This is a 9″x12″ abstract drawing of a spider, created with markers, paint pens, pens, and watercolor medium. The cool color palette adds a cold feeling to the artwork, and loose style helps the spider to blend into the surroundings. The long background lines and wispy strokes also help to convey a sense of movement.

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This is a 9″x12″ abstract drawing of a face with a determined expression. The character’s face was drawn with pens, paint pens, oil pastels, and markers. The artwork is expressive and colorful, with contrasting warm and cool colors used to set apart the eyes, nose, mouth, and some skin surfaces from the surrounding chaos.

An accompanying video shows how I draw the abstract face in a time lapse format. The initial composition of the face was sketched with pen first, followed by layers of color and highlights.

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These are two abstract drawings of ornaments, traditionally placed on a Christmas tree. The artworks are approximately 9″x12″, drawn and painted with paint pens, markers, and oil pastel. Each drawing reflects a slight fragility and exuberance of an ornament by using wispy lines and bold colors.

Happy winter holidays to all!

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Expression without fear is often followed by more self awareness for me. Whether it’s through music, writing, dance, visual art, talking, or some other type of introspective activity, it helps me reach a new perspective about my life. I feel like I have some clarity. The drawing below is an abstract representation of a part of the process. The artwork is drawn on two sheets of 12″x9″ card stock paper, with pens, markers, colored pencils, watercolors, and paint pens.

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This an abstract painting created with acrylic and watercolor paint. The artwork is approximately 16.5″ x 11″ on heavy foam core. Sweeping movements were used to wisp the paint onto the surface, and instead of using the brush, the brush handle was used to push and pull the paint around. The painting is primarily black and white, but hints of yellow, blue, and orange permeate the entire abstract artwork.

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