Thursday, January 21, 2010
Jason's letterpress work
I'm always trying to talk Jason into drawing some things for me to letterpress. I stole this drawing off his stack of papers and made a plate out of it.
Pretty cool, right? Again, not exactly my look, but that's what's cool about it.
I asked him if he wanted to sell them in our Etsy shop...he says "Yes. For one dollar." So I might just do that--list it in the shop for $1. And ship it in a standard envelope for 43 cents or whatever a stamp costs these days.
Now, everyone leave a nice comment so I can motivate him to draw more.
Labels: jason, letterpress, printing
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
the Beth and Jason Co-Lab
This is the second edition of the Beth/Jason collaborative painting series (see the first episode here).
To say we have two totally different artistic styles is an understatement. Jason= zombies, bloody beasts, ninjas, etc. Beth = flowers, leaves, Tuscan scenes
But we have one thing going for us in that he likes to draw, and I like to paint. 
This is Jason's drawing, on super heavy watercolor paper. Notice the mushrooms. That would be a detail I probably wouldn't have thought of.
Here is my first layer of paint. It was like coloring in a coloring book! This is the best part as far as I'm concerned.
After I was done painting, Jason went back with some pens and watercolor pencils and added details.
Ta-Da! This was Jason's mom's Christmas present. Last year, Jason painted her a robot with a machine gun (link here), so I'm thinking she might like this better. Although, she did laugh when she first saw this, so I'm hoping that's a good thing. . . ?