Looking back

Its sometimes necesary to look back at your older works to really appreciate where you stand now. Looking back on my 2009 studies, it makes me appreciate where I am now. Like when youre storing some excess drawings or artwork, and putting them away with the older ones(always labeling and keeping them in their own group ofcourse) you find yourself stumbling onto some interesting and much older pieces. Sometimes you look, sometimes not, this one(pic above) was one that just got my attention. Its an old flower study, charcoal on newsprint, but it makes me remember the during which it was made, it makes me remember where I was at the time and makes grateful for where I am now.

Almost finished

Hello out there artists, web surfers, bloggers, researchers and more. Heres a little sample of what Im working on now. Its a commission based on an Oriental theme of a Chinese dragon. I hope I got the specs right because I know theres meaning to certain details of a dragon, so based on what Ive researched Ive produced this interpretation of the Chinese dragon. Its still not finished but working on the details. I know the number of claws matters, that a 5 clawed dragon was said to be the symbol of the Emperor transformed into a dragon, and the 4 clawed dragon was said to be one of the Emperors followers, and a 3 clawed dragon meant it was a person of even lower rank. So I made this dragon with 4 claws, to be diplomatically correct. The person this painting is for is not really the Emperor of China, so I dont need any bad karma cause of vanity. The color also has significance, blue and gold, I believe it relates to how old the dragon is.