Hands & Pants collab : Many ideas, one outcome

My friend John Casey has been doing a specific collaboration with artists from all over for years that he calls "Hands & Pants" because that's what you get when you participate: a hand and a pair of pants. The rest is up to you. I had the opportunity to do this last April when I received a 8.5" x 11" pen and ink drawing of a hand and pants. With the composition and size, I was sketching, sketching SO many ideas. I went to the several boxes filled with collage pieces and thought, "Oh this would be fun" since I hadn't done a collage piece in a while. Well, the piece I chose, the flower headdress, extended far beyond the paper's edge. After hemming and hawing for a while, dabbling with a few other ideas, I made the (in the back of my mind, a possibly regrettable) decision to cut the being out and adhere it to a watercolor piece that I had been working on around the same time. I think it turned out nicely.

Thank you to John for the experience. The next Hands & Pants show will be in the Fall 2019 at Faultline Studios.

Inktober 2018 - 28/31

 

 I endeavored to do my best with Inktober this year. I missed 3 days in total, so not too bad. There are a few of these I really like, some are concepts that I'm now turning into actual pieces (like the mermaid), and some are...eh (my Idi Amin Crododile didn't turn out so great). Will attempt for all 31 days next year!

Old Small Jewel

  "Quiet" done in watercolor and ink crowquill is a work I finished a few days ago - after this piece sat langishing in various stacks of half started pieces for a number of years.
  I love it's vibrant misty silence. I can hear a hush of water and a rustle of leaves. I think I kept it unfinished for so long because of how much I enjoy this small jewel.