Back of Your Hand

(c) 2019

8 1/2 x 11
 

Curiosity (sold)

(c) Ralf Schulze

Acrylic, color pencil, red ink, white archival gel pen on beige card stock.
This was fun.  Used one of the many paint only started just before the Monster Drawing Rally in December last year.
This view is cropped.  Original is still 8.5" x 11".
The original paint-only is below.

August Startings

current work started and continuing to play with!
The usual kraft paper card stock and regular 8.5 x 11 stuff.

Smiling Sky ACEO art card

(c)2015 Ralf Schulze

another created via the "art card window" 

before final embellishments

Art Card Original " Flow"

(c)2015 Ralf Schulze

The first finished piece from the "Art Card Window"

If you go to that post, see if you can find which larger piece I took it from.

Like the back of the old Batman trading cards!

The Art Card Window

I recently made a card-stock piece with a rectangular hole cut out, so I can view old, busy, unfinished works to turn into art cards.  Then I just mark the image with a pencil.  
Look!  I have 10 new starts of Art cards and they are all originals!
And the scrap from around them can be used in collage and Mail art!
Recycling never looked so good!  If you know how to see the smaller images larger, you will notice that I have "outlined" ten potential new art cards on the 3 images!!

the "art card window" in action!

A Photo of Friends

painted over painting

I recently found the last two sketches of my friends and I from 1988 or so.  Of course the sketches transformed them into comic characters!

Fun stuff!
All the drawings are on 14 x 17 sketch paper.
I even started a painting back then based on this photo, but got frustrated and painted it over with something else.
I just found the scan of the old photograph of the painting I painted over!

Studio Shot - Dec. 2013

A picture of my work space from a little more than a year ago.

Title: REGRET

I originally started this almost 3 years ago, but it sat it a pile of " what about these cool paint starters" for nearly 2.5 years.  I started playing with it a bunch of months ago and finally finished it last night! 
The Title has absolutely nothing to do with the process.  The red is so intense, it was hard to fathom, let alone make it work with the rest of the image.
Same old 8.5 x 11acid-free card stock with acrylic paint and ink and color pencil.  see the paint-only scan below.

(c)2015 Ralf Schulze

Great In-process art from September 2014

Made new "paint"on paper to work on for the future back in September 2014.
cool stuff and fun times.
Thanks Dave!

My First ACEO / Art Card / Sketch Card Revisited - kind of...

(c)2010 Ralf Schulze

This is a digitally colored image of my very first Art Card (baseball card sized [2.5" x 3.5"])

Please check out the post of the actual card that I hand colored with watercolor back in 2010, here.

Please check it out! click this now!

I manipulated it back in 2010 and  didn't have any fancy digital image manipulation software then and I still refuse to buy anything like that.  I use Gimp (open source) and  Corel Painter Essentials 4 if I really need to do some semi-high-tech stuff. 
I'm old-school and prefer to hand color stuff!
What i do like about the generally recent technology is the ability to scan or photograph so cheaply and have the "process" available to view!

Richmond Zinefest!

I will have a table at the Richmond ZineFest On Saturday October 4th.
With some of the same kind of cool Stuff you see here!  {except the lame old Laptop}
Click here for More information!  Click around for details as to where the Zinefest is at!
If you are seriously wondering what I have to offer , please check out the "labels"and click on 1988, 1989, 1990, and maybe 1991 also etc. to see my older stuff in advance! 

Feel free to friend me on Facebook!
and if you scroll down, check out my videos on youtube !

Fingers of God

(c)2014 Ralf Schulze

This is the usual 8.5" x 11" acrylic paint and ink and color pencil on colored, acid-free, card stock colored paper.

I am willing to sell most any of this size/style of my original art for $100 each, unframed and I keep the rights to the image. Contact me any way you like.
I have approx 30 different originals available.
Click here for a nice thumbnail view of most all I've done in this style.
Below is an earlier scan.

(c)2014 Ralf Schulze

L - Stages

(c)2014 Ralf Schulze

 As a "painted only" work, this was waiting for me to embellish for a while.
Then it became obvious and i finished it a few days (finished mid February).
Only now getting to post it.
same old 8.5 x 11 acid free colored card-stock paper.
I only used Acrylic paint and Prismacolor pencil to create this(Surprise!  No Ink!).
It is currently framed with a bright red Ikea frame and looks fabulous hanging on my wall in the hall!

(c)2014 Ralf Schulze

Below is the paint only.

Audition of the Wrong Bhuda

(c)2014 Ralf Schulze

Started last summer and it finally gelled a few days ago.  Had to trim this baby because I accidentally got grease spots on the piece.  It's too good to trash because of 2 tiny oil stains... if you really need to know look at the top right and bottom just to the right of my signature.
If you still want to buy the original it will cost you $120 unframed.  And of course I still have complete rights to use the image as I wish.
This is 8" x 10" otherwise same old acrylic paint, ink and color pencil on acid-free card stock paper.

Neuro-Quest

(c)2013 Ralf Schulze

 Newest addition!  started in February in Charlottesville (see start pic below)!  Same old acrylic paint, ink and color pencil on 8.5 x 11 acid-free colored paper!
This one was fun and just finally jumped at me after I looked at it in the mirror and saw the vertical potential.  But i signed it at an angle so it can be hung horizontally if the buyer desires.  For sale, of course, just email me at aardvarkf@yahoo.com!

mostly paint only

Verdant Chaos

(c)2013 Ralf Schulze

This one is just black ink and color pencil on acid-free gray paper.

Started (ink done)

Life

(c)2013 Ralf Schulze

Getting back in the groove (finally)
Newest in same old media and size.
Acrylic, Ink and color pencil on colored, acid-free, 8.5" x 11" cardstock paper.

Partially Done

Floating World

(c)2013 Ralf Schulze

Newest in the scape series... Vertical this time and unsigned because it looks good upside down also!

below is the piece just started!

For sale!

8.5 x 11 acid free colored card stock paper.  Acrylic, ink and color pencil.

Earth Rising

(c)2013 Ralf Schulze

This one has another title: "Dream Scape".
It was mostly done back in November but I added a few little things and now I know it's done.
The usual format and media for my Scape Series.
The original can be purchased for $125 unframed.
Below is the paint only shot.