Read, Dammit. Read!
Posted by trev | Filed under Illustration
Last week, I posted my contributions to the 2011 Free Art Show (see here, here and here). Those brush and ink drawings represented one half of my contribution. The second half involved the bookmarks that you see above.
When coming up for ideas for the show, I thought it would be fun to come up with a series of bookmarks that promoted reading in a fun way. After playing around with headlines that were a bit less “family-friendly,” I finally settled on a unifying theme of “Read, Dammit. Read!”
The illustrations for the bookmarks were created in brush and ink and were colored in Photoshop. I made digital prints of the bookmarks. For the Free Art Show, I created five prints each of the three bookmarks.
This was definitely a fun little project to work on, and the early feedback I’ve been getting has been very gratifying. I have already started thinking about extending this series by adding some bookmarks in the future.
If you are around Newburyport or Portsmouth this month, keep an eye out for a Free Art box and some of my pieces!
Tags: astronaut, bookmark, brush, color, dammit. read!, free art, free art show 2011, Illustration, illustrator, ink, newburyport, photoshop, pirate, portsmouth, read, woman
Garden Safari
Posted by trev | Filed under Sketchbook
The sketch above was done with my new LAMY Safari Fountain pen during a recent drawing expedition to Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH. The tone was added with a PITT Big Brush Pen.
Tags: LAMY Safari Fountain Pen, PITT Big Brush Pen, portsmouth, prescott park
Market Square
Posted by trev | Filed under Moleskine, Sketchbook
Another drawing from a recent drawing excursion in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This one was drawn with a Pilot V5 (which they now make with a retractable point). As I mentioned in earlier posts, one of the fun things about the Pilot V5 is that the ink is not waterproof, so you can get some interesting wash effects if you apply a Niji Waterbrush.
Tags: market square, Moleskine, Niji Waterbrush, pilot v5, portsmouth, Sketchbook
Portsmouth by Brush Pen
Posted by trev | Filed under Moleskine, Sketchbook
The sketch above was done with my Pentel Pocket Brush pen during a recent drawing expedition around downtown Portsmouth. It was done fairly quickly (as you can tell from the wonky perspective), but it was good to mix in some architecture among all of my drawings of people.
Tags: Moleskine, pentel brush pen, portsmouth, Sketchbook
Stone Pigeon
Posted by trev | Filed under Moleskine, Sketchbook
The doodles above are from another edition of Stone Pigeon, the open mic poetry event held every month at Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth. While I don’t do poetry myself, these poetry nights offer numerous drawing opportunities.
Tags: breaking new grounds, doodles, Moleskine, PITT Big Brush Pen, poetry, poets, portsmouth, sharpie pen, stone pigeon
Poetry in Portsmouth
Posted by trev | Filed under Moleskine, Sketchbook
Following up yesterday’s post, here is another drawing from Poetry night at Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth a couple of week’s ago. The above drawing is of the other featured poet of the night, Portsmouth’s poet laureate Mark DeCarteret.
Tags: breaking new grounds, mark decarteret, Moleskine, PITT Big Brush Pen, poet, poetry, portsmouth, sharpie pen, Sketchbook
Free Art
Posted by trev | Filed under Illustration
For the last couple years, local artists have been putting together boxes of free artwork and placing them in various establishments in the area. I decided to contribute this year with prints of some of the my digital illustrations. The two pieces above are two of the pieces that I included. So if you are in Newburyport, MA, Portsmouth, NH or Portland, ME keep an eye out for some really great free stuff!
Tags: free art, illustrations, newburyport, portland, portsmouth
