WEDNESDAY is my Monday...

I always loosen up by lettering.

"TETE A TETE"

Oil on panel;
12 x12 inches.

STUDIO SIGNAGE

THE 28TH...

TODAY

is the 28th of December.

I have crisp new felt pens

for calligraphy

at my studio

in Key West.

We are one of the warmest places

in the country which makes

a happy holiday for all the tourists.

"RAIN BIRDS"

'Been painting

watercolors on paper

over a ground of sanded acrylic.

I also have a batch of new brushes

in the studio.

They're liners which hold lots of paint

and are usually employed

for pin-striping.

Here's a detail of the 9 x 12 work before completion.

I've laid in some gold and bright white markings

after this shot.

COLLAGE PAPERS: PRINTING ON DELI-WRAP

THE RUBBER BLOCKS

are getting a nice look:

a studio artifact.

You can print on the deli-wrap

in traditional relief technique using acrylic paints.

I cleaned out my nearly spent Liquetex tubes/jars.

Or you can do a crude intaglio process by

forcing the acrylic paint down into the grooves

(I use a credit card)

and pressing deli wrap into the grooves with a clean credit card.

I thinned the paints with gloss medium.

I have a desk-top file called

"CALLIGRAPHY."

I'll save this altered image of the block in it.

PILOT parallel pens

My new toys...

Having fun in the Studio

with new pens, namely:

Crisp wet lines in different widths-

perfect for playing and informing

passersby off less-traveled Simonton Street.

Upcoming, entertaining greetings for the doorway at 316.

'Nothing like them in town.

Letters....I got letters.

Every day

I make a little sign

to let travelers know

where they are and the date.

It also means

my studio

is open.

Maximun occupancy: 4-ish.

I roll out what's left of my paints

onto some blocks I've carved.

This is a perfect little creative nugget

in a day that may be nothing but framing or UPS.

Every day...

Every day I'm in the studio

I do a date/location card

for people

passing my studio door.

Some take photos by it

and

I've given it to couples on their

anniversary.

Mainly, it is an excuse to 

start the day with

some calligraphy and a creative gesture.

Yes, I know I'm posting this on the 20th.

Speaking of creativity...

I had two visitors today who

are mother and daughter.

Daughter sings!

She sang some Puccini for me

and 

her name is Marie Claire Curan.

Brava and break a leg!

More creativity: 

"BUNNIE BOOGIE"

for

"Frangipani Gallery"

in Key West.

Oil on collage:

9 x 14 inches.

Framed; $345.

It's a date....

Every day,

I loosen up and greet the morning

with a fresh sign by the studio door.

I use a big, chisel tip Sharpie on

clay-coated paper.

Here's today's

("May the 4th be with you...")

above my best-seller,

"Yellow Straw."

More lettering on a half-dozen

of the same print for a Sarasota client's gallery.

A pleasant, busy Saturday.

COOL CAT

WHEN
one's studio is next to a screen printing operation,
ONE
thinks of doing t-shirt graphics.
ONE
idea here is to put a goldfish in the cat's tummy.

I like the horizontal marks for the "E"'s and tail.

Sharpie marker on paper.

Boxed in....

MY NEW STUDIO

on Simonton in Key West

is working out well.

Ohhh, I found a fresh

new marker for decorating Monday's shipment.

DOGGIE LINE ART

In Painter 12.

Copyright David Scott Meier

More frames...

WHEN

I do my UPS shipments from 

SEVEN ARTISTS

in

Key West,

I like to finish the grind with calligraphy

on the parcels.

Ms. Chiroff has saved a few, as you see.

I commented that the art work may not be

as archival as the frames.

"STRETCH"

FOR

Illustration Friday.

IF: "Whiskers"

Word of the week on

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY.

LOTS of cats!

"RUNNING ON EMPTY"

"RUNNING ON EMPTY"

Another embellished oil monoprint (SOLD)

on scans of Fortuny fabric.

The sketchy monoprint line surrounds

the Fortuny hand-print.

Letter forms in watercolor describe

what's in the bowl.

There's a little colored pencil in the composition, too.

A few prints are available.

"MES AMIS"

WHILE I'M WAITING

for frames to arrive,

let's look at

"MES AMIS."

The original (sold) is a monoprint

with acrylic and watercolor on scans

of Fortuny fabric.

That design atelier's great patterns

are a joy to see.

The smiling heart and beads are painted

over a Fortuny border design. 

The flower hand-print is on very fine cotton.

This portion of the scan

shows a little of the frayed cotton edge.

I usually employ watercolor or gouache for my letter forms.

The crown's edge and face perimeter show 

the oil monoprint's sketchy line quality. 

'WHATTA" good dog!

Artist buddy Maggie Ruley

has nudged me back into printmaking.

Here are two new monoprints

(from a group of 9)

that show the variations

in 'moods' and color.

The one below has a little moon shape added;

it seemed like a twilight setting to me.

"WHATTA"

Acrylic monoprints on paper. 9 X 12 inches.

THE LOST PEARL

ONE

of the neat options in Painter

is a 'mirror' drawing tool.

The face structure

and

radiating leaves are drawn with it.

You can position an axis point

(or multiple points!)

in the composition and rotate its angle.

I dragged it off the picture

to finish the lettering, etc.