages, with performers playing traditional Swedish folk music, new folk stuff, American, and a little Indian. The musicians would play in the hallways or waiting rooms and jam, or join in with strangers who were playing familiar folk music. Members of the bands would also join in before or after their show. Some of these groups would have 8-20 people. It was from 6pm till 1am, and I pretty much drew the whole time. So I'm counting it as 2 days of drawing.

Warm-ups. The man with the guitar was very energetic for an old guy, and the bottom right was the first cello I've drawn. The sketches were drawn with a 2mm, 2b lead. The bottom left was drawn with a .9mm, 2b lead.

Hawkins Hawaii Trio. The band was great to listen to. Great slide guitar from this guy. I kind of rushed drawing the instrument, and should of added more detail. I also had to draw this in the dark so I used a 3mm, 6b lead.

The guy on the top had a great little stance while playing. I tried, but couldn't capture it. The other sketches are of Deliverance. A bluegrass group that sang all the songs, in English without a Swedish accent! I was amazed at how authentic they sounded. The guy on mandolin was an awesome singer. It was fun to listen to the bands introduce themselves or the songs in Swedish, but say the titles in English.

I found these two playing in the stairwell. They had a nice little area all to themselves. They had these great little stances while they played that was hard to capture. The girl was more hunched over, as if she was trying to hide. She played harmonica and sounded awesome.

Crazy old man. Thats all I got to say.

There was one room that played folk dance music all night. Toward the end of the night they had 25 people on the stage playing mostly fiddles.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 9) Cody!

2011-11-14T12:00:00.000+01:00

Cody from my friend Will Terrell's Superzeros. He's one of the characters that Will draws in his online comic. Lots of fun, and entertaining characters, and I really dig on his colors.

Colors, amp, cords and a few wardrobe changes coming soon.
http://willterrell.com/
http://superzeroes.net/

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 8) Maia!

2011-11-13T09:00:00.000+01:00

Maia, my daughter. Around 20 minutes.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 7) Anki!

2011-11-12T10:05:00.000+01:00

My wife is kind enough to let me torture her by drawing her endlessly and needlessly over and over, and over again. I have maybe over 100 drawings and paintings of her. With various degrees of quality. I love her, and she is my favorite model.

Prismacolor Tuscan Red, and white pencil. I liked how the nose, and how the hair came out.

I drew this a month ago, but I have it here for comparison. I like the shadows and value range, but the hair needs to be rendered more, among other things.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 6) Violins!

2011-11-11T09:40:00.000+01:00

Violins!

On Mondays, Leksands Spelmanslag, the folk instrument players in Leksand get together, practice, and jam. Its great music to draw too. I was invited to come draw while they played. A little hard to do since they move so much and their expressions change often, but great fun! Their was a couple of warm up sketches I did before these that didn't make the cut.

Magnus Sanden. 1 hour. Could use a little more detail in the hand and arm. Magnus is a good friend here in Leksand. He can sing any song and play any instrument.

Warm-up 20mins

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 5)

2011-11-10T10:14:00.000+01:00

Profiles. Pro files? Pro fillets?

A quick one
Needs a little work, but I liked how the hair came out.

Add caption

November 30 Days of Drawing (Days 1-4)

2011-11-09T08:55:00.000+01:00

MOOSE!
For November I'm going to do at least one drawing a day and try to post it each day.
The first four days of November I was drawing moose for an upcoming book I'm working on. TBA
After drawing moose for 4 days i think I'm about 50% the way there. They are alot harder to draw then I thought. Harder to draw than houses. Which I thought at first they where just horses with big horns. I have come across 5 moose in Sweden two of which were a mother and her offspring crossing the road. They are very peaceful and beautiful to watch graze or stride.

The bottom one I tried to make the antlers look more like a crown, as they did in the picture. In Sweden the moose, called elk (älg), are the kings of the forest and their antlers symbolize their crown.

My favorite out of the bunch. The eye needs a little work.

