Geometrikon Purple Butterfly Re-mix

You saw the purple butterfly geometrikon a few days ago. Here's the "re-mix" of it in marker enhanced with a Photoshop gradient background. I do love these colors together and you can find them in Nature in iris flowers.

Markers, with Photoshop added, 4 1/2" x 4", August 2018.

Muscleman 1975

I learned human exterior and muscle anatomy by buying and dissecting muscle magazines. I also copied and traced the models in their photographs. Even in the 1970s the bodybuilders were using steroids and other drugs to enhance their physiques. This guy came from one of these mags. I don't know his name but he wasn't famous. In 1975 Arnold Schwarzenegger won the "Mr. Olympia" bodybuilding championship for the sixth time in a row and by 1982 he was playing "Conan the Barbarian" in the movies. I still have some muscle mags collecting steroid-enhanced dust on my shelves.

Watercolor and ink on sketchbook page, 4" x 4", 1975.

The Square Star

This is basically a Colorform with extra elements added, like the twirling webs of red and the switch of colors (the circles are supposed to be yellow). Every time I set up the five-inch black square background I have something new to say. Not that it's very important to say, but there, I've said it. Many of my musical friends can make something delightful or even deep by assembling pre-fabricated sounds into a composition. Why could I not do the same with graphic design elements.

Photoshop, 5" x 5", August 2, 2018.

Geometrikon Purple Butterfly

A butterfly shape isn't the most original of designs, but that's what happened in my tiny process. I'll leave the beautiful women with flowing hair to other artists. I actually like purple as a theme color. But you don't see it that often in arty paintings. Shall I try again with a more tasteful palette? 

Marker drawing, colored in with Photoshop, 4 1/2" x 4", August 1, 2018.

Rehab: The corridor

This is a rather wobbly drawing of the inside of the rehab home's corridor. I drew it while sitting in a wheelchair. The rooms open to right and left, and at the end of the corridor is the nurses' station and general administration, with two wheelchair-using patients under watch. Also at right is the pill wagon where medications are stored and dispensed. While drawing this image I was surrounded by staff members who found it fascinating. Some of them had artistic interests of their own and made comments on my sketch as I drew it. The upper level administrators also saw it and made copies of it on an office copier. I am told that this drawing will appear on the rehab facility's monthly newsletter.

Black gel pen on sketchbook page, 6" x 6", July 9, 2018.

Rehab Home more front landscaping

Here is more front landscaping at the rehab home, this time rendered on my iPad. I am pleased that I matched the colors very well. The birdbath is real and as I sat there many species came there to flutter and bathe. The residents are often walked or wheeled through this landscape if there is someone to accompany them for safety. I learned to recognize many of them in my time there.

"ArtStudio" app on iPad, about 8" x 10", July 19, 2018.

Rehab home front landscaping

This is what the view looks like from the front porch of the rehab facility. The property is enhanced by two majestic black walnut trees which probably have been there before the building was built. A squirrel grazes on a grassy area in front of the door. I sat in this spot almost every day while I was there, watching this managed area of Nature.

Black tech pen colored later with watercolor markers, 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", July 16, 2018.