My October/November workspace

My little workspace.
laptop on left and stereo on right.






I found a cool plastic tray with black felt to hold more colored pencils!

Undersea Scape

(c)Ralf Schulze

New art!  Enjoy! Same old size... please see other recent works.  just click on the main Aardvark Farms logo!
Sea below for the paint only scan, before embellished with ink and color pencil. Traded with old friend from grade school!  (early Sept. 2016)

Sudden Narative

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

I just finished this today.
Same size, and media.
On beige acid free paper.

Check out the "paint-only" pic below.

Primordia

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

Been working on these (3-5 of them) and this one has been finalized!

As usual,  Acrylic paint, ink and colored pencil on red, acid-free card stock paper.


See below for the paint only shot (before embellishing with the ink and pencil).

Entropy

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

Here is my first new piece in a few months.  It is still the usual 8.5 x 11 in. colored acid-free cardstock with acrylic paint and ink and colored pencil.
Below is the paint only ; before embellishing with the ink and prismacolors.

Dave Currier's Simon and the Pieman

(c)2012 David Currier

  I usually don't promote other's art on this blog but I have to take exception.  My good friend David Currier has started creating comic strips in the a traditional fashion using ink on paper.

 He is very talented and you should check out the other comic strips he has created here.
If you look to the right you will also see his other art website!

Spider Man

(c) 2012 Dave Currier & Ralf Schulze

I am finally getting back into doing my art after a very busy summer...

I went to my good friend, Dave Currier's studio last weekend and we did what we usually do when we get together, talk about what's happening in our lives and then go out to his well equipped and spacious studio to listen to music we both like, partake of fine adult beverages and most important, do some art!  We did many (5or so) collaborative pieces, but the only one we considered finished is this one!

It is on 8.5 x 11 red card stock (acid free) and has charcoal, white oil pastel, acrylic paint and stenciled spray paint.

Digital Doodle Art

Wow!  So it's been a few weeks since I posted and I wish I posted instead of not.
My Life has been busy with family, work and other things that made me put the art stuff on the back burner (in other words: "Still cooking and not forgotten").
But here, for you're enjoyment, are some digital doodles I've done during the year so far.  I am not good at "art" with a mouse.
these were done in response to a good friend's digital "doodles".  I did them during lunch breaks using windows 7 Paint.

Flaming Rock Star!

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

I cannot tell if this is done or not

It has been around for months, saying "hey, what about me?"

So I added some lines and here we go.

I've recently discovered that I like art that "seems, or looks" UNFINISHED!

Do you think it needs more or can it stand on it's own?

Please comment!

Hidden Verdania

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

This is a leftover from an older March 2012 Paint batch. If you look back at a studio shots post from a month ago or more you'll see this piece unfinished, but prominent in one of the shots.

<-paint only

SwampWorld Redux

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

My Latest in the Scape Series!

I'm still loving to do these! 

This one has a slightly limited pallet.

The Pink Space

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

I'm still exploring this format of 8.5 x 11 acid-free colored paper with acrylic paint, ink and colored pencil.

I'm doing more detail with the colored pencil.

I like how this one feels. I worked on it in the vertical format, but others said they liked it better this way.  Hence the angled signature.

this is the paint only, before embellishment!

The Mawr (Creation)

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

My latest in the knifed acrylic with color  pencil on color paper.

It is 8 1/2 x 11

I spent a lot of time with the color pencil.

This is the paint only.

This is a negative image!

Best Batch Yet

Photo taken 4-14-2012

New Martian Vision

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

5 x 7 ink and color pencil. On dark red paper.

Ugly Fish

                                            

Usually I keep things mostly unrecognizable but I couldn't help but reveal this fish.

Dargonia

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

 Newest on very dark gray paper.  I would have said Black, but the Black Prismacolor pencil showed up on it, so it must be dark gray.

I had a ton-o-fun with this one and went a little crazy with the color pencil detail.

Aurona

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

 I am a little behind the eightball with posting to the artblog here.

This is the usual media and size (see other works)

Please go see this at my FINEARTAMERICA gallery for some wicked cool close-ups!

Infinite Planet

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

 Been playing with this one for a while.  It finally gelled last night!

I also used regular pencil in this one.

I really like the results.

See the "labels" for media.

8.5 x 11 in.

Curious Orang & the Green Galaxy

(c)2012 Ralf Schulze

This is only ink and color pencil on orange/yellow ochre acid-free cardstock paper and is smaller than most:  5 x 7.

Did it all today!

Thanks for looking!