Rolf Markusson Svensk glasmästare ( Swedish glazier )

2011-05-06T19:16:00.000+02:00

Rolf has taught me how to make stained glass windows, how to be a glazier, and about patience. I wanted to do a painting of Rolf. He'll be 72 soon. Maybe have it done for his birthday. The first step is to do a pencil study. Then a small burnt sienna pick-out. I don't know if I will complete a full color painting, but we'll see.

John H. Vanderpoel Studies heads, faces, and skulls

2011-04-24T08:45:00.000+02:00

The pages were mostly text, with a few full page drawings. These were the images on the side of each page. I will try to draw the pages I left out, but for now I might take a break from the studies. I feel I was rushing through some of these drawings.

Leksand's Church Choir

2011-04-18T20:53:00.000+02:00

I moved around the practice this time. I wanted to draw as many members as possible. Practice slowness.

Rattviks Konstforening

2011-04-17T22:25:00.000+02:00

I will have artwork on display at the Rattvik Kulturehus(Culture House)
April 19 to May 7
Opening is Tuesday at 5pm
The art will be paintings and a drawing of my family.

http://www.rattvik.se/konsthall/rattviks-konstforening__2435

John H. Vanderpoel Studies, ears, and ears, and ears

2011-04-13T14:35:00.002+02:00

Not the most accurate. The sketches from behind the ear were very difficult and looked like a slug while I was drawing it. These are all the pages with ears in his book. Next time will be some faces.

John H. Vanderpoel studies more mouths

2011-04-12T07:20:00.001+02:00

The last full page of mouths from the book. This one took some time to do. These studies really help some of the other art I do. Next is ears!

Vårsalong ( Spring Salon )

2011-04-11T08:51:00.000+02:00

I was in the Swedish newspaper again, kinda...
The article is on the Spring Salon here in Siljan. The article is in Swedish, but it pretty much says that the one man jury Peter Johansson (well known here) choose only 8 out of the 50 artists that applied for the show. Because the overall quality was very low. The article lists me as one of the exhibiters.

So if you are in Mora you should drop by! Its at the Kulturehus (Culture house)
http://www.dt.se/kultur/article951760.ece
and the poster
http://www.mora.se/PageFiles/5927/V%C3%A5rsalong%202011%20Mora.pdf

Animals for a song

2011-04-10T20:17:00.000+02:00

At church someone saw me drawing and asked if I could draw some animals for a song they will perform for the kiddies. He showed me a drawing he did for another song that was pretty much an assortment of colored stick figures. I thought maybe I might be some help.

Curly sheep
Crocodile. Not my favorite out of the bunch. (I might come up with a second version.)
Hedgehog. I liked the way he came out.
A fish
Kangaroo
Elephant
Giraffe
HenSnake

John H. Vanderpoel studies Mouths

2011-04-05T20:38:00.000+02:00

John H. Vanderpoel studies Page 31

2011-04-04T21:32:00.000+02:00

Not so happy with the top image.

Per Gudmundson (Violinist)

2011-04-01T11:47:00.000+02:00

A fun and interesting experience. I bumped into a friend on my way to class. He was on his way to see Per play. So I tagged along.
Really good performer. He played traditional Dalarna folk music, and a couple of numbers on a small bagpipe.

John H. Vanderpoel studies (noses)

2011-03-31T22:56:00.001+02:00

From his book "The Human Figure"

John H. Vanderpoel studies (More Eyes)

2011-02-24T22:17:00.004+01:00

Pages 23-25

Swedish Choir 3000

2011-02-24T22:11:00.004+01:00

1 hour

More Swedish writers

2011-02-09T09:18:00.008+01:00

Lotta Lotass

Born 1964 in Borsheden, Mockfjärd, Sweden

(Her left eye is a little higher on purpose)

John H. Vanderpoel studies

2011-02-09T09:17:00.006+01:00

Attempting to draw all the features from John H. Vanderpoel book "The Human Figure" starting with the eyes. The drawings are not super accurate, but its a good exercise.

Pages 20-22

Pages 1-19

Swedish choir

2011-02-09T09:11:00.003+01:00

The bottom right image was really hard to tackle. For me anyways.

