Art book classics

So I'd like to detail some art books (mostly about drawing) that are very near and dear to my heart. Some are rather difficult reads. So I make my appologies right here. However...IF you can wade through the language and set all this knowledge right in your brain, it WILL blow your mind. These are the goods right here fo shizzle. And so in no particular order....

A Treatise on Landscape painting by Andre Lhote

Painter's Progress by Maurice Grosser

The Art Spirit by Robert Henri

Figure Drawing for All it's worth by Andrew Loomis

The practice and science of drawing by Harold Speed

Oil Painting Techniques and materials by Harold Speed

Perspective for Artist by Rex Vicat Cole

The Artistic Anatomy of Trees by Rex Vicat Cole

Painting Techniques of the Masters by Hewerd Lester Cooke

Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

more to come as I think of them...

So I started reading this book last night. I knew that I always loved Dickens, but I forgot why. Well it didn't take but 3 pages and I was hooked. I think I've actually read this book before because little snippets come back to me as I read. I love this FN book!
So it may sound stupid, but I love the way the characters sit by the fire and talk. They notice the weather and all sorts of fine details. All at once Dickens creates a world that is both happy and sad. The way Dickens describes the characters and places are so vivid and real that I have a whole world in my mind. I even imagine the what the characters sound like. He is truly a master.

Here it is. In all its glory. And it didn't kill me afterall.

More stuffs part 2....

Here's some stuffs that are going into the Rock n Roll craft show 6. I got accepted. Woot! Woot! Now i just have to craft my ass off until the deadlines....
this is Pink Meanie and Laparotomy Rabbit. So cute. Upcycled stuffed animal from the goodwill and it doesn't even smell like a little kid!

new stuffs

Ok, it's been a long while since I've posted anything. Well, I've been really busy making a poster for Lola Van Ella's St. Louis Showcase. I'll post pics of that when I'm finished with it. It's been a 2 month endeavor so it should actually be better than it is, but whatever. Here's a sketch of the poster without all the colors. Also some stuff I've done in the meantime...

Screen Printing for fun and profit...well fun.

Here is my first multi-color screen print. I think it's kind of busy. I might simplify this color scheme and take another stab at it. I'm happy with the drawing. I think it's pretty baddddassss.

Dr. Sketchy's May 09

More Dr. Sketchy's May.