Skins

If you just don't have enough Bill Carman in your life then here's your chance to have me in your pocket or purse. Another company, izozzi, has put my work on skins. This group is local and does skins for i products; iphone etc.. Just starting with me but there are a few choices. I understand that there will be more soon. So go have a look.

Faces

I pound my guys over the head about drawing from life. Draw from life to learn to draw. When you start feeling comfortable about your drawing abilities then you can use cool photos which people send to you to draw from. Actually in a pinch drawing from a photo now and then can help one learn but cannot replace drawing from life. Translation from 3 to 2d is such an important thing to learn and make instinctive. These were all done in different sizes with a ballpoint pen. I wanted to show what the line looks like when it is enlarged. It holds a beautiful texture and personality.





Perhaps add a little color












In a pinch you can make an illustration from your drawings. I just used the "nose bleed" illustration filter in photoshop and this is ready to send off to the client.

Stop the Bears

These bears just seem to keep leaking from my brain. This is on antique paper.

After All the Dragon is a Kick-Ass Hunter

Stuff of Legend

Another drawing. But this drawing goes to someone in trade. You never know, if you have a cool book that I like you too can have an original Bill Carman drawing. Yippeee! If you see this KJ you'll know what a lucky person you are. Seriously, I got a cool book out of the deal. Now if someone can come up with the first or second edition of James Jean's first Process Recess book there's a painting in it for you.

The Cow

Stuart always had to Play the Cow.

Here a Drawing, There a Drawing

Everywhere a drawing, drawing.

Drawing Some Bears

Just keep trying different things. I'll keep posting them until the world begs me to stop.

Teeny Narwhal

Hate to push my MicoVisions piece down but gotta move on. I've been doing drawings for my show here in September. This one is called: "There's a Teeny Narwhal Stickin' out of Your Head." I've no clue what it means but it must be deep, right?

Micro Visions

Every year a group of artists is chosen to do a painting to be auctioned for the Society of Illustrators, NY student scholarship fund. I was honored to be among the artists invited for this years MicroVisions. You should see the list of incredible artists with whom I'll being exhibiting. Irene Gallo, art director at Tor, Forge, & Starscapes Books, along with Dan Dos Santos, artist, are the organizers of this event. Check out her site for details and to see the artwork as it comes in. This is my humble offering: Gondola Security. It is 5 x 7 inches on copper.

New Drawing

I'll just be posting things as I get ready for a show here in September. This is one of a series of drawings on memories. Aren't they always about memories? It's about 11 x 15 inches.

New Painting

Did you ever like a painting so much that you could work on it forever. Well I finally had to stop working on this one. It's a commission for a client in New Zealand. Cool. Hope he likes it. I think its title will be: "Do You Think I'd recognize you in a Crowd?".

Joke Things

If you've been looking at my work for awhile you know that I like to keep paper and scraps of things by my table, actually all over the studio, to draw and paint on. They are change of pace, little joy drawings to remove me from the depths of painting so I don't get stuck in one forever. I really enjoy doing them and they make nice little pieces for an exhibition. These, and many more to come, are drawings about joke and novelty items. I worked for a time as a magician in a novelty store as a youth. I still remember a shipment of rubber toilet turds. A great day for the store.

He Lured the Bird from His Brain

Just working on small paintings and drawings at the same time as I work on the larger ones. This is 2.5x2.5 inches on copper. I like these little jewels. You can see some thoughts for this in the sketchbook post below.

Live Bidding

The bidding for these postcards has gone live on ebay. There are a lot of great cards so if you have a few extra bucks and want to support something great. . .

Here's the link: AUCTION

I'm a Sketchbook Fool

Just posting some sketchbook things to keep you all here. Love my sketchbook.

Spectrum 17 Weekend

Got back yesterday from Kansas City. It was an incredible weekend with some great artists and and people. Kinda restored my faith in people. We worked hard and we talked hard. All in all we chose a lot of great pieces and some wonderful winners. I want to thank the whole jury, the staff and especially Arnie and Cathy Fenner. They not only produce a great book but with their knowledge and personalities seem to be caretakers of a genre. Heady stuff I know but I'm feelin' it. Probably be embarrassed in a few days but now it is etched in cyberspace. Here is a little drawing I did for them before I went out there. I now see how appropriate it is. I made sure that I chose dark colored beans to vote with to stay true to the drawing. Here is a link to Spectrum so you can see the winners and the room in which we juried.

Spectrum

Alice's Tears

And the final Alice painting. Hope I can get it to the gallery on time.

Bill and Dave Show

So here it is. As a reminder, my friend and I spent two and a half days living in the Alexander Gallery, at Clackamas College just outside of Portland, OR, and painting, drawing, etc.. We worked hard and had a lot of fun. I finished about 12 pieces. My students will recognize some of them as charcoal gesso demo things. Of course these don't have the level of intensity usually seen in my work but are refreshing in other ways. It was a challenge to see how fast we could work and yet keep a level of quality. We started slow but built steam and ended with more than enough to cover the walls. I'd do this again in a heartbeat with the right partner. Dave and his school were great!



The pieces are all some mix of acrylics, charcoal, and/or ink. The works on cardboard are between approx. 18x24 and 30x40 inches while the others are all in the 11x15 inch range.

Snack


Pig's Eye


Red Wall


TreeBird


There's a Fuckin' Hare in My Pants


Ninth Life


What the Hell was That?


Ever Have that Dream?


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The Certitude of Flight


Adventure


This was the student project. Enlarging a collage by reproducing sections 1" x 1" up to 12" x 12". it was pretty impressive on the wall.

and finally badass me and Dave

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We've Started

We've Started. I'll try to update but I'm in a painting frenzy.