Started in class, finished from a photo.

More from the Swedish choir

2011-02-03T23:11:00.003+01:00

Swedish Writers

2011-01-19T08:35:00.008+01:00

There is a little silly story about all of these at the bottom. If you like those kinds of things.
Bengt Emil Johnson

1936-2010

Born in Saxdalen
Krister Gidlund and Anna Hallberg
Dan Andersson

So the story is.....

I found this free book at the library about Swedish writers. Little bios, and info on their work. Mostly people I never heard of or seen. Each page has a great little photo of each of them. I thought it might be a great opportunity to practice drawing portraits. My goal lately is to devote at least 10 minutes a day to draw portraits from this book. The 10 minutes usually doubles or grows to an hour. Sometimes I work on the same drawing for a few sessions. Its liberating to draw someone I don't know, and who will not see the drawing. Really free.

The Misses

2011-01-19T08:29:00.005+01:00

Thought it might look good without the detail on the back of the head.

Choir Practice

2011-01-19T08:03:00.007+01:00

On Thursdays I attend a choir practice in Leksand. This is what happens.

DalaKonst 2010

2011-01-13T11:53:00.008+01:00

DalaKonst is held at Dalarnas Museum from December 14 till January 14. Its an art museum in Falun, Sweden. Where the works of Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson are displayed. Every year they have an exhibition for the artists of Dalarna. The Middle part of Sweden. Over 1000 works are submitted by more than 100 artists. This year they choose around 50 artists and over 100 pieces to display. They choose 2 of mine!
Its kind of a big deal.

I submitted 4 paintings and 1 drawing. They choose to exhibt my self portrait and the drawing. I also made the frames. My mother-n-law took the pictures for me.

I drew this guy at a violin class, and later worked more on the values and quality.
My portrait was in the back by the door. It wasn't that bad of a spot. When people came in or left, they got a good look at it.

My drawing it on the right.

A better view

http://www.dt.se/kultur/article807095.ece

http://www.dalademokraten.se/sida/id/145183/

http://www.dalarnaskonstforening.se/

Green stuff in SwedenZ G

2011-01-01T22:20:00.000+01:00

21x30cm watercolors
Nature reserve, Sweden

21x30cm watercolors
Leksand, Sweden

People, places, and or things.

2010-08-19T23:30:00.005+02:00

Drawings from coffee shops, airports and jail. No I'm kidding, none of these are from coffee shops. All were drawn with a pencil , and painted with watercolors. Except those without color. They were painted with clear color.

The middle girl and the guy on the left were from an airline magazine. The rest are real people eye saw with my own 2 eyes and 9 fingers.

I drew these with my right hand. Whats left of it.

Maja

2010-08-08T22:20:00.006+02:00

Maja (My daughter)

10x15cm

watercolors

Swedish livestock, I mean landscapes.

2010-08-08T22:16:00.004+02:00

Yuccy liptus trees in Balboa Park Cali

15x20cm

Watercolor
Trees where my wifes long ago dog now sleeps. Birch, pine, and snow.

I was happy with the texture of the white paint in the foreground.

10x15cm

Watercolor

Sweden

This is the river near my work in Leksand. I was trying to keep it simple, and gestural.

10x15cm

Watercolor

Sweden

Swedish trees

2010-08-08T00:28:00.005+02:00

10x15cm

watercolors

10x15cm

watercolors

10x15cm

watercolors

15x20cm

watercolors

15x20cm

watercolors

20-40 minute little studies. Trying to concentrate on warm and cool colors.

Artist Trading Card Counteratttack! HADOKEN!!!

2009-03-16T19:04:00.003+01:00

The first is one of my daughter, and the second is another Elizabeth Tolley study
Both done ATC style 2.5x3.5 in watercolor.

The Madonna

2009-03-15T01:03:00.002+01:00

My wife was reading to our daughter when she fell asleep, and I thought I would capture the moment.

