Sir Percy and Citizen Chauvelin

Today's project: pencils for a soon-to-be more polished Scarlet Pimpernel illustration.

First, the little sketchbook scribbles, each only about 2.5" high.



These I scanned, tweaked and re-sized to the proper scale for one another in photoshop, then printed very lightly, for penciling over-top.

Which, after an hour or so, resulted in the adjusted and completed (enough for me to ink, at any rate) pencils:



(Please forgive the filthy, smudgy paper... My penciling isn't always the, ah, cleanest...)

As my next step, I'll adjust the levels in Photoshop so that the piece can be printed out very lightly, but with all its detail, on a new sheet for inking. This method suits my purposes much more than attempting to ink over my pencils, as I've often penciled on pretty rough paper, and have usually dented and pulverized it by the time I'm done my tweaks.

Artwork on sale for the month of May, and for a good cause!

I have decided, for the month of May, to offer some artwork at reduced prices, and will donate 30% of sales towards the Red Cross.

If you've ever been interested in picking up some of my artwork, but haven't had it in your budget, now is the time! You'll also be making a significant and much-needed donation to a good cause!

The available pieces are shown and listed below:


Running Horse
Acrylic on canvas
24" x 36"
Originally $550
Now $280
SOLD



Circus Monkey
24" x 30"
Mixed media with gold leaf on canvas
Originally $600
Now $300



Bird Portrait III
12" x 12"
Mixed media on canvas
Originally $180
Now $120
SOLD



Black Bird XXIII
20" x 16"
Mixed media on canvas
Originally $330
Now $220
SOLD



Fish
8" x 10"
Hand-embossed and painted metal on 1 3/4" wooden panel
Originally $120
Now $70



Flying fish
8" x 10"
Hand-embossed and painted metal on 1 3/4" wooden panel
Originally $120
Now $70
SOLD



Reef fish
8" x 10"
Hand-embossed and painted metal on 1 3/4" wooden panel
Originally $120
Now $70
SOLD



Rabbit
8" x 10"
Hand-embossed and painted metal on 1 3/4" wooden panel
Originally $120
Now $70
SOLD


I will also be donating 30% of any purchases of signed and matted prints, which sell for $40 each. (Prints are matted, with acid free materials, to fit standard 11" x 14" frames.) To view which pieces are available as prints, please take a look at my paintings site, below:

http://www.edenbachelder.com/paintings.html


Prices include delivery within reach of the TTC. For out of town purchases, I will ship at cost.

If interested, or if you have any questions, please contact me at eden(at)edenbachelder.com.

Sea monsters and cephalopods, oh my!

Thursday and Friday of this week, I participated in the group show This Just In, in the Inner Garden space at 401 Richmond.

The theme of the show was new, never-before-shown work -- which presented quite a challenge, with all of my work having been displayed in another show less than one month before!

With the theme of new work, I decided to try something entirely different from my previous series. For the first piece, I made things up as I went along, and the end result was... a sea monster! And from there, the rest followed.

There are currently three pieces available in the series. And here they are!



Left to right:

Murky Depths
36" x 6"
Acrylic on canvas

Of the Deep
24" x 8"
Acrylic on canvas

Murky Depths II
36" x 6"
Acrylic on canvas

All three are available for purchase! Please send a message my way for pricing. I also have images showing more detail of each, but will try not to clutter up the blog with a gazillion pictures. So if you'd like to see them, do ask!

Hope you enjoy them! I had a blast making these.

"This Just In" -- A group show of new work!

Happy news! I've been invited to participate in a group show at 401 Richmond, in the beautiful Inner Garden space on the third floor.

The show, "This Just In", features all-new, never-before-seen work by a range of artists working with all different media and subject matter.

I will debuting an entirely new series. I won't say too much about it just yet, but know this: there will be narwhals.

The public Facebook event is here. Add yourself, and come on out, if you can!

Demmed Elusive

Attempting to expand my repertoire a little, to avoid eliciting the reaction of "Oh not another... (you know what goes here)," I've been sketching a few different characters from classic lit. I'm still working out my Watson, but have some Sir Percy Blakeney, bart., the Scarlet Pimpernel, in the meantime.



I need to do more research on fashion from the era before I can confidently draw the clothing, but it was the expression I was after here, more than anything else.

Sketch is... small. Pencil on paper, slight clean-up and a touch of colour in Photoshop.

This Sunday: The Bazaar of the Bizarre

I'll be there! Will you?

11am to 7pm, at the Pia Bouman School of Dance, 6 Noble Street (near Queen and Dufferin). Free admission, and family friendly!

Facebook event page here:
http://www.facebook.com/the.Bazaar.of.the.Bizarre#!/event.php?eid=193349210683736

This is my favourite art and craft fair of the whole year, hands down. I am never so tempted by so many wonderful, weird, totally-to-my-taste things as I am at this event.

I'll be there, in my usual spot from the last two times I've shown there, with plenty of new work -- and this time, with signed, matted, ready-to-frame colour prints of about a dozen of my original paintings!

A little Holmes

And I do mean little. This sketch is only about 2" tall.

I'm in the early stages of working out my cartooned versions of Holmes and Watson for a silly little comic I have scripted out.

What on earth are these comics all for, you ask? Well! Stay tuned for some big news! In the meantime, I'll be posting some of my efforts towards... whatever it is.