"Patch Work" - 3

"Patch Work" - 2

"Patch Work" - WIP

Beginning new work, a b/w pen and acrylic ink, 16"x40" still life, all stipple for now...

"REcreation" - 23

for now, have made an end of it... will try for better photo in daytime, with no glare...

"REcreation" - 22

the background is almost finished with the grisaille, just more detailing with the fore wall part in the middle... 30"x48", pen and acrylic ink of imagined themescape...

"REcreation" - 21

"REcreation" - 20

but, slowly, the mists dissolves, and the vision begins more to appear...

"REcreation" - 19

since the background is a visualization of what the artist in the painting is doing, am wondering how much of the background do I really need to do, at least in detail - as if it was a work in progress... maybe light rock work on the rest of the wall, a few more housing scattered on the rest, and leave it as such...

"REcreation" - 18

"REcreation" - 17

and the ink is rolling on.........

"REcreation" - 16

having expected to having a relatively easy time of doing the background, instead found myself having a TERRIBLE time of getting anything close to what has been in my mind - so much so that have had to wipe the efforts three times ... am now on the fourth effort - and at last am getting progress