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Extemporaneous Nudes

Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, figurative, gesture, mixed media, nude, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, color, Drawing, figure, ink, nude, paper, pencil, Tom Bennett on February 25, 2010 by Tom Bennett

I have a number of different sets of work going on with various mediums and treatments. Sometimes its based on what I have available to me in materials and space. Lately I’ve been spending my days in a tight space in Manhattan doing illustration and when I have spare time I’ve been working on these little improvised sketches using pencil, graphite, benzyl-alcohol based inks, india ink and sometimes a little water. I allow the materials to react and keep the editing to a tight minimum. These are often more fun and exciting than a fully “realized” finished painting. And it’s my nature to luxuriate in fun and excitement. I guess thats also why I love fleshy female form. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

Houri, pencil, ink on paper, 12″ x 9″

Adumbration, pencil, ink on paper, 9″ x 12″

more after the jump

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Photo-Impressionism

Posted in abstract, Art, digital, Jason Gray, Photo-Impressionism, Photography, technique, Uncategorized, Work in Progress on March 13, 2009 by Jason Gray

This is an update of a project that I started back in December. Over that time, I have experimented a lot within this series, and I think that the approach that I have arrived at has finally evolved into something pretty interesting. Read more »