Babe & Simms - On Sale

Hey, kids. I'm having a sale on a couple of pieces of original, one-of-a-kind, wrought from my own hands, sports art. If you're interested in snatching one up, drop an e-mail to admin@craigmahoney.com.

"The Babe"

11"x14" marker on paper

$50.00

"Simm-ply Super"

Autographed by Phil Simms

14"x11" colored pencil on paper

$75.00

Monday's Pen, Pencil & Brush Strokes

Yesterday was not the most productive day in the studio, as is evidenced by the half-assed podcast I stumbled and mumbled through, but I did get a few things done here and there: Laying in some shadow on Frank, getting some more details in Jack, and - what the hell? - Batman.

Today's Inspiration - Bob Peak

This week I'll finally be getting around to throwing a bunch of links up to my favorite sites and blogs in that panel to your right, but for now I'd like to divert your attention to one of my daily "must-visit" blogs: Today's Inspiration. As the header explains, TI is "A place for those with an interest in illustration from the 40's and 50's to share their knowledge, views and opinions." Everyday Leif Peng post some excellent illustrations and ads from the mid-20th century while supplying some great information on, and giving some long overdue credit to, the fine artists who created the pieces. This week the focus will be on the early years of Bob Peak, and I urge anyone with an interest in art or illustration to check it out.

Drawing Jazz

I've been a little backed up lately. I think I stacked my plate with a bit too much and then burned myself out a little the last week. I'm back on track now, and will have some more updates on that Roethlisberger painting, as well as the other two tracks from that recording session up this week. In the meantime, here's a little fun somethin' for you.

As some of you that have been reading this blog know, I've been having fun messing around with markers lately. I finally picked up a new set and was eager to try them out. So, Friday night I went over to Cask 591 here in Long Branch where the Junior Pauls Duo plays every Thursday and Friday night, with my man Joe Peterson on bass. I haven't done too much drawing or sketching of any live stuff lately, and I've had an itch lately to bring the sketch pad out and capture some musicians in action. I had to say it was fun trying to capture these guys playing in less than 40 minutes, and the markers are a lot of fun to play with. Hopefully, I'll have a lot more stuff like this in near future.

Painting with Markers

I took this picture months ago at a bar in New Hope, PA. For some reason I've completely blanked on the name of the bar, the beer that is, and the cigar I was smoking. But, I do remember all three being excellent. I was looking for something to do while experimenting with these markers, and dug this out. I think I tried splitting the difference betweeen something painterly (i.e. blending colors) and purely illustrative (putting colors into an inked line drawing). In the future I should pick a method and stick with it.