Drawing – Page 3

“Hal” 31.25 x 22.75 inches pen and ink drawing in five colors

March 3, 2014 By Mike Lyon

Hal Wert teaches History at Kansas City Art Institute. Hal was Vice President of KCAI in 1988 when students there asked me to teach them karate and self defense. I made an appointment and met Hal (he was wearing a business suit and tie). I asked whether the school would allow me to teach and […]

“3 Robes” 84 x 45 inches watercolors and ink on paper

January 23, 2014 By Mike Lyon

Carrie, Ross, and Johanna in yukata (summer kimono). Here I was playing with black and white ink over intense colors. The colors were pigment dispersions in water – the robe and body colors were brushed onto the paper register with the eventual drawing, then protected with a cut-out mylar mask while the background colors were […]

Dinh – 30 x 22 inches – pen and ink drawing in five colors

November 14, 2013 By Mike Lyon

After a three-day karate special training, I asked one of my juniors, Dinh Hoang, if he would model for me. His eyes had ‘that look’ people get after hard practice, and I wanted to show that kind of metaphysical clarity. Details of completed drawing Details of work in progress

Rebound – 23 x 17 inches – watercolor and ink on paper

November 14, 2013 By Mike Lyon

Small drawing, unusually narrative, colors just a teeny tiny bit saturated.

Carrie Robe – watercolors and inks on paper 77 x 44 inches

September 3, 2013 By Mike Lyon

I painted a large sheet of heavy watercolor paper with numerous layers of red, yellow, and blue pigments in water, then drew in black and white ink. I particularly like that one hand is drawn only with black and the other only with white while the interplay of the squiggly ink hatches recreate the illusion […]

The Bohemian Zine Woodblock Prints and Drawings

July 4, 2013 By Mike Lyon

I was invited to design the covers for the July, 2013 Bohemian zine – four of the staff were kind enough to model for the cover drawing and the editor modeled for the ‘insert print’ which we folded up and saddle stitched inside as the centerfold.

Jill – 88 x 44 inches ink drawing and watercolor painting

April 30, 2013 By Mike Lyon

For my 61st birthday in June of 2012, my mother-in-law treated my family and me to dinner at the fabulous Rieger Hotel Restaurant. We were seated by a very tall and slender (and gorgeous) hostess who was showing a lot of tattoo ink. I said I would love for her to model for me and gave […]

Linda – 25 x 16 inch color pen and ink drawing

April 6, 2013 By Mike Lyon

I wanted to try to realize something closer to naturalistic color. I’d tested a Japanese pen (Pilot Choose) with pigmented inks which, unlike most pens I’ve tested, would continue to write until the ink was gone. These were advertised as permanent with excellent light-fastness. I needed to learn how the colors blended when overdrawn, so […]

Addy and Arthur – pen and ink drawing 81 x 44 inches

March 11, 2013 By Mike Lyon

March 11, 2013 I completed this drawing. I painted a large sheet of exceptionally heavy hot press watercolor paper with many layers of carbon black, yellow, blue, and magenta pigment. It produced a wonderful dotty grain and the color quality, though neutral, is so satisfyingly complex and varied. I began drawing Addy and Arthur. Arthur […]

Madeline and Kit – 88 x 43 inches pen and ink drawing on watercolor

March 4, 2013 By Mike Lyon

March 4, 2013 I completed a larger than life drawing over painting of my studio assistant, Madeline Cass, and her friend, Kit Landwehr. I drew the outlines of the color areas on the heavy drawing paper, then laid mylar over the drawing and hand-cut the color shapes with a sharp blade, being careful not to […]