The title says it all, really.
Colored pencil on paper.
Flamingo in the Kitchen
July 9, 2009 at 12:18 am (colored pencil)
Tags: art, artist, bird, blue, cabinet, color, colored pencil, draw, drawing, flamingo, kitchen, life, martini glass, pink, prisma color, stove, tea kettle
Generic Castle Guard
July 6, 2009 at 11:13 pm (photoshop)
Tags: art, blue, woman, artist, fantasy, hat, life, photoshop, white, concept, character, castle, guard, magic, auburn, staff, rpg
Simple, quick piece of concept art for a generic castle guard.
Boardwalk Birds and People
July 4, 2009 at 4:21 pm (ink on paper)
Tags: art, Atlantic City, beach, birds, boardwalk, doodle, drawing, glasses, ink, jen ashmen, life, men, new jersey, paper, pen, people, portrait, seagulls, shore, sketchbook, sun, women
This is a nice summery sketch for this fourth of July Saturday. People and birds on the New Jersey boardwalk in Atlantic City.
Lemon, Cherries, and a Jug
June 27, 2009 at 6:47 pm (ink on paper)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, black, book, cherries, drawing, fabric, fruit, green, jen, jug, lemon, life, preliminary, reflection, saturday, sketch, still, thumbnail, white, woman
Preliminary sketch for an upcoming oil painting.
Sand It All Down
June 23, 2009 at 7:49 pm (oil on canvas, underpainting)
Tags: art, artist, beginning, canvas, color, elderly, green, lady, life, naked, new, nude, oil, old, paint, paint over, painting, photo, process, purple, red, restart, sand, stomach, updo, woman
This large oil painting was just sanded down and will be shortly painted over. I should have photographed it pre sanding, but I didn’t.
The only part I’ll really miss is the belly.
Soon this painting will become something so much better than it was.
Seaside Carousel
June 20, 2009 at 10:05 pm (Sketches)
Tags: amusement, art, artist, black, book, carousel, doodle, drawing, drawn, hobby horse, ink, life, lights, line, mall, merry go round, paper, pen, ride, sea creature, seahorses, sketch, white
There is a beautiful carousel in the mall with nothing but sea creatures as “horses”. If you would really like mall security to shadow you for hours, start your visit off by drawing it.
Tuesday is Laundry Day
June 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm (Sketches, Uncategorized)
Tags: art, artist, clothes, doodle, dryer, journal, LA, laundry mat, life, line, pen, saturday, scratch, scribble, sketchbook, south jersey, terrace, washer
But Saturday is for sketchbooks.
Master’s Studies
June 12, 2009 at 8:33 pm (Charcoal and conte crayon on paper)
Tags: adonis, aphrodite, art, artist, beauty, black, chalk, charcoal, conte, crayon, drawing, face, goddess, greek, grey, life, man, master, mythology, peter paul, roman, rubens, study, value, venus, white, woman, work
A conte crayon value study of Peter Paul Rubens’s Venus as depicted in Venus and Adonis.
Fun with Photoshop
June 11, 2009 at 8:33 pm (photoshop)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, character, children, color, design, doodles, grey base, jen, little girls, messy hair, overalls, photoshop, sketch, stripes
It’s been a long time since my first attempt at Photoshop coloring. This is my second attempt, and I have to admitt I’m quite happy with the result.
Blue Bird Background
June 10, 2009 at 9:44 pm (oil on canvas)
Tags: art, artist, artsy, ashmen, blue, bright, cheery, cockatiel, fabric, flowers, jen, life, paint, painter, painting, pink, small, splotch, vase, yellow
This is a small oil painting I finished recently. The colors sing.
Blue Bird Background. Oil on canvas. 9″x12″.
$150.00
