Monday, December 21, 2009

MOBY-DICK, Page 109

Title: "I will have no man in my boat," said Starbuck, "who is not afraid of a whale."

11 inches by 7.75 inches
colored pencil, ink and marker on found paper
December 19, 2009

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  1. Matt KishDecember 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    Drawn in a hotel room in downtown Richmond, Virginia during the December blizzard of 2009. I will always remember that.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    This is beautiful!! I am liking all the elements of this drawing, the frothy waters around the whale, the gradient colors of the sea.

    Love it.

    What sort of colored pencils do you use?

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  3. UnknownDecember 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    Do you sell prints? I would buy this in a nanosecond if I could.

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  4. Matt KishDecember 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    Thank you very much Crysti, I was really happy with the way this one turned out as well. Perhaps it was the stress of being trapped by the blizzard, but I felt unusually focused while working on this.

    I actually have this giant tub of Berol Prismacolor colored pencils that I've been lugging around for years, so that is what I use. They come in an amazing spectrum of colors and have a wonderfully soft, waxy consistency that is perfect for bright jewel-like colors as well as more subtle gradients.

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  5. Matt KishDecember 23, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    Hello Dionysia and thank you for asking. I haven't yet figured out how to make good prints that I am happy with. I would like to be able to sell inexpensive yet high quality digital prints of some of the pieces, but since I use found paper and the effect of the ink and paint sometimes makes the paper a little wavy there are frequently slightly blurred areas on the scan. I am looking into ways of making some kind of digital prints though, and if I can find something I like I will post all the info here and on my site with links on how to buy.

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  6. UnknownDecember 23, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    Giclée prints are pretty great. Also, a professional art-quality photo printer could help you out with the scanner issue.

    Thanks for considering it, and thanks for the amazing work!

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