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The sketchbooks of Fabrice Moireau. Oh, and mine too.
Monday, October 19th, 2009
On a trip to Mexico, I took along only a sketchbook, a brown and a blue Pilot water-soluble marker and a watercolor brush. I had discovered that if I did a line drawing with the markers, then I could go back with water and a brush and make washes out of the lines. It was a very simple and lightweight solution, and it gave me a chance to practice my Spanish as well, which I’d been studying for a few months at that point. I didn’t want to spend more than 15-20 minutes per drawing.
Mexican sketchbook 1 | Stephen Springer Davis
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Taking a break from oils for the moment
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
I’ve been thinking for several weeks now about changing direction temporarily with my paintings. I did this nice painting about a month ago:
Lakeside | 2009 | Stephen Springer Davis
I’ve been frustrated for some that I so often have to do paintings from photographs. The last several times I’ve been to Maine I’ve had disappointing (read as rainy) weather. My brother Criswell generously flew me to northern Utah about a year ago, and to the amazement of me and local residents it was really cold with nasty rain, pretty much everyday. I have pictures that I took on our trip, but the scenes are guess what? Rainy. (more…)
Tags: drawings, Watercolors
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Hello.
I'm Stephen Springer Davis
I'm a pretty much self-taught and pretty much unknown artist and designer living near Philadelphia. The plan is to tell you about my artwork, why I do it, maybe how I do it, and also about other artists who've inspired me along the way.
My definition of the term "painting" will remain intentionally broad so I can talk about anything that interests me.
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