Dean C. Graf's Faves

Gouache experiment.

Per special request :) this is my method for crosshatching. Feel free to comment and share your ideas.

Drawing Prompt Submission

Also known as Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas. My mom’s favorite flower. Her Mother’s Day gift.

8x10 done in Prismacolor colored pencils on Strathmore Bristol.

Charcoal study for a painting I did called "Peace on Earth".

Ebony. Contour Line. 4 minutes.

Observation while waiting.

Kierkegaard said we undersand life by looking back, but we must live life forward. On a trip to the Chicago Art Institute with a group of students, I penned the students behind me and then I penned the rapidly moving images I saw through the front window of the bus . I still do not understand life except that perhaps it is full of energy and art and love.

Camden, Maine. Getting back into making personal art after working on a huge commission these past few months.

A thought I've been having lately- To make peace without forgiveness, I do it for my own mind, my own future, and you need nothing from me too.

sky colored mushrooms

What happens if you really only look in the mirror, and not at the paper?

A couple of winter tree drawings.

Running Late. The personification of the reaper running late for his next appointment. 10” x 15” Original ink and watercolor illustration on Strathmore 500 Series 4-ply Bristol illustration paper. Signed by the artist. Unframed.

Texture experimentation.

What is your relationship with a Higer Power like? A friend of mine mentioned to me that a Rabbi Friend of his suggested that God likes a good argument. I thought that was funny. The self portrait is G2 .o5 on bristol board with marker for the added color.