Small Watercolors

2009-03-14T18:43:00.002+01:00

There is this awesome painter Nathan Fowkes that does all these amazing little watercolors from life. So I tried to do the same technique he talks about on his blog. Except in the snow and not as awesome results.

Each are around 3x5
and 20-40mins each

Self Portrait #1

2009-02-27T09:52:00.007+01:00

This is what I look like made out of oilAfter I'm done with a painting I scrape all the leftover colors that I have mixed into little puddles of warm and cool greys. I also wipe my brushes off on a blank canvas. When I started this painting I had a couple of weeks worth of these spare colors, and a very interesting and dark canvas. In a way this portrait is an amalgamate of my paintings. All the experiance from the other paintings went into this portrait by using those colors. A kinda alternative way to symbolize oneself by means of color, instead of objects.

5hours
24cmx30cm
Oil on canvas

Sven Portrait

2009-02-24T10:23:00.001+01:00

In Sweden on your last day of work you get.....a portrait.
Well I'm happy with some of the colors. I tried to use as much color theory as I could. There's a few things I'd like to fix but its gone now. Thats what you get for doing something the day its due. No time to make changes.

3 hours

9x12
watercolor

Trees

2009-02-23T15:24:00.004+01:00

The best landscape painting I did on my weekly outdoor painting trip with Court Jones at the San Diego Mission
11x14
oil on canvas
(Court helped a little.)

I'm not good at painting the trees. So I got me a book and started practicing.3x4 oil on massonite

Study of an Elizabeth Tolley Painting
8x12 oil on massonite

Last year I did a little painting in Balboa park of a tree in watercolor. I didn't now how to mix colors back then. After doing a few studies in oil and practicing more with watercolor I painted over it. Adding more cools in the darks and bumping up the warms in the light. Before I started it had a 3 values.

5x8 on Watercolor paper

Artist Trading Card Attack HIYAAAA!!!

2009-02-22T11:46:00.002+01:00

These are those Artist Trading Cards that are all the rage with the kids in Somalia. Its a way to spread the love. Kinda like STDs. Its the whole reason the terrorists want to take away our freedom. Because we are free to make ATCs whenever and where ever with who ever you want. If you don't know what a Artist Trading Card is, then use the interslope and check'em out.

All images are 2.5x3.5

Watercolor on paper

Solar powered

2009-02-21T10:45:00.002+01:00

There was a town meeting on solar power here in Smedjebacken. I went because that means there will be free models, and I had some unused space in my watercolor sketchbook. The sketch on the left is from 2008. The 2 on the left are from today.

Violin Class

2009-02-20T08:09:00.001+01:00

On wednesdays I go to a violin class. Its free and the music is nice to draw to.

Watercolor

Sometimes a little bit of caricature sneaks in

Whats left of the watercolors

2009-02-18T20:28:00.000+01:00

Some sketches from Denny's and Studio 2nd Street 2nd Friday Sketch Night

Watercolor Leftovers!!!! ! !! ! !

2009-02-05T18:49:00.000+01:00

Watercolor sketches from all over the land. They vary from 3x5 to 5x8.
Courtneyoke

San Diego Comis Con Sketch Jam

Coby

Courtneyoke

Studio 2nd Street 2nd Friday Sketch Night.

Comic Con Sketch Jam

Plastic Club in Philly (It's really named that)

Studio 2nd Street 2nd Friday Sketch Night.

Good times

Leftovers part 2

2009-01-03T10:18:00.001+01:00

Rita Kirkman!

Watercolor!

Old!

Leftovers

2009-01-03T10:15:00.000+01:00

The last remnants of 2008

Dad

2009-01-03T10:11:00.000+01:00

Yup thats my dad, or as my daughter calls him "GranPappy"

9

2009-01-03T04:41:00.002+01:00

Watch this if you want to be amazed right out of your pants.
It looks like everything you ever wanted in a movie,
and then somehow it really happened.
This is better then fixing the hole in the ozone, or ending global warming.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/

....and it has nothing to do with me having 9 fingers, or that it comes out a few days after my birthday.

