Wednesday, June 06, 2007

A word on Ink Brush.






I use to do ALOT of this stuff in high school. I mean alot. I could never find a class in it so I had to teach myself. There is a great book called "the way of the brush" that was like nightly reading for me when i was like 15. I love stark compostions but i don't like it when the painting has no earthly subject. For examlple. I hate random shapes floating in space ( you can tell me and modern art don't mix well.) However that doesn't mean that it can be done well. Broadway Boogie-Woogie is a great painting . Typiclly, I find that if an artist has classical training in art their abstract art comes out much better.

I also like Xu Xi. A painter form china. For some reason when I look at his work I think Xerox transfers would look great with them. I would check out his NEw York series. I totally wish I could see the originals up close and personal.

Anyway, here are some other painting that I like :-)

And now for somethjing totally diffrent!




well, not totally diffrent just a post not related to bunny, rigging and crap :-). I just wanted to post this, my fav drawings by Douglas Wildey. If you don't know who he is he's the art force behind Johny Quest! Johny Quest is one of my fav old time Hanna Barabera cartoons. Right Up there with Top Cat (Don't ask me why I just really like Top Cat for some odd reason.) Anyway, back to Doug. I love his work because. 1) he was mostly self taught I believe 2.) His strokes have movement and energy without getting nosiy or vauge. Just all and all a really great and rare guy to find work of.

http://www.lostonwallace.com/influenceswildey.htm

http://www.toondoctor.com/johnnyquest.htm