Starbucks 15 minutes with Markers

PAINTING WITH A TWIST AND A FIGURE STUDY

 I actually took the painting class on Tuesday with my wife she really enjoys  painting now. Can't blame her because it is rather enjoyable and fun watching her work,  it was taught by my friend Sheri.  For those you have never been to PWAT,  you sit with a group of people and it is  paint by instruction.  The other is a  figure study that had been working on, on an off for while, I think I've repurpose the canvas at least four or five times, I don't even know what the original painting underneath was.

For those of the new to the blog most all the paintings and drawings are for sale this e-mail me at martylongoria@gmail.com.

Figure Study Acrylic on canvass 4 hours

"Peace" PWAT 2 hrs Acrylic on canvass

My New Toms Shoes

I love me some  TOMS very Comfortable. I had a pair  before there an artist special they had splattered paint all over them  and I really enjoyed them but  when we moved away to Europe  I had to let them go.  So with my new purchase I decided to also  draw them they even look comfortable in the drawing.  My other drawings are from church again I'm not a person to write many notes, but I actually draw illustrations of how and what the speaker is talking about.  All my church drawings are  done in ink.

 Toms shoes  then sold and Marker

 Philip and the Ethiopian Enuch

 Jesus and his scar

The Eucharist 

 the Egyptian overlord   and Moses

 breaking free from bondage

Macaroni Grill and a Few Crayons

Had a little Date night with Marla at the Macaroni grill, their "Schitck" is putting butcher paper down on your table,  toss you a couple of crayons to pass time. The Eggplant Parm is pretty tasty the Gelato is MeHH.

Here is  my drawing of my water glass and said crayons.

15 minutes Crayon.

Two More Stills

Couple more Still life's 

3 Hours Acrylic

3 Hours Acrlic

Still Life

Trying to build my still life portfolio for my Grad school entrance, I want a few of these so I can have a few prime pieces and then choose from the lot. I can use some feed back, so if you have some constructive or destructive criticism let me know.  I am also selling any and all  art work for that posted on this blog,  so if anyone is interested this  e-mail me  at  Martylongoria@gmail.com. 

3 Hours Acrylic

3.5 Hours Acrylic

Sitting and Drawing

While sitting at the car dealership I took advantage of my great App called random pose,  this helps when I don't have anyone near by that will stay still for just a few minutes. It is free app, for you starving artist out there this a great help.  


Here is a the Link
http://www.posemaniacs.com/randompose

20 minutes

15 minutes

25 minutes

Jim Thorpe

Marker and Pencil

Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals for the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, played American football(collegiate and professional), and also played professional baseball and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals.

PWAT

Acrylic

An Hour at Paint with a Twist 

Still working on Satch

I Have been working on this one on and off for about 5 months now, added 6 hours last week. 

Here is a little on Bio on Satchel Paige

Joe DiMaggio called Satchel Paige "the best and fastest pitcher I've ever faced". His pitching was amazing and his showboating was legendary. His career highlights span five decades. Pronounced the greatest pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues, Paige compiled such feats as 64 consecutive scoreless innings, a stretch of 21 straight wins, and a 31-4 record in 1933. For 22 years, Paige mauled the competition in front of sellout crowds.  In 1971, Leroy "Satchel" Paige was given the ultimate honor, he was elected to join the very best in baseball history in the Hall of Fame. 

More Drawing in Church

Easter 2011

Moses and Eygpt

As many of you know I am Reader (maybe an artist) not much a writer  I take visual notes here are few. Most of these are 15-20 minutes with a ball point pen in my journal.

Jesus being Himself

Rachel and Leah

Paul before Kings

Jesus getting Flogged

Bored during the TAKS

Did ever do something you hated?  For me is the TAKS testing done in schools, I know as an educator I am supposed be in to this but I just can't enjoy it. I have to monitor the kids to make sure they don't cheat, disturb or mess with other students during the test. So I got to draw to the students testing ten minutes here, five minutes there and I picked up a  Michelangelo book and I did a few scribbles from there.

Three Acrylic New Ones

Acrylic 

Acrylic

Acrylic

Just added a Few..... teaching at school and at Painting with a Twist is taking a toll on my free drawing and painting time, I with post some classroom drawing.

Back to Teaching at PWAT

I am teaching again at school and Painting with a Twist   .

Pair of Pears Acrylic

Sunflowers Acrylic

Student done with a Sharpie

Snowed In

For those who have not ventured out in this past week it is cold, so I have been snowed in myself. After catching up to all the paper work since I started teach school again, I have used my free time to draw and a little painting. I have done a little of everything, my mind has been scatter shooting so my drawing has been following suit.

STILL LIFE 2 HOURS - Graphite
A Pair of Pears and 3 Cherries

Pietro da Cortona, was an Italian artist and architect of High Baroque. He is best known for painting fresco ceilings. This is my version of Head of an Angel his was ink on paper, mine is mix media Markers, ink, paint on paper. Cortona was known for is copies of Rapheal when he was young, Cortona was recognized among the top artists of his generation, and was elected director of the Academy of St Luke (Rome) during 1634-38.

Head of an Angel
Mix Media - 4 hours

Wolverine a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan. I like him because he is 5 foot 5, yeah that is why I started liking him. He gets in fits of  "berserker rage" , protects the down trodden and he is the money maker for Marvel

Wolverine - Marker
30 minutes

Sunflower _ Acrylic
4 Hours

This is a sunflower I made for my sister for Christmas, late of course... this very thick in paint and fun to do. A shout out for my sister, though she will probably won't read this, she is awesome and a hero of mine.

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In Progress,  "Lemons" about 10 hours

Moonlit Cherry Blossoms

one for Marla

I have working painting and drawing often, but some of the work I can't show y'all. I am working on a graphic novel with an author so it has been comic characters.

I have a Part-time gig with a group called Painting With A Twist so I teach adults how to paint on canvass and they take something home after 2 or 3 hours to hang in their home.

It is a fun way to get a little art lesson,  drink a little wine hang out with friends.

Everything other than the Lemons can be done at PWAT

All this is about 28 hours of work and fun.

The new updated time

677 hours done.......

323 hours  to  go!!!!

Geisha Girl

one for me

Vangogh Tree

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Drawing in Church

I know some people when you think of drawing in church it is a bad thing. Not for me, it is a way I stay engaged with the talk by illustrating what I hear. These are from the the Christmas season, I used some classical Iconography such as the dove being the "Holy Spirit" Elemental symbols were widely used by the early Church.