mix

cartoons, childrens illustration, doodles, dooling, drawing, illustration, ilustrations, mixed media art, sketch, sketchbook, sketching

boho bird

Waterfalls is used to generate electricity in Kura. I used bulbs to show the energy it generate.

Paper cut out

part-B

Whimsical mixed media illustration

Rose bush study from my garden

Photo transfer- pencil, acrylic paint

Quick Post-its, A work by Frida Khalo ‘What the Water Gave Me’ 1938.

Quick minute post-its sketches of Remedios Varo’s surrealist paintings.

Last year I made many of these cards to sell at my shop. They are each monoprinted, so they are all different. Then I used a stamp I carved and doodled while watching binging on Criminal Minds.

Textures of paint

A little doodle made on a vintage index card from an auction...monoprinted with acrylics, then doodling.

A small frame from family sunday

Las Fridas del s XXI llevan la esencia se la Frida original. Técnica mixta, acuarela, gouache, acrilico y lapiz de color

Doodling a victorian dress.

it’s basicly an ink drawing with acrylics underneath on canvas. This is a detail of the big picture. I photographed it and then layered it with its mirrored picture.

Pens on vintage photo.

Joan Miró inspired artwork.

Sketchbook (6) - Spread 9

I wanted to draw a twisted figure falling.

Colored an older piece today

© 2017 Joe Blend. All rights reserved. — Artwork made by redacting words in a newspaper article to create a haiku. A contour drawing was added using white ink, to convey the meaning behind the haiku. The piece was scanned into Adobe Photoshop for small adjustments, to prepare for printing.

handstyle + color treatment