Beer.

Beer. Sweet memories of a day in New York in ink and mixed media.
I used gold leaf and some sparkly inks. Tried to scan and end up just using my iPhone.
Otherwise, colors and gold just impossible to recognize.  
Used very special paper with deckled edges from the Handmade Watercolor book, my Birthday present. 

Here is the detail.

Bar Mitzvah.

I did this painting about Father and Son.  A moment in life when a boy becomes a man.
I used ink and mixed media on special watercolor paper, which I order from England.

Here is a detail of the painting.  I like to use sparkling textures, most of it doesn't read by the scanner.

3 works hanging.

I gave these 3 works to hang on walls.

83rd street.

Quick sketch from the car on the way from the store, where I was choosing decorative pillows. What a nice house, I wanted to go there again and do a serious detailed study. Ink.

Crepes. Creating a memory.

Ink and mixed media. Some sparkling textures. 

                  My work "Crepes" was chosen to participate in the exhibition in Long Island.

Sketch party.

Went to sketch party to draw costumed models. Lots of fun. Used different materials. Soft pencils, ink, Ecoline brush pens.

Here I used ink. We had live jazz music, piano, it was really awesome to sketch and listen to music, my favorite things to do.

Pretty hard to sketch two models at once.

I like these Ecoline markers, colors a bit too bold, but water works with it.  I used Stillman and Birn sketchbook, it took washes nicely, very good paper. I really enjoyed it and since that went to a few different events.

Sketch with ink and some sparkly inks.

Sketch after breakfast while waiting in my new Venezia Art Book by Fabriano. I added more sparkling inks a bit later, plus shimmer is not readable by the scanner.
I am losing my head over inks. Getting so many interesting inks from all over the world: Poland, France, England, Germany. Many with metal particles, interesting colors and organic smells.
 This little sketch goes home to England.

Glass .

Glass wall with finished carpet and light fixtures.

That what happen today.

When life is not perfect, you just make every moment beautiful. 

Cafe Sabarsky.

Ink mostly. I used sparkly inks, it didn't scan, and other silver and gold shimmer canno't be seen here.

Israeli.

Ink and mixed media. Shimmering stuff I used, doesn't scan and gold glitter also doesn't show, but it's here. I met this young guy and we had interesting conversations, he recommended me few pretty sharp music groups, which I added to my iPod playlist. He is a modern young boy, but he knows how to talk to G-d. Amazing. Modern and ancient. Young and wise. 

Happy San Patrick's Day from Chicago River!

Chicago River turning green for this holiday.

I got flowers.

I got flowers for March 8. I love Hyacinth, they smell so nice, so strong. Here is a painting I am doing for someone. It is far from being done. I will need some hint of wings. The cat died, so early, young, he was loved very much. 

I got myself some art materials to brighten up my day 

and start using it right away. Brush turned to be a bit too 

soft  for my liking, but inks are gorgeous.

I am making a new site.

I am making a new site with different categories, with the new blog. Please come and check it out.

Nikiraart.com

Experimenting with glass.