Mike Lyon

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“Crosby” 84