Ryan McJunkin http://ryanmcjunkin.com Screen prints, drawings, and paintings made in Oakland, CA Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:29:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Awesome Mural in Downtown Oakland http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/02/04/awesome-mural-in-downtown-oakland/ http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/02/04/awesome-mural-in-downtown-oakland/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:26:36 +0000 Ryan McJunkin http://ryanmcjunkin.com/?p=1471 Continue reading →]]>

Mural on 26th street in Oakland

David Polka and thomas haag have been working on this for the last several days laying a foundation down for a collaborative mural at Classic Cars West in Oakland. It’s a minotaur with his guts spilling out and eventually turning into snakes at the other end of the mural. Ernest got back from a big mural job in New Mexico and jumped in with a giant 4 eyed healer dude. They had a launch party for the Oakland Art Murmur and some locals added to the design. Right on the other side of the wall at Uptown Body and Fender we had our continuing exhibit ‘Garage Sale’ up. This is the second first Friday we have had art up at Uptown, and they get some serious traffic in that place. It’s been great to see so many people coming out and supporting the arts in Oakland.
ernest-doty-painting polka-doty-haag thomas-haag-david-polka-mural Mural on 26th street in Oakland

 

]]> http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/02/04/awesome-mural-in-downtown-oakland/feed/ 0 My New Studio http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/02/02/my-new-studio/ http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/02/02/my-new-studio/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:05:24 +0000 Ryan McJunkin http://ryanmcjunkin.com/?p=1465 Continue reading →]]> I’ve been sharing a space with my wood shop, but that ends tomorrow with a wall going up. It’s only going up 10 ft so there will be plenty of natural light reaching the wood shop. I was thinking of putting up clear plastic for the dust, but I got some new dust collection and so far, there really hasn’t been much dust floating around. The wall will be nice to hang art on at least. And of course that north-east window provides the perfect light for painting.

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My New Studio

]]> http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/02/02/my-new-studio/feed/ 0 Life Drawing http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/01/14/life-drawing-2/ http://ryanmcjunkin.com/2012/01/14/life-drawing-2/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:55:01 +0000 Ryan McJunkin http://ryanmcjunkin.com/?p=1432 Continue reading →]]> Here is a before and after shot of a life drawing done from a model. I hardly ever finish a whole drawing with the model sitting in front of me. I like to have some really dark areas, and those take up a lot of time that could be better spent on other areas of the drawing. I think it’s good practice to figure out tones intellectually from time time to time, instead of only observationally.

Nude life drawing unfinished drawing

Unfinished drawing done from a model

Life drawing touched up later

Life drawing touched up later

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