A Lot Going On

 Tiny setback storefront was once a photography studio then a radio/TV station and now a dispensary although Mississippi does not allow the full strength stuff.  I hate doing lettering. Forgot that I had “fixed” the white sign with gouache, I ran a wet brush over it to deaden the white. Can’t do that with gouache. 🙄

Excuse me

 I just posted Saturday and I should probably only post weekly but I finished this this morning and I am posting this now.  Surprised that a granulating earth color like indigo played so well with one-note and bright cadmium red.  Or should I say a crusty old guy and a loud bratty teenager.

Alan Spring 8

 I had two pages left in my Ocean Springs so I sketched the place where we had watercolor classes and a different version of the aloe plant in the backyard of our VRBO house. 

I’m trying a little abstract painting on Yupo. I’ve got the background the way I like it. 

It’s Not A Grocery

 It’s the Government Street Grocery, a bar and restaurant featuring local bands. It opened in the aftermath of Katrina but it has a vibe that makes you think it’s been around forever. 

The protozoa

 On those 9x12's I started at one point on the paper and then expanded it outward until I thought it was done, but I don't think I have the oomph to be able to fill in an 18x24 so in this one I started with six entry points and am moving outward from them.

Cicada-Themed Art Wanted

 

Cicada-Themed Art Sought For Illinois State Fair

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is hosting a cicada-themed art show during the Illinois State Fair, August 8-18. Anyone can participate, with a junior exhibit for youth seventeen and younger, and an adult show for those eighteen and older. The deadline to enter is Sunday, June 16. Original artwork should depict the artist’s best interpretation of a cicada or a cicada brood. No AI-generated artwork will be accepted. Acceptable materials and mediums include paper, canvas, or photography, charcoal, pencil, colored pencil, markers, alcohol markers, ink, acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastels, or watercolor paint. Photography also accepted. (More.)

Ss Grateful 052424

 

Another Truman mistake

 On the form you gave us to start the registration process, you cannot enter your birthdate and the entire form is rejected. You can do it on your desktop but not your iphone.

“Our Home” in Ocean Springs

 Screened porch and backyard. 

Alan Spring 7

 Last year I did a quick and loose Yupo sketch of my hometown of Muskegon. I liked it and some of you did too. 

But I’ve been thinking lately about finishing my work and trying to make it as good as I could. So I painted a larger version on Arches 140# coldpress. Although there are a few dozen errors in it I’m trying to more fully finish this work. This is where I am now and I may be done. If I find other things to do I’ll do them, but Ken will put them under a microscope and declare that he can’t see the difference. It will be tiny things. Here’s the new version. 

A lot of fun and a lot of work. I thought that I would be more accurate with the buildings in the background and looser with the flora in the foreground but it didn’t work out that way. I had to spend as much time on each item whether it was brick and mortar or leaves and flowers.