I've been hearing so much nonsense lately, I needed to draw some. Daily drawing 55 - 5"x7" watercolor, ink, marker, and pencil on watercolor paper.
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God bless,
Bryan
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Showing posts with label Fort Collins. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Daily Drawing 45
I'm really enjoying drawing on watercolored paper. It's a fun challenge to let the predominate colors be the background. I think it makes me concentrate more on the contrast of the subject.
See available daily drawings at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
See available daily drawings at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
Daily Drawing 44
This daily drawing is another exploration into these visions I've been having of women and marine life in symbiotic relationships.
5"x7" watercolor, ink, marker, and pencil on watercolor paper.
See available daily drawings at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
5"x7" watercolor, ink, marker, and pencil on watercolor paper.
See available daily drawings at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
Monday, January 23, 2012
Daily Drawing 41
Polar Bear (daily drawing 41) - 5"x7" acrylic, ink, and colored pencil on bristol.
Purchase daily drawings at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Daily Drawing 40
Baby Emperor Penguin (daily drawing 40) - 5"x7" ink and acrylic on bristol.
Purchase daily drawings at http://www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
Purchase daily drawings at http://www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
Friday, January 20, 2012
Daily drawing 39
Hobo (daily drawing 39) 5"x7" watercolor, ink, marker and pencil on bristol.
Inspired by this poem:
Hobo
along the tracks
waiting
for a ride
enjoys the stars
See the author's blog at http://redpicnictable.tumblr.com/
God bless,
Bryan
Inspired by this poem:
Hobo
along the tracks
waiting
for a ride
enjoys the stars
See the author's blog at http://redpicnictable.tumblr.com/
God bless,
Bryan
Friday, January 13, 2012
Daily Drawing 32
Daily drawing 32 - watercolor, ink, and pencil on 5"x7" watercolor paper. Purchase daily drawings at http://www.bryancollins.etsy.com
God bless,
Bryan
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Daily Drawing 30
"Feel" (daily drawing 30) - watercolor, ink, and pencil on 5"x7" bristol.
I am really enjoying working on these watercolored papers. Making the watercolor backgrounds is fun and a different kind of expressiveness than I am used to employing in my work. I feel I am learning a great deal from these mixed media techniques.
God bless,
Bryan
Purchase available daily drawings at http://www.bryancollins.etsy.com
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Daily Drawing 29
Working again with this idea and theme that I started on yesterday's daily drawing. I want to see where this goes when I get ready to move these brainstorms to full-blown paintings.
"Lost Thought" - 5"x7" watercolor, ink, and pencil on bristol
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God bless,
Bryan
Monday, January 9, 2012
Daily Drawing 28
Working with some new ideas I have for upcoming paintings and just having fun with drip techniques. Watercolor, pencil, ball point pen, and permanent marker on 5"x7" bristol.
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God bless,
Bryan
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Daily Drawing 10
I hit double digits with this one. Daily drawing 10! I thought the painted area on my first daily drawing looked almost like a bandana on a skull, so I decided to do that intentionally. 5”x7” ball point pen, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on bristol. God bless,
Bryan
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Daily Drawing 8
Daily drawing 8 is a CB Radio girl. 5"x7" ball point pen, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on bristol.
God bless,
Bryan
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Twitter - @useeverycolor
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Daily Drawing 7
I realize I am not flexing my imagination muscles with these daily drawings at the moment, just trying to form the habit of them right now. Daily Drawing 7 - ball point pen, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on 5"x7" bristol.
God bless,
Bryan
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Twitter - @useeverycolor
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Daily Drawing 5
For today's daily drawing I decided to go with a panda. Created with ball point pen, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on 5"x7" bristol.
God bless,
Bryan
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Twitter - @useeverycolor
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Daily Drawing 4
Sticking with the animal theme for now, I drew a pair of giraffes for today's daily drawing. Ball point pen, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on 5"x7" bristol.
God bless,
Bryan
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Twitter - @useeverycolor
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Daily Drawing 3
This little round owl is ball point pen, acrylic paint, and permanent marker on 5"x7" bristol.
God bless,
Bryan
www.bacstudio.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
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Shop for art at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
Monday, December 12, 2011
Daily Drawing 1
I have been debating whether or not to start the daily drawing challenge of creating one illustration each day. I tried it a while back and didn't last a week. I made up excuses about why I couldn't do it, but they were all excuses. Now I am committing to the challenge and have a few artist friends who are doing it with me to keep each other accountable to the commitment. Here is my first daily drawing. It is ball point pen, acrylic paint, and Sharpie marker on 5"x7" bristol.
If you are a determined artist who would like to join the daily drawing group on Facebook, please send a membership request here - http://www.facebook.com/groups/256798767715309/
God bless,
Bryan
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart
Shop for art at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Skeleton Boy with Eggs
I just finished this painting for a collector who requested a unique version of the "Skeleton with Bird" piece I made for the "It's ALIVE!!!" exhibit at Rendition Gallery. It's has been painted on pine, cut from the same board that I salvaged from a home improvement project. (My dad and I turned a window into a door in my house, the pine was for exterior trim.) I've actually been enjoying painting on the wood so much that I will most likely purchase more when I run out of what I have.
