new piece

tonight i started a new piece for a show at The Hive in downtown los angeles in december. so far ive gotten a good start on the sketch, so i thought id post up my progress. it will be 11" x 14" acrylic on canvas

the show is called "Price...Less" and the pieces have to be 11" x 14" or smaller, and priced at less than $250. so, i figured id pick up an 11" x 14" canvas and go for as big a painting as theyd allow.

im thinking of doing a few small pieces with the hopes of getting all of them into the show. also, the pieces will stay up all month to be featured in the los angeles Artwalk

anyway, here is my progress...

full canvas













close-up bottom...











and top












see yall when ive gotten more done

edit: looking at it on my monitor, id like to adjust the pose of the 'fisted' hand in the bottom left corner. it looks too big and clumsy

the official paul wilson designer con retrospective 2011

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thanks to everyone who came by the booth. thanks to everyone who supported me (emotionally and monetarily). it was super fun, super exciting, and it was fantastic to meet so many new people.

just wanted to post some pictures from the show













arriving at the empty booth











finishing set up












convention day morning. REALLY finishing set up











some stuff











doors open













sketching

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PAUL

Designer Con!

LINKS TO MY STUFF!!!!!!

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this post is to serve a couple purposes:

1.) remind my MONSTROUS fanbase that i will be at DESIGNER CON November 5th at the Pasadena Convention Center

address:
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101-2308

2.) provide links to my sites that were NOT listed on my business cards

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so thats it. im excited to participate in my first convention, a little nervous about getting it all put together, and kinda tired. looking forward to seeing old friends, making new ones, and getting the chance to browse what is always a sweet convention with a lot of great artists

im also anxious to get all the organizational, planning and nonsense that comes with setting up a booth

thanks
PAUL

birthday robot

my 'assignment' tonight was to draw a transformer for a young 4-year old fella named Johnny. i figured, you cant go wrong with optimus prime, so this is what i ended up with.

i struggled a little at first, so i resorted to deforming an existing optimus image to use as an underlay.

cheating? maybe.













im happy with the results. i spent a little over an hour on it...just a quick sketch with basic coloring, so its whatevs

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PAUL

T-U-R-T-L-E power

awhile back, i did some ninja turtles drawings.

well, after a lot of procrastination, i finally did something i like with their backgrounds.

so, i thought i would post the "final" versions up here.

sad baby

its a crazy day at work, so i thought id take a few minutes at lunch to sketch something up. here he is...













peace out

final Mostoberfest scan

so, i finally scanned my monster painting. as i mentioned before, it is going to be in the Monstoberfest show at Rothick Art Haus on Saturday October 8th.













thats it, i guess. thanks

its business, baby!

i know this is a horrible picture, but i need to provide a link to an image of my painting to the gallery it will be shown at...i assume just so they have visual reference for which painting is mine when it sells for millions of dollars.













i dont have a website, so this is pretty much the only place i could post this so i could give them a link.

However! you can see the awesome frame my dad made for me. thanks pops!

monster part III

got a little more painting done last night, so im posting my progress. i didnt last too long before i got frustrated with the background, but im hoping to finish in the next 6-8 hours of working













next post will probably be the final painting

part 2, part 2

i wanted to keep a work-in-progress log on this acrylic painting, because im excited for the show. however, i dont want to REVEAL the whole thing (i know, kinda dumb) before the show, especially since its only like 2 weeks from now.

so, here is stage 2 of the painting. showing the same portion of the piece as the earlier drawing but whatever.














im trying to get a lot done in these early days, because im scared of missing my deadline. i made a lot of progress tonight, which is encouraging...so im feeling pretty good about it at this point.

more coming soon!