I recently worked on a poster for PechaKucha Night in Bemidji. Until recently I had never heard of these events, but I’m going to definitely try to attend ones in the future here in town.

This was a fun poster to work on. I used this tool to create the splatter objects for the background and then layered to create a background.

I had these 5×7” panels that were cut down from scrap wood for a while now. Every so often I’d slap something on them but nothing really made them a finished piece. On one of them I started to draw arch type shapes on, which reminded me of pictures of the Roman aqueduct system. So I ran with that idea, continuing the archway pattern across 4 more panels until I go to the the results above.

I’m not sure if these would be a set or stand alone as individual paintings in a series. I’m painting them so that each could stand alone from the others, while creating a wider piece if left together.

I was out at the family and friends preview of the new space for Yellow Umbrella last night. They have a pretty awesome new shop in Bemidji, downtown on 3rd St across from Wells Fargo.

They have tons of cool new stuff! What impressed me the most was their wall of prints, which a bunch of mine were hanging on.

If you are in the Bemidji area you should check it out. I think their shop is going to become the gem of downtown.

Over the last few days I’ve been messing with Sketchbook Pro and I really like it! Sketchbook has just the right amount of tools in it without being cumbersome, and the large area on the iPad is nice to work on.

Here’s a couple drawings I’ve done in Sketchbook so far.