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Graphite and marker. Trading card size, fish in Regency era costume.

from the "Seeds" series.

Ink

Tonight is the night of the most metal moon of them all! I hope to draw beneath it and maybe absorb some werewolf powers, fingers crossed!

I’ve been afraid to open the cursed cabinet ever since grandma left me the family black hole...

#inktober Day 3. www.instagram.com/mjdaluz_illustrations

Coffe and conversation after diner

Patternz - series 3

Color Pencil over Gesture. It was a contemplative day in the art classroom. Students were drawing self portraits and I had time to join them. Our discussion was on 'Reflection'. The image we see of ourselves in the mirror is not what people see when they look at us. They see the reverse. The mole on my cheek is on the other side of my face, if you were to look at me in person. This leads to discussions of perception and reality. It can be fun and humbling. We cannot live only by sight. We must have a faith of some sort. This reminds me of the Michael Feldman Public Radio Program called: "Whad'Ya Know?" It opens with the audience shouting: "Whad'd Ya Know?" and Michael replying: "Not Much! You?". We do not know much, I think, as much as we like to pretend that we think we do.

"Faux-tanical" floral doodles in a vintage Beginning Norwegian text book.

The name for this piece comes from a billboard I noticed as I was heading home from a shopping trip not too long ago, and it’s stuck with me ever since. Life in lockdown (needless to say) brings with it plenty of time for us all to learn and get creative in whatever way works best..

This just happened, and that's all I can say really.

In the immortal words of Jim Carrey...ssssssssssmokin'!

Fun little fact: The anglerfish belongs to the teleost order known as Lophiiformes. See what I did here?

It seems like most people I know these days are starting families, so I figured I'd respond in the way I know best...

a mixed media sketch

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2WzyDLoeq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The futility of cages.

Laundry day. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce3zvWkru-P/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Sometimes I think flowers are the most beautiful natural loving things on this planet. You can always count on their beauty no matter what ugly storm is happening in the skies

Done in Pen and Ink, Watercolor

I have found my new love in playing with the Glass Ink Pen where I can easily achieve specific lines that are hard to make with a regular pen. Here I am working to gain confidence in my permanent line work where I can't erase every second. I am also working to gain experience in cross hatching. which is very difficult.

Autumn is a peculiar time, I suppose. It's one of the prettiest times of the year (in my opinion) and one of the most mysterious. I'm not sure what it is that leads to it, but my mental state always shifts dramatically during this time, not always in the best way. I don't know. The transition is darker and murkier.

Playing around with images of a dive suit team.

Here is another doodle drawn during Inktober that I turned into a logo or illustration. You can see a color rendering on this logo on my Instagram @richardkoehler1218