Kaplan Arts

Under the better late than never school of thought here’s quick sketch for the “Dip” theme. I drew this last fall during my daughter’s swim class. The washes were done digitally.

Help I’ve fallen and I can’t get up? Not so much, but I wanted to get something in for the theme Rescue this week.

Pretty the Parakeet makes her debut as the dreaded EL Muerto. If you see her coming head the other way fast!

Here is a portrait of my sister. She was also the subject in the image Subterranean Blues. I’m continuing to work with the challenging medium of watercolor. Why do I like it? The loose quality it has appeals to me. I also enjoy the unexpected results that occur. Sometimes they are great and sometimes you have to think on your toes to find a fix or take it in a new direction.

Here’s a background page template I’ve been working on for Kwamba Productions. It will be in an educational DVD for training people about client led micro-finance. I’ve done free-lance work for Kwamba on a few projects over the years, such the Tent Cities Toolkit and the Spanish Educación Financiera: Su Dinero y Su Futuro. Which is a series of videos for the Mexican banking community to enhance financial education and literacy among low-income Mexican citizens. It’s part of the Global Financial Education Program Curriculum series educational DVD template that is being worked on now.

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This image propagated itself into many incarnations. First watercolor, then pen and ink illustration, both of which where scanned and merged, and finally I ran some photoshop filters on the merged painting.
If I had more time I’d put up a play by play but it’s a busy week.

My last image really bothered me. So I did another one this time all in watercolor. No digital reworking. You can really see the 90 #lb paper I have is atrocious. But I liked this one better. Go figure.

Here is my take on the theme adrift. I was thinking about the paintings of Gustav Klimt. Medicine and Flowing Water particularly came to mind.

Here’s a new sketch I did of Jason and Anika working together on the computer. Again, I drew it, scanned it and did the wash work in photoshop. The original was yet another sacrifice to my efforts at watercolor. I love the digital era though where I’m able to have another shot at working up a drawing.