To prep the wood I cut a piece in the desired length. The width of the board is 3.5". This painting measures 6" top to bottom. I then use 150 grit sand paper to round the corners and soften the edges by hand. The surface to be painted gets a coat of gesso which dries for twenty-four hours, then a second coat to dry another twenty-four. After painting the piece with acrylics I gave it two coats of archival gloss varnish.
If you would like to add a Skeleton Boy painting to your collection, please reach out to me at bryan@bacstudio.com
God bless,
Bryan
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart
Shop for art at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Caffeine Illustration in Progress
It was so much fun sharing the progress of my last painting with you here on the blog I thought I'd do it again with this colored pencil illustration. This piece is one that I am doing for the "Caffeine" exhibit at Rendition. The illustration board I am working on measures 11"x14". I began by drawing out the girl with her to-go cup of coffee, tea, hot cocoa, or whatever. The next phase was writing out a list of coffee-related words and printing them from the computer. The next step was to trace them all with pencil and tracing paper, and do a reverse rubbing on the illustration board so the font would be how I wanted.
Once this tedious part was over I moved on to color. Worried about the light pencil rub fading as I worked, I started by coloring the lettering first. In this photo there is already about 7 hours of color work. This one is going to be a time monster!
Now with the background finished I am able to move on to working with the main form in the piece which is the girl holding her to-go cup of coffee. This is where the artistic challenge comes in. Since the background is so colorful, I have to make sure that she does not get washed into a psychedelic ocean of confusion. I have a color scheme planned out for her, but I won't mention it here because I want the freedom to adapt or manipulate the plan if the piece needs me to do so.
Now the roses in her hair are finished, and the hair is getting all colored up. I'm down to crunch-time now and this piece really needs to be finished today, which means all the unfinished work you see here needs to be completed in one sitting. That will probably be about 10-12 hours of work. I better get back to it.
Here is the poster for the "Caffeine" exhibit at Rendition Gallery -
I will update this same post with more progress soon. Stay tuned.
God bless,
Bryan
www.bacstudio.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart
Shop for art at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
Once this tedious part was over I moved on to color. Worried about the light pencil rub fading as I worked, I started by coloring the lettering first. In this photo there is already about 7 hours of color work. This one is going to be a time monster!
Now with the background finished I am able to move on to working with the main form in the piece which is the girl holding her to-go cup of coffee. This is where the artistic challenge comes in. Since the background is so colorful, I have to make sure that she does not get washed into a psychedelic ocean of confusion. I have a color scheme planned out for her, but I won't mention it here because I want the freedom to adapt or manipulate the plan if the piece needs me to do so.
Here is the poster for the "Caffeine" exhibit at Rendition Gallery -
I will update this same post with more progress soon. Stay tuned.
God bless,
Bryan
www.bacstudio.com
Twitter - @useeverycolor
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bryancollinsart
Shop for art at www.bryancollins.etsy.com
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Mad Scientist
This is an older watercolor piece I did in 2007 when I first started painting. It has been hanging in my house for a while because I wasn't sure how it would exhibit with any of my newer work. I showed it in my studio at the Gallery Underground in Fort Collins and then sent it out to Art Whino in Washington DC for a bit. Now, for the first time, it is available online in a custom made frame, and available as a production skateboard deck.
The original piece is 11"x14" watercolor and ink on archival watercolor paper. The plain black frame is made here in Fort Collins at Colorado Frame Manufacturers. It is mounted under non-glare, museum quality glass which displays very well and allows all the detail to be seen without reflections. The original is priced at $275 framed and I will ship for FREE anywhere in the world. More photos and purchase info HERE
These production skateboards are the best quality on the market. I have personally ordered a few with some of my other designs and they are just outstanding. They are made of rock hard Canadian maple and are competition sizes and pop. These decks look great hanging on a wall, too! You can order one through Artsprojekt for just $59.95 or if you want one signed, send me an email (bryan@bacstudio.com) and I will have it shipped to me first, then I will sign and ship it to you. I do ask that you cover shipping from me to you. Please don't hesitate with any questions!
God bless,
Bryan
The original piece is 11"x14" watercolor and ink on archival watercolor paper. The plain black frame is made here in Fort Collins at Colorado Frame Manufacturers. It is mounted under non-glare, museum quality glass which displays very well and allows all the detail to be seen without reflections. The original is priced at $275 framed and I will ship for FREE anywhere in the world. More photos and purchase info HERE
These production skateboards are the best quality on the market. I have personally ordered a few with some of my other designs and they are just outstanding. They are made of rock hard Canadian maple and are competition sizes and pop. These decks look great hanging on a wall, too! You can order one through Artsprojekt for just $59.95 or if you want one signed, send me an email (bryan@bacstudio.com) and I will have it shipped to me first, then I will sign and ship it to you. I do ask that you cover shipping from me to you. Please don't hesitate with any questions!
God bless,
Bryan
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