Double Trouble - Kitten Art

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

"Double Trouble" is a scratchboard drawing of two kitten siblings. I took the reference photo many years ago and started the drawing a while back also. It was a demo piece, so I was in no rush to complete it, but I finally finished it earlier this year and realized I had never posted it to my blog.

For this drawing, I used EssDee Professional Scraperboard (which is no longer available) and Koh-i-noor UltraDraw ink. I applied the undiluted ink with both a brush and a Rapidograph pen. I also applied washes of ink, diluting it with water into three shades (light, medium & dark). I used a #16 X-Acto blade for scratching. The drawing area measures approximately 4.5" x 6.5". "Double Trouble" is available and it's matted to fit an 8" x 10" frame (white mat with black core). Please contact me if you're interested in purchasing this piece.

Stage 1 - Black and shades of grey blocked in



Stage 2 - Fur texture scratched in to soften and blend



Stage 3 - Washes of ink added, some black added with the tech pen



Stage 4 - More scratching



Final - Fine tuning with scratching, ink washes and pen



Detail of the finished drawing




Animated Image

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"Appeals for Art" - Donation Advice for Artists & Charities

Saturday, October 27, 2012


Two years in the making, "Appeals for Art" is the result of my collaboration with an artist colleague, Gayle Rappaport-Weiland. Using our own experiences receiving donation requests, donating art and working with charitable organizations, we have created a web site and document that will help others navigate these waters. Our goal is to educate both artists and charitable organizations in ways that will make donating art a "win-win" for both.

Please visit our web site to learn more.

For those of you in the Sacramento, CA region, we're having a launch party for this project on November 15th, 2012 at K St. Collective. Click on the image below for details.

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Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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Art Donation - Farewell to an Old Friend

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Let me say this right up front: I don't, as a rule, donate original art. All my art is for sale and I create it with that purpose. I have no desire to be a starving artist and I want my art to find good homes. Although my work is for sale, that doesn't mean I don't get attached to it, but it's a great feeling when something I've created touches someone else enough for them to purchase it. As far as donations go though, I simply can't afford to donate too many higher-priced sources of potential income. While exposure is nice, it usually doesn't pan out and it doesn't buy kibble and hay for my animals.

Having said all that, I've finally gotten to the point where I have enough art to keep both my studio and my display at the Auburn Old Town Gallery well-stocked. This leads me to start thinking about donating an original, provided the situation is a good fit. Just such an opportunity arose that made me feel it was time to cut loose of an old friend and donate it.

So it was with a bit of sadness that I said goodbye today to "Quiet Strength", a scratchboard drawing of a draft horse and his owner/handler. I created this in 2003, it won awards at three different shows, and it has long been a personal favorite. However, it hadn't touched enough of a chord with anyone else, which is why I still had it. Many people over the years have liked it, just not enough to buy it!

I received a call to artists to donate works to the art auction for the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento (CCAS). In the application, there are a number of things that made me feel it was time to send "Quiet Strength" on down the road. One thing is that the artist has the option to request a 50/50 split of the final sale price, another is that the auction will be held at Elliott Fouts Gallery (a well-known venue in Sacramento), and a third is that I really want to see scratchboard get the exposure it deserves. It IS fine art, yet it isn't generally regarded that way. Since I started participating in discussions about scratchboard on WetCanvas, joined the International Society of Scratchboard Artists and attended workshops in June, I've had a renewed excitement over the medium.

If all goes according to plan, this drawing will touch a chord with someone and sell at the auction. And maybe for even more than retail, which would be wonderful, but it could go for less or it might not sell at all, which means it comes back to me. For now though, these are unknowns and it truly did feel like saying farewell to an old friend when I left the drawing there, propped up against the wall at CCAS.

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