Category Archives: Scratchboard media
An Experiment
WIP: Dawn: African Lions. Prismacolor sketch pencils on black paper, 10 x 8 in, 2007. Before I start a new scratchboard I typically make a fairly detailed drawing in graphite. Because scratchboard tends to be an unforgiving medium, it’s important … Continue reading
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On a high…
Recently, I’ve been on a quest for the perfect spray fixative and varnish for my scratchboard art. I had been using Lascaux’s Fixativ matte finish spray but I’m not sure if they changed the formula or what, but it’s been … Continue reading
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So… what’s the deal with you and scratchboard?
Meet for Coffee. Scratchboard, 5 x 7 in, 2007. I fell in love with scratchboard during a workshop in 1999. The instructor was the late Bill Haussecker http://www.billhaussecker.com/ and halfway through the workshop I felt like I had come home. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Scratchboard media, Still life
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A stable design process
Stable: pencil study. Graphite on paper, 10 x 8 in, 2007. Here’s the pencil study for my new work. I picked the reference image by “karpati” from www.morguefile.com . I was completely taken in by the lighting in the photograph, but … Continue reading
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and Bears, Oh My!
Grizzly. Scratchboard with acrylic ink, 12 x 9 in, 2007. $380.00 framed. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what draws me to scratchboard as a medium – I mean why scratchboard? Why not just draw or paint? My usual answer … Continue reading
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