Sinus Issues and Gold Leafing

Well I would be posting a new picture, a scroll I am doing for the SCA. But I have been sick with sinus problems for the past few days and now I am trying to do real gold leafing on this scroll. I HATE gold leafing! It is a pain and a half! So maybe, sinus's and gold leafing cooperating, I will have something new to post tomorrow!

Bad News

Well, my sons mother has cancer. She just had surgery and they don't seem to think it was all gotten. They don't know for sure yet, but she is not doing well and it is very serious. Of course the fact that our son is NOT in touch with us and has no idea about his mother does not help her any! I know exactly how she feels since I went through my cancer and surgery without him knowing about it!

If anyone in the world who happens to see this knows my son, Joe Gravelle and has ANY way to contact him, please tell him he really needs to contact his mom!

Finished Fight

I hope the person who commissioned this likes it, if he does, it is done. I never thought I would ever need to paint a dumpster and garbage, but I did for this. I am happy with how it came out and it is good for an artist to be stretched to do things they have not or would not normally do. All these fight pictures should make me a better artist for many reasons. If you are tired of these pictures, commission something yourself and I will do what you want to see. "Alley Fight", 8 1/2 x 11, Acrylic on Canson board. Prints available. Picture 21.

Very Cool Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_CzD0GBD-4&feature=player_embedded

One of my "adopted sons" posted this on Facebook with the title "Mind = Blown" and it is very impressive and cool!

Fighting Again

Here is the black and white study for the next fight picture. They will be in an alley (I just have not worked out the background details yet).  8 1/2 x 11 Acrylic on Canson board.

I Hate Tree Sex!

Well with warm weather comes trees and other plants having sex and putting polen in the air! So I am sneezing my head off and can't breath and have watery eyes etc! Not fun at all! This usualy goes on for the first couple of weeks of Spring and then again the first couple weeks of Fall. But with the weather getting warm, then cold, then warm again, I am having extra episodes and more time to sneeze myself sick! ICK!

Something Fishy

I got some new books and was inspired to do this little picture (while waiting on the OK for the preleminary sketch for the next fight picture). Done with almost no reference for the figure and using some overall markings like I never realy have before, this is much nicer than I expected. I did use reference for the background, though it is a mix of 3 different underwater pictures. I may do some decoration on the corners (the black areas) but I am not sure. This is getting a somewhat large frame because I have an oval frame with a domed glass that I think this will look realy nice in. "Guppy", 7 1/2 x 11, Acrylic, Micron marker, watercolor colored pencil and Prisma Color. Original and prints for sale. Picture 20.