© 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.
This panda wants to go fishing. 5"x7" ink and watercolor on Strathmore mixed media paper.
Sketchbook. Coffee and Ink. 2017 Ink, coffee and cuts out.
Sketch of the Albinyana pharmacy (Raval de Montserrat, Terrassa, Barcelona).
One of the Big Five: Buffalo. Pen and ink and mixed media on old map
Something of a mock paella going on here, I’d say!
Whale sharks and whale unicorns!
AI-edited photograph of a bridge.
Under the sea we go…
Underwater science at play here…
Shark time again? Indeed!
Butterflies, this-that and the next thing!
Charcoal on mixed media paper
Charcoal, crayon, and acrylic ink on mixed media paper
Perched between silence and song, the blue jay waits—half mischief, half mystery.
Where did September go?
Before autumn cools things down a bit, something tropical looking to share…
As it says, with narwhals.
Hungry for Japanese cuisine and literature, are we?
And so September and Autumn begins…
Narwhal flavours, washi tape as always and a cheeky Cymera sticker to start my current sketchbook… this one entitled “All Fishes Are Weird”. One way to kill time during delays getting back home on the train back from London yesterday!
Mushrooms, moons and squids… also known as, the usual suspects.
…or rainbows!
Guinea pig obsession
Palm Pals tribute time! My subject approves :-)
Another bus doodle I started last night, paused on, and finished up the moment I woke up… typical Thursday, I suppose.
Muon, W, and Fish Mixed media
Started the day off the best way!
