Exhibition Opening!

You are welcome.
Saturday, May 1, Kings Bay Y (Nostrand Ave. btw Ave U and Ave V), 8:30pm

Rain

Went to MoMA on Tuesday and spent 2 hours under the rain trying to get it. I don't recommend it. But I finally got in and saw a magnificent exhibition of William Kentridge. Resulting in this:

Kings Bay Y Logo

I am (commissioned) to redesign the logo of Kings Bay Y, for whom I am doing the mural. So here are some variations on that.

Give Your Child the Best!

I've seen an ad in a newspaper the other day while on the train. It advertised a summer camp by showing a girl with a lolly-pop. But the gaze on her face was just like the one Chronus had in Goya's painting. So I did this:

Logotime!

What's your favorite?

I don't know, how much would you charge for a logo?

Sketch

The Spanish bus across the GWB at night

An unsuccessful attempt to replicate an amature

Started teaching teens art. At first I had three of them, it went ok. Then, towards the end of the session a fourth one came. I noticed she's not as familiar with paingitng as a regular teen would be. But then, I stopped looking at how she painted and started looking at what she painted.

I came home inspired. Tried to replicate the painting, and of course, failed. There's no such power in this one as in the original. Nevertheless, take a look:

A caterpillar for the for Michael Kutsche's Art Contest

Last night noticed this curious Bobby Chiu thing on my blog. Why not try, right?

Valentine's Day 2010

Nadia likes teapots, cups and such. She actually makes very cute drawings of then occasionally, so for Valentine's Day I took some of them and translated to canvas, experimenting a little.

Webpage demo

And there's another unpaid! Relatives, what can you do?

Poster for concert

Here's some of the payless kaka I've been messing around lately.

A poster for instance:

Kings Bay Y Mural

That's the mural for the Jewish Community Center Kings Bay Y so far. As soon as the weather changes the works would resume.

The Birches (the wall)

Bad photos, I know. But there it is!

Few sketches for Elizabeth's cute children's book

It's called Pleaseeee Mommy

and it's about this boy, Alexander, who walks into a pet store one day


and there he sees different kinds of fish, birds, lizards

and dogs. And he falls in love with the puppies, so he wants to get one.

But his mom tells him it's a great responsibility, so Alexander wants to prove her he's responsible by doing dishes,


making his bed,


and doing his homework


By the end of the week of nagging, Alexander, of course, gets his dog.

The Whispering Tree was finally photographed

Yes, taking picture of your artwork is important and difficult. But I found someone who would do both of them for a $100. And fyi: that's cheap.

Birches Mural

Another mural!
(not huge this time. a bedroom wall)

Here's a sketch:

Painting of Haim and Julia

Just started a caricature painting present for a couple I know.

Then, after realizing I skipped the middle tone stage, I put some darks on :


And that's the next step:

Then put some values, a bit color:

Painting the mural

Some coloring:








Here are some beginnings:




And that's why I can't continue. I think the wall shrank in the rain, but I can't measure it. Notice that the promised cones are present.


The wall did shrink by 18 ft. so I had to change the composition a bit, but everything got in.
And that's most of the outlines: