Good News!

Good News!, ink, pencil and charcoal, March page of my 2011 Sketchbook: "Travel With Minnie", the original will be  in Oakland, CA, from June 1-20...check it out!

My original pencil and pastel portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, is 20x16, then I photographed my painting, and printed and pasted it on that page of my notebook. I visited the exhibition in iami8bit gallery, 2147 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, this past weekend, it was awesome! On Friday, there were long lines of people to get a library card with which you could check out two sketchbooks and read them there, then come back for more. I went with my friend Lily, we each checked out two notebooks, then exchanged them with neighbors sitting up the stairs, had a glass of wine, and enjoyed the energy, good humor, concentration, friendship, and wonderful vibes coming from everybody there! The Sketchbook Project has a fantastic organization, way to go!!!

King Louis

King Louis, pencil and charcoal on paper, 8x5" (20x13 cm.), 2001. Available: $200 US mailing included within USA.
In addition to a physics and a chemistry, color has a geography. Let's take indigo as an example: In the Middle Ages, the best indigo blue came from Baghdad, in modern Iraq. The blue that is still the most expensive natural pigment is manufactured from the semi-precious lapiz-lazuli, until recently mined in Afghanistan only. It is often called "ultramarine", because it comes from "beyond the sea".
King Louis, lapiz y carbon sobre papel. Disponible : $ 200 dolares, precio de envio incluido dentro de USA. 
Ademas de una fisica y una quimica, el color tiene una geografia. Por ejemplo el indigo: en la Edad Media el mejor indigo venia de Baghdad, en el Iraq de hoy. El azul que todavia es el pigmento natural mas caro es el lapiz-lazuli, hasta hace poco solo se conseguia en Afghanistan. A menudo se le llama "ultramarino", porque viene de "mas alla del mar".