Drawing Flies 52_52 Christmas Spey

Drawing Flies 52_52 Christmas Spey

Original status: Original and Prints are available email me for information.

Swing by Jason's blog to check out his rendition of the Christmas Spey!

Tech Info- Watercolor and gouache on 140 lbs Arches watercolor paper.

Well, we have reached the end of Drawing Flies 52. It has been a fantastic year collaborating with Jason on this project! It is also another memorable milestone in my artistic pursuits. I would like to thank Jason for the great inspiration during the course of this project. Having the opportunity and privilege to work with someone of such a high caliber is a great honor.

I would like to thank everyone who has followed us all the way through the project and a special thanks to all who have provided good homes to many of the originals and prints!

Jason and I will be discussing the next project and the possibility of a book, so stay tuned to the blog and my Facebook page for the latest developments.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Drawing Flies 52_51 Gray Ghost

Drawing Flies 52_51 Gray Ghost

Original status: Original and Prints are available email me for information.

Swing by Jason's blog to check out his rendition of the Gray Ghost!

Tech Info- Watercolor and gouache on 140 lbs Arches watercolor paper.

A Carrie Stevens Famous streamer creation made to imitate the rainbow smelt. I am not really pleased with the way this has turned out. Oh sure, I can blame it on a number of things going on right now. I would have liked to work a bit more transparent and the background was quite busy. I started to mess with things in the end (A huge mistake). Fortunately the 30 minute clock prevented me from turning this into a total disaster.

One more to go. I cannot believe it!

Drawing Flies 52_50 Winters Hope

Drawing Flies 52_50 Winters Hope

Original status: Original and Prints are available email me for information.

Swing by Jason's blog to check out his rendition of the Winters Hope!

Tech Info- Watercolor and gouache on 140 lbs Arches watercolor paper.

Stared in my ususal way with this one. a quick sketch in pencil to block out the shapes. I then laid in the background wash, leaving white paper in the wing and tinsel body areas. Blocked in with water color, then finished off with the gouache.

I have swung this patterns on a couple of occasions on bright days when the water was clear. The pattern has not been productive for me.....yet!

Drawing Flies 52_49 Bright Fox

Drawing Flies 52_49 Bright Fox

Original status: Original and Prints are available email me for information.

Swing by Jason's blog to check out his rendition of the Bright Fox!

Tech Info- Sharpie pen, watercolor and gouache.

Started this one by just loosely sketching with the sharpie. I then came back over the pen markes with watercolor and gouache. I ran across the Ray Bergman patterns from a post at Hatches Magazine. You can read more about the Bergman patterns at that post.

As you can tell, we are coming close to the end of the Drawing Flies 52. Stay tuned for what we will be up to next!