Near the end of last year, I painted a watercolor commission of the character Diana in Tales from the Hyperverse. I did two versions and let the commissioner choose.
Here’s a detail of the first version, with additional lines in India ink:
Here’s the second version, without any India ink:
If you’d like to commission a drawing or painting from me, send me an email at william cardini at this website.
Here are scans of four of the five small paintings that I did for the 2016 Kansas City Flatfile show at the H&R Block Artspace:
“Waterfall Crystal 1,” watercolor and india ink, 6×8 inches, May 2016.
“Monster Crystal 1,” watercolor, 6 x 8 inches, May 2016.
“Monster Crystal 2,” watercolor, 7 x 11 inches, May 2016.
“Alien River Shaman 1,” watercolor, 8.5 x 11.5 inches, May 2016. A riff on a scene from Skew.
It was my first art show in KC! I’m thankful that Glade and I were invited. I had a fifth watercolor that was too big for my scanner and the photos didn’t turn out. Maybe I’ll try to document it again later.
I haven’t done much painting with watercolors. I like how you can mix the colors on the paper by doing wet-on-wet or layering washes. It feels more spontaneous than having to mix all my colors beforehand like I do with my gouache and acrylic paintings.
I’ve got some paintings and drawings in Surreal Landscapes, a show curated by my friend Cari Palazzolo. There’s a bunch of other awesome Austin artists in it also. There’s a reception this upcoming Thursday. Here’s the flyer:
Flyer by Cari.
The flyer samples this watercolor I finished recently, “Landscape with Reptoid Skull”:
9 x 12″ watercolor.
I’ve also been working on a large acrylic painting:
30 x 48″ sketch and first color for “Petrified Forest Spirits Dancing Beneath the Crescent Nightmare World”.
You can see more process and preview shots in posts tagged “Surreal Landscapes” on my Tumblr.
Hey y’all, sorry that it’s taken me so long to get a second post done this week!
Per request, I’m posting a close-up shot of the drawing that I did for Glade for Valentine’s Day:
The drawing is watercolor over india ink. It depicts Glade and I defeating a monster with rays emanating from our wedding rings. If this drawing is too big for your computer screen you can see it various sizes on my flickr.
