A Little Better Image - I AM EVIL

I have a better image of the "I AM EVIL" portrait painting.  It shows a little more of the work I did on the banana.  I don't know if you will notice any difference, but if you look back at the old posting, the banana still read a little flat.  I also rounded out the fingers a little more.

Another critique and Hunt for Scholarships (money)

I just finished up another critique for my Painting 3 class - it went well.  I will post pictures soon of the painting.  I also had a Midterm review for my Watercolor class - not so great.  I am told that my work is in the B+ to A- range.  I'm not quite sure how to bring the grade up.  I am also on the hunt for more scholarships - school funding; my current scholarship is up next semester, and I am in need of money for my final semester.  I hope some scholarships will come through.  It's never easy....

This is a new line of characters - Dudlz

These are the recently copyrighted cartoon characters I have been working on.  The copyright is official and Zedie is official as well.  These new characters are called, Dudlz.  I can't put the line over the "u" but they are pronounced Doodlz  - of course a play on doodles ( to draw or scribble).  I have recently had a couple made into stickers; there will be more to follow.  These characters are originally drawn by hand and then scanned and re-drawn in Illustrator.

Black-and-White photo of me busy painting at home.

Thank you Eddy for the great photos.  This is the amount of space I have to work at home.  I look forward to having a studio some day.   In these pictures, I am working on an abstract painting.  This will be a surprise for my professor.  He assigns "problems," and we have to fix them.  I had to build my own panel, use rabbit skin glue (yes made from bunnies), use traditional gesso cooked on a double boiler in class, and then create an abstract painting.  I might post the abstract painting at a later date.

New Body of Work - Oil Paintings.

I am in the process of building a body of work that actually resonates with me as an artist.  The work is done in gray tones, black-and-white, with a touch of color to a specific area of the painting.  One is of Eddy holding a banana and the other is a self-portrait.  The self-portrait still needs the lenses of the glasses to be painted a light blush "rose" color.  I am also currently working on a portrait of my son, Joshua.  The canvas is 18" x 72" in length.  He will be in the same gray tones, but the necklace (rosary beads) he is wearing, will be in color.  I will post images of that painting at a later date.

Eddy with the evil banana:

Self-Portrait - wearing glasses: