| The Diner |
[Apr. 27th, 2008|06:11 pm] |
ink and acrylic on bristol
8x8
This is the drawing used in the step-by-step portion of Zine Three.
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| The Antique Shop |
[Apr. 5th, 2008|04:24 pm] |
The original of this is done in ink and color pencil on 11x14 bristol board. |
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[Jan. 8th, 2008|11:56 am] |
I am pleased to announce that the print of Page One Weather is now available exclusively online at Indie Fixx.
Click here for more info.
Thanks. |
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| Letters |
[Dec. 24th, 2007|12:02 am] |
This is a new painting, just for fun. Its rare I work without ink, but sometimes I enjoy layering on all the colors. Acrylic on canvas board, measuring 9 x 12 inches.
Be well.
Jaye |
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[Dec. 16th, 2007|09:48 pm] |
Clothesline Drawing
It always begins with sketches. Many color combinations and layouts are practiced at thumbnail size, with color pencils and a regular pen. This particular one included decisions about creating a composition that would lead the eye around yet ultimately give it somewhere to rest. This is why, in the last sketch, one shirt was chosen to be hung upside-down.
Next, the Bristol board (series 500, two ply plate) is taped to a mat, and the basic design is carefully measured and laid out in pencil. Its important to me that the final work fits in standard sized mats and frames, because custom stuff is often too expensive for me. This one is 10 x 8 inches.
My favorite part is the inking. I use Koh-I-Noor Rapidographs of various sizes, and slowly ink lines over the pencils.
Once the ink is dry, and all pencil marks are thoroughly erased, then I tape up the clean edges of the work that will not be painted. This allows me to be a little freer with my brush strokes and not so scared that paint will obliterate the freshly inked lines. Its not an exacting process, and touch-up comes later, but it does soothe my nerves while painting.
Using red, blue, yellow, black, and white I always mix my own colors with acrylic paints. For this piece, it was a lot of blue with some white and black to mute the brightness a bit. I applied the paint with a dry brush, which essentially means when I put paint on my brush, I remove most of it on scrap paper before dragging the dry bristles across the page. It gives it a very loose and ghosty effect, which I've come to adore.
There were a few areas that needed to be touched-up, and I do that with black ink and plain white acrylic ink (the only white-out for me). The color used here worked out well, for it seems like a cloudy sky backdrop for the expanse of clotheslines, but also resembles denim... a familiar combo with t-shirts.
That's the process I've been most comfortable with, and the whole thing took about one day from sketches to hanging.
Thanks so much,
Jaye / thirteenthstory.com |
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[Nov. 23rd, 2007|09:38 pm] |
New work called Fifteen Trees. Done in pen and ink and watercolor on Bristol. The original drawing of this is really cool, so I won't be cutting it up to make artist cards. I am making a print, and will test out its popularity at a craft fair on Saturday. Not sure if people will respond to it, but for me, its one of my favorites.
Thanks for looking.
-Jaye |
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| This one took a while. |
[Nov. 16th, 2007|06:23 pm] |
I'm sure you can guess that, though. The original is just under five inches tall, but this drawing took hours upon hours to complete. The original sketch of the house was done in Wellesley, MA on a sunny day last month. But, I modified both the house and the trees to make them a bit more pleasing.
This image is my latest print for sale at the Etsy shop, but I'm not quite sure yet what to do with the original. Part of me wants to cut it up into two different ATC's. But its difficult to take scissors to a new drawing the day after its complete. Maybe next week. |
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| Meet FIN |
[Oct. 16th, 2007|03:50 pm] |
Here is a new project I'm working on, just a one panel cartoon called FIN.
The first three are all rolled out together, but from now on it will be one per week. I'll post them here, or you can find him on my website and comicspace. I'm really enjoying using my style to tell a bit of a story for right now.
Its all ink and acrylic applied with drybrush on high quality Bristol board. 5x5.
Be well,
Jaye
FIN at thirteenthstory. |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 8th, 2007|10:17 pm] |
Things may seem slow right now, as I've not been posting much art lately. However, I have been doing quite a lot of drawing, but am not ready to post that stuff. In the meantime, I've been sketching from life again just to keep loose. Because you have always wondered, here is one of the outlets in my home:
outlet, pencil on sketch paper
Be well,
Jaye |
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[Aug. 26th, 2007|07:49 pm] |
I spent the weekend on this one.
Its the first in a new series.
celtic tree
ink on bristol
5x7
Thanks for looking.
-Jaye |
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[Aug. 5th, 2007|08:46 pm] |
messing about
ink and colored pencil on bristol
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[Jul. 16th, 2007|06:10 pm] |
Check this out, my art has been featured on a blog as
the Etsy Artisan of the week:
click --> Sew Sassy Creations Blog
Right hand column.
Pretty cool.
collage and sketch
wicked old, maybe even high school
Be well,
Jaye |
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[Jul. 9th, 2007|11:33 am] |
dolphin sketch, pencil on paper
t-shirt design
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[Jun. 28th, 2007|08:55 pm] |
tribal tattoo arm band with Chinese kanji, commission
ink on bristol
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[May. 7th, 2007|05:10 pm] |
aceo, fishy
ink and watercolor on bristol
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[Apr. 22nd, 2007|11:48 am] |
treasure
ink and acrylic on bristol
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 15th, 2007|11:47 am] |
yacht
5x7
acrylic on bristol
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