AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
All these pictures are on normal size paper, 8x11ish, usually from one to six faces crammed on a page. If I hate the other drawings, I cut them out.
I like this woman's lips.

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
All these pictures are on normal size paper, 8x11ish, usually from one to six faces crammed on a page.

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink. these arediff because I colored them in with some cheapo pencils. I've been mixing pens and brushes. Maybe this is what I get for drawing by candlelight...

This is the same picture smartblurred

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
This is different because I colored it in with cheapo colored pencils woefully lacking in colrs that aren't green,pink, or yellow. I've been mixing brush and pen.

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
These are unusual because I colored them in with some cheapo colored pencils.

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
Lately I've been mixing pens and brushes. This is a test picture. Do you see an inkblot in this? What does it look like to you?

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink. The big exception was the Tarot cards in colored pencil on 3x5 index cards, then SmartBlurred (which I have since 'shopped hell out of and may post soon).

Anyhow, the top head is flat because I ran out room at the top of the page.

The Allan Stone Chair in Visual Arts

College of the Atlantic seeks to honor the legacy of Allan Stone by establishing a Chair in Visual Arts in his name. Stone, the New York art dealer and collector and Mount Desert Island summer resident, combined a broad expertise in abstract expressionism, found objects, and realist painting. For more information about the Allan Stone Chair in Visual Arts, go to http://www.coa.edu/stone.

College Art Association fellowships, deadline Oct. 1

The deadline for applications to CAA’s Professional Development Fellowship
Program is October 1, 2008.

CAA annually awards fellowships in the amount of $15,000 to qualified
graduate students in visual art and art history; grants may be used to help
recipients with various aspects of their work, whether for their job-search
expenses or purchasing materials for their studio. In addition, one or more
fellowships are awarded to a PhD student specializing in American art; this
award is made possible with support from the Wyeth Foundation for American
Art. As in the past, honorable mentions may also be recognized.

The main purpose of the fellowship program is to support outstanding