I've put off posting this due to a crazy past few weeks! A couple weeks ago at the graffiti park, I decided to paint a Japanese style robot. I'm very pleased with the results.
An exploded view painting of a robot at the graffiti park
I was talking to a friend at a party last Friday about doing some sort of exploded view at the graffiti park. The next day, I decided that I was going to do a robot. This was a lot of fun and I now feel more comfortable with linework. With this painting, I wanted the various robot components to come together to form a spray painting robot.
A fighter plane mural on April 23rd
A couple weekends ago, some friends were in town and I suggested a couple of places to hang out. One of those places is the HOPE Outdoor Gallery. I brought some paint with me and decided to paint a Spitfire fighter plane. I really liked that sketch I did a while back and thought that it would translate well into graffiti. I'm really pleased with how it turned out and enjoyed having good company.
An Ambassador at the graffiti park
I was actually surprised to see that last weeks piece remained as intact as I saw it. Usually, murals get painted over fairly quickly.
I really enjoyed doing a car last time and was in the mood to do another. A photographer that documents whats happening at the park really enjoyed the loose sketch before it was colored. What I thought was really neat about that sketch was how the graffiti was able to show through the car sketch.
With the next mural, I wanted to have the cars "paint" be the graffiti that I was painting over. The first car was more modern and sporty. I wanted the next car to be more cartoony, which is why I went with the Ambassador. Its an iconic Indian design thats been around for 60 years or so. As I was painting, it drew a lot of attention from the Indian observers at the park. Overall, I'm very pleased with this piece.
Graffiti park on Sunday
As usual, there was some really great work at the graffiti park. I had another attempt at graffiti with my robot. It turned out pretty good, despite not getting enough of certain colors. I still need a lot more practice with controlling my lines.
Free art Friday
In Austin, the artists sometimes like to participate in "Free Art Friday." During Free Art Friday, artists hide their pieces around town for anyone to find. You track down those pieces using Instagram and searching under the #atxfreeartfriday or #atxfaf_official tags.
This week's theme involved creating art on masonite Texas shapes. I chose to draw an Indian pattern surrounding the star, representing Austin's place in Texas. It felt very satisfying seeing this piece going to a good home!
The most recent ones...
I'm very pleased with the last two sketches. Heres Beetlejuice and a kiddie desert stormtrooper.
More sketches from the campaign
Heres a creepy dummy, a Dalek, Guyw Fawkes and a zombie
Some of my other favorite sketches from this campaign
Heres a "Dia del los Muertos" munny, a kid mummy and "Candybot," a robot that throws candy at trick or treaters.
31 Spoopy Sketches campaign
Here are some sketches from the drawing campaign amongst my friends. Heres a bat stealing my stylus, a "Bro-Wolf", a cute scarecrow and a vampire
Sketching for today, October 4th
My attempt at graffiti and some Halloween themed sketches
Om under the dome
Last weekend was rather action packed. I biked down to the State Capitol for the "Om under the Dome" yoga event. It was pretty crazy seeing lots of hippies gathering under the State Capitol dome in a united "Om" chant. Definitely a unique experience!
Deep Eddy
Yesterday, I paid a visit to the famous Deep Eddy pool downtown. Its the oldest pool in Texas and its fed by a natural water well, so the water is very cold! It was also a good opportunity to do a sketch.
RoshiK's "Black Gold" show
Last weekend was pretty action packed. A very talented artist had her first independent show and there was a lot of great work.