"Change" show

2008-08-18T10:09:00.000+02:00

If you live in the United States area drive over this Saturday August 23rd, to Studio 2nd Streethttp://studio2ndstreet.com/events.html. A bunch of us students and the instructors will be displaying some new work. Based on the concept of "Change".

It should be quit the event for the in crowd, and there is free booze, and crackers.

So if you like seeing art from a bunch of different artists, with a bunch of different styles, or you just like free booze

come on over to Studio 2nd Street

info http://studio2ndstreet.com/events.html
Sat August 23rd
6pm-10pm
2nd st
Encinitas Ca

This picture was taken in the future

La Jolla Shores Trail

2008-08-17T11:23:00.000+02:00

Crushing Patrick

2008-08-05T10:22:00.000+02:00

His last day of work.

Happy Birthday Kev!

2008-08-05T09:44:00.000+02:00

Its for Kev's B-Day Caricature/portrait.
Can you guess how old he is?
Guess correct and get a free STD!

Critiques welcome

oil on 9x12 canvas board

Sarah_Isabella

2008-07-26T05:57:00.000+02:00

The most beautiful artwork I ever created, and the painting isn't that bad either.

My wife will take pictures of our daughter each day and load them on our computer. Its a surprise to see what they were up to during the day, and what new images I have to draw or paint from.

Critiques welcome!

About 8hours?
Oil on 12X16 canvas board

Shannon

2008-07-26T05:00:00.000+02:00

I just watched Jeremy Lipking's video on painting the portrait. So I positioned myself to have the same angle he had of his model.
I tried to follow the same steps, and color etc, but it ain't no Lipking.

2.5 hours
Oil on 11x14 canvas

Critiques very welcome.

Vignettes

2008-07-14T12:42:00.000+02:00

At this event I felt like practicing vignettes. I've been painting alot of portraits lately, and all the big time pros say its important

Crushed it!

2008-07-14T12:23:00.000+02:00

Copic day

2008-07-14T11:58:00.000+02:00

I drew with a copic chisel tip at this gig and most of the drawings didn't come out that well.

Not Beau Huff

"Can you draw me with my Prada's"

"no"

"You sure you can't draw me with my Prada's?"

"I'm Sure"

"Oh hi Suzy. I'm getting my drawing done, but I wanted to wear my Prada's"

The new girl

2008-07-14T11:47:00.000+02:00

The caricature lead team. Clockwise from left Me, Jon, Miranda, Blee, Coby Castro

Crushed it!

Crushing it again

2008-07-14T10:48:00.000+02:00

This was the funnest event I've done in a long time. Free food, free ice-cream, free donuts, free churros, and I got to draw with my old school Sea World buddies Tou Vue, and Brian Morente. We just kept challenging each other and really got into crushing it toward the end.

No she wasn't happy, hit me and took off.

My favorite baby drawing

2nd favorite baby sketch

Crushed it!

When a boy becomes a man.....

2008-07-14T10:29:00.000+02:00

....he becomes a superhero

.....maybe he fiends a lady

.....he gets himself a pair of gats and becomes a cowboy.

.....Gets drawn as picachu with his dad the lead singer of LA Guns, or was.

....graduates high school and gets his sketch drawn on a pre-drawn body.

....sucks his thumb

....make a gosh darn fool of himself

Crushing it

2008-07-14T09:37:00.001+02:00

High school grad night that I stayed an hour extra on accident. I was supposed to leave at 3 and around 3:45 am the crew asked my what was I still doing there, and let me leave, but it was worth it.

Last hour crushing it

CRUSHED IT!

Kiddy zoo

2008-07-14T08:00:00.000+02:00

For this event we got paid to do chalk drawings on these walls painted with chalk board paint. They gave us a limited pallete that matched the colors from their add campaign, and a bunch of symbols to use. Beau and I tackled a few walls together, while Lindsey and Steve Fishwick drew on a few more at the San Diego Kid Art Museum.

(sorry all the pictures were taken at night, so the lighting is sucky)

On this wall I did the orange, yellow, grey, except the phone and tv.

