Information Maven: Greg Meyer

Here’s a bigger version of the Shady Corners sign from Yakima, WA that I sketched quite a while ago. Drawing the sign carefully first made it easier to maintain the freshness of the earlier sketch while building bigger blocks of color.

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A few sketchbook items from the beach, and a few more random sketches.
This one, according to my assistant, is entitled “Crabcatcher”, and is part of a series of contraptions used for imaginary processing of sea life.

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New watercolors of the Holiday Motel near Redmond, OR, and some new sketchbook entries. Enjoy!

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It’s interesting how the marker work I do for fun is beginning to influence my other work, particularly watercolors that have some line in them. I’ve been reading Everyday Matters and watching Danny Gregory’s continuing success with a Rapidograph pen. This isn’t quite what’s going on there but I’ve been better able in […]

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I’ve found some gorgeous pictures lately simply by using google. Wikipedia is also a great place to start.

The Brooklyn Watercolor Society is a great resource for these images and an inspiration for anyone who wields a brush and dreams of greatness.
I particularly like Olive Reich’s chunky blocks of color in describing a Vermont doorway.

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