New time, new day

Well, where do I begin?

I it seems like so long ago that I posted my new job post. I know I said I would post more yet,

I haven't. I have been so busy with my new job, learning about the awesome world of art supplies I have hardly had a moment to think! I have found and met so many beautiful and wonderful people at this job I can hardly tell you all the stories. I could point out awesome artists like Wendel Bertelson, Malcolm Blazer, Marcy Perrier, and Doris Canvan. Also other awesome artists like Larry Charles, Brad Schmidt, and many many others!

I love all these fine folks, and I will miss them as I tell you of my news.

I am leaving Arizona Art Supply and going to start work at The University of Phoenix Stadium. I am very happy with my time spent at Az art, but the lack of benefits and low pay made the move a need more than a want. I am excited by the idea of having both time and money to be able to do my art. With that said I am going to get back to work on my art.

Best.

Kevin -&-!

Art Store Employment.

Well, lets start out with the usual B.S.

"I LOVE my new job!"

Who has ever said, "Man, I hate my new job"!

I mean really what does that say about the person who said that? You applied for the job and accepted the offer of employment. Deal with it for crying out loud!

I am on the other side of things.

I LoVe my new job!

My new manager is awesome.

The owner is loving the sales numbers we are putting up and the job is close to me in a geographic way. The pay sucks but that is the way it is working at an art supply store.

Now that all the belly aching and patting myself on the back is done, let me begin.

I have been in love with art for about 30 years now and I can say I know a fair amount about the subject. I am in no way stating I am an authority on the matter but I know what I know. If you what to read on I will share my side of truth and you can see if you agree with my view of art.

I hope and plan to share techniques and some of the process I have come up with by watching and learning from a wide range of sources. If it is from a source I will share my source and you can judge for yourself what you like and don't like.

I thought I knew a lot about art before, however this week has really enlightened me to how little I really knew!

My blog will be about my day to day job, the people I meet and the products I find and sell. I will plan to bring you images of the products, and hopefully some useful and interesting facts that may help you out. Either way I think it will be a great way to help me remember some of the cool facts I am learning and perhaps a resource to call upon in the future. I hope you enjoy the trip.

Best.

Kevin Anderson. -&-!

Hello every one, I said I would blog more and here it is I guess I will do a sketch dump this time and let you fine folks know what it is I am up too these days.

Here is Sinbad and a few of his friends.

I decided to try my hand at "Shark week" and this was my best shot. :0)

Well I hope you enjoy the post.

Peace out

-&-!

Okay here is a piece I am working on right now This is the current stage I find myself in on this piece. I call the piece "You can give her the world, but." I love the way the piece works. I have added the photos that I found of a local model here in AZ. Her name is R. E. Mast. She is quite fetching and I am sure you will agree with me on that.

Here is the pervious stages of the work as I decided the soft colors of watercolor pait would work best for this project. However I have already used Copic markers and Pastels by this point as well.

Here is the black and white piece I started with as you can see from the reference photos below I changed a few things here and there, I moved the hands a little and also changed the hight of the low cut blouse she was wearing. She is striking enough with out exposing the amout that is shown in the photos. I am sure my male friends will disagree with my on certain points but I feel the version I created work well enough as is.

Here is Rachel and the pieces I found that this piece is based on. I loved the shot from the very moment I saw it.

Well I hope you enjoyed the play by play so far. I hope to post more this week. I really have to get better with my posts and try to get them out more often! :0)

Best and enjoy.

-&-!

WINE! :0)

Here are the first set of labels for proofing. What do you think?

Hello Birth Day boy to be, I hope your day will be a good one.

Love ya and GOD bless.

You are the first person I have ever tried to send a Cheese and Quackers card. I have been thinking about a web strip with these two. Enjoy & Happy B-day. :0)

Hello one and all. Here is a new post with just some random inked pieces I did for the L.M.C. label. I did a male and female quail, a simple mountain with the sun setting, and also a bath tub as I hear that is Marsha's desire. :0) I am working on a few baby quail and some Prickly Pear Cactus today also. Now I am also thinking up a very different idea for the bottle that I can only share with those very close to the project. So you will have to wait to see if that takes shape or not. I Will post the baby quail and some color samples later today or before Easter. I hope you all are enjoying the process.

Let me know what you think. Email me or Marsha, also you can find me on Twitter and Facebook as well.

Best.

Kevin.