This was my favorite. I started on the front and Beau was on the right side working his way to me when our art got close I tried to get it all to be connected in an awesome way. It was a fun collaboration. Once again all the oranges, yellows, and greys, except for the "hi"

The best shot I got of the wall. Beau took care off the middle.

Then we did caricatures!!!

Crushed-it

It was an eyebrow night

Parks, picnics, parties, and proms. Part X

2008-07-13T19:46:00.000+02:00

This was the start of my caricature event season. I'll try to post my other events this week.

Lipking study

2008-07-11T12:51:00.000+02:00

I recently went to the Lipking exhibit and got a big dose of inspiration. It was amazing to see his paintings upclose and examine his brush strokes and color. Court has taken a workshop with him before so it was great to get his insight on his paintings and his technique.

There was a big article about it in "American Art Collector." So when I got home after the show I painted a study from the cover while the inspiration was still fresh. Because it was getting late, I only spent 2 1/2 hours on the painting. I could have spent another 2 1/2 hours on this piece and brought it to finish. The goal was mainly to match his colors, and practice his technique, and get as much of it done before I fell asleep. I learned a huge amount from the study, even though it isn't finished.

12x16

8x11

40x18

Small studies

2008-07-10T10:52:00.000+02:00

The model didn't show up for class, so Vanessa Lemen sat instead. I used a really small panel this time so I could get her whole portrait done in a short amount of time, 2 1/2 hours. The model usually sits for 2 classes, but she was only going to model for one class. I know that it is kinda a weird composition, but when I started, I wanted the main focus to be that shadow behind her head, but I got involved in contrasting the cools and warms in her face and etc.

5x7 2 1/2 hours

Not alot of time for this one. The background was blue so to save time I used a canvas panel that had a dark stain of prussian blue. I tried to not paint into the areas that I wanted to have cool shadows, or darks.

So not to bad for a quick little study. Maybe another hour would be enough time to fix some of the mistakes, but a great learning experience anyways.

2 1/2 hours
oil on 9X12 canvas board(panel)

Still Life

2008-07-01T11:20:00.000+02:00

Court set up a still life for our weekly painting day. I have no interest in painting still lifes, and think they are boring as dirt. I did however give it a shot anyways.

11X14 3hours

I really found the challenge to be fun and a great learning experience. Every time I paint in oils I learn something new. Something that I'm sure I can use in painting other subjects, like figures, or landscapes. I feel like that kid that wouldn't eat green eggs and ham, and after he had a bite, he really liked it, and realized they aren't that bad.

critiques are welcome

En Plein Air with Court Jones

2008-06-20T11:58:00.000+02:00

One day I lugged all my paint equipment to the beach. It was my first landscape in oil, and I learned alot, from the experience, but mostly what not to do. I actually was married on the beach in the lower right in front of the big rock 5 years ago.

8x10 3hours's Swami's Beach

La Jolla

So Court Jones and I have been painting outdoors on Wednesdays. The first time out was an adventure, and my painting really didn't come out the way I envisioned it. It will never be viewed by human eyes, again.

Court is a great instructor, and really knows his stuff. I feel like I'm improving, but there is still alot to learn.

9X12 3hours

The view I painted.

Some more display art

2008-06-19T19:24:00.000+02:00

CHARGER POWER!!!!! ! !! ! ! !

2008-06-17T18:52:00.000+02:00

Can you hear it coming up El Cajon Blvd? Its the sound of the Bolts.

Beast Heads!

2008-06-04T07:57:00.000+02:00

We lit Lil Kev on fire, for just a little while.

I was working on 40+ hours of sobriety, and hanging out with a few caricature artist from Sea World San Diego, and Texas.
Man I was so sober I don't know what was going on.
In order of apperance

Me (The Gaber)
Nate Kapnizzle (Jackin Faces)
Kev (No taller then Baby Drool) Jackson

More New display

2008-05-30T19:02:00.000+02:00

Tony Stark Iron Man 2.0 and 3.0

2008-05-30T18:41:00.000+02:00

Then,
and now

Horsie

2008-05-30T18:22:00.000+02:00

New display

2008-05-30T08:56:00.000+02:00

I didn't make any friends today

2008-05-25T08:24:00.000+02:00

She-Hulk Mary-Jane Colored

2008-04-27T04:22:00.000+02:00

She-Hulk Mary-Jane

2008-04-18T10:46:00.001+02:00

I used mostly greens for the cools and oranges for the warms. Blue for the background and the darks. I was really inspired by the way my instructor Vanessa Lemen paints, and tried my best to duplicate her technique. I'll tell you all about some time over a burger and girl scout cookies.

Family Portrait

2008-03-28T08:43:00.000+01:00

Welllll, I think it looks like the Misses and me, but IIiiii don't know who that baby is. I reckon she just a stray.

Philly Bound completed

2008-03-28T07:40:00.000+01:00

This was an interesting process.

The model posed for this painting a month ago. Then she came back and and posed another 3 hours for the workshop. This time I added the color.

In my class earlier that week we just learned about glazes. So I thought I would try it for this painting because I liked the underpainting so much. It wasn't as easy as I thought. I glazed over this maybe 4 times. Each time I rubbed off the paint. Either because I didn't know what I was doing or it looked bad. Maybe the combination of all my mistakes helped with the over all look, but the painting was mostly done in the last 40 minutes of class.

I liked this process (except all the rubbing) it was kinda like watercolor painting, and seemed easier than painting Alla Prima.

Philly Bound

2008-02-04T04:17:00.000+01:00

This time I used burnt sienna for my underpainting. Great range of colors using thinner to pick-out. At the next workshop she'll be sitting in the same pose for another 2 hours. Giving us a chance to add color.

Anyhoo this model kept talking about music and how she's moving to Philly.
Maybe she forgot models are supposed to sit still

Coffee shop owner

2008-02-03T08:37:00.000+01:00

I'm taking a painting class at Studio 2nd Street
One of the lessons is a burnt umber pick-out, to learn the values, and then to paint over it with color. I've been having trouble with the whole process so I went to the studios open workshop to practice.

I had alot of fun with this one, instead of my usual frustration with paint.

The model owns the coffee shop across the street. I think its a symbiotic relationship.

12X16 canvas board
2 hours ?

Rachel's Boyfriend

2008-02-01T08:37:00.000+01:00

His name is Mike. For a long time he was known as Rachel's boyfriend. Then he was known as Rachel's x-boyfriend. Then he was known as Paris Hilton's boyfriend. Then Paris Hilton was known as Mike's x-girlfriend. That's how I found out his name.

He's back with good'ol Rachel now. Raising bedbugs and any other pets that follow them home.

Good Bless.

Blogger backup

2008-01-31T06:11:00.000+01:00

I'm having trouble uploading a picture to blogger for some reason.

I'll try again tomorrow

I did post something new on Deviant Art . <----Go on click it. Your Mom will like you better if you did.

Backside 2

2008-01-31T05:31:00.000+01:00

I surprised myself on this one. I was reading alot of Claire Wendling when I drew it.

Backside

2008-01-30T02:26:00.000+01:00

I'm in a new portrait and figure class at the Ron Lemon Studio. I'll post some drawings as soon as I do something good. After the 2 classes I've taken, its kinda like a starting over class and I'm still learning how to construct the figure the way he's instructing. In other words we are drawing alot of boxes.

20 minute drawing from a figure class.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

2008-01-29T06:42:00.001+01:00

This is a black oil pick-out painting I did of Jean-Michel Basquiat from a photo. He has long dreadlocks, two ears, and he slept with Andy Warhol.

None of which you can see in this picture

Watercolor 3

2008-01-27T17:44:00.000+01:00

I'm still trying to learn watercolor, and this is one of my attempts. I think a stronger drawing would have helped, but I was real surprised how the color came out.

More to come.

In the next 100 years.

Watercolor 2

2008-01-26T10:32:00.000+01:00

Angel from Sea World San Antonio TX.

Its hotter than a devils butthole out there. Feel bad for him.