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Sketching every day
I’ve made a conscious effort to sketch every day, even if it’s something small, in the last two weeks.
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Recoloring the grayscale art
I have an odd brain (you don’t say…), and the way it works with art has always been interesting. One of those oddities is in working with grayscale vs. color. I know plenty of artists who start with a grayscale piece and then go and color everything to make it Read more…
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My thoughts on the coming year
But I think this new year brings a different feeling, one I haven’t felt in a long time: hope.
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My first con art show and “guesthood”
Today I’m leaving for VisionCon, and my first shot at being a guest.
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VisionCon and the things I’m bringing
I’ll probably at least bring business cards and mini-cards, but talking online today with Cullen Bunn I also considered “monster cards’.
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Russ’ Art Blog: The Dream of Ossian
Thanks to the holiday season, I haven’t really been able to do much at all, let alone an art blog.
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New art: Mama Ain’t Happy
Based on a fun story called, “If Mama Ain’t Happy”, here is a new piece of art
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Russ’ Art Blog: The Young Lady with the Shiner
One of the nice things about being in an art museum is the chance to take in a surprise painting, one that you didn’t expect to see.
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New artwork: night of the innocents
This one I call “the night of the innocents”, and there’s a better close-up at the end.
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Sketchy McSketch Sketch: November and Moleskines
For those not in the parlance, a Moleskine is a particular kind of small journal, in my case the “storyboard” version.
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Russ’ Art Blog: The Apotheosis of War
Vereshchagin etched the phrase, “Dedicated to all great conquerors, past, present and future” into the frame of the work
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Hey imagine that: New art by me!
I’ve been trying to get back into art as strongly as I can, especially with my being a guest at VisionCon in January. It’s been tough, between family life, day job, being out of town for said job, and so on. But I managed to squeeze in some time this Read more…
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Russ’ Art Blog: The Wadsworth Atheneum
I don’t often get to art museums, so I make the most of it when a chance comes up (save for the Denver Art Museum, which is only an hour away). I think, though books and the web can certainly show you art you’ve never seen before, that being in Read more…
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The big trip: Hartford and New York City
Here is a quick rundown of the trip, with a handful of images and observations that I have.
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Russ’ Art Blog: Found Drowned
Continuing on my art posts of really happy, joyous images (reference: sarcasm), here is Vasily Perov’s Found Drowned (1867, Oil on canvas, 27″ x 42″). I’ve had a bookmark for it for awhile, and I think it’s an interesting piece. I think it’s one of those pieces that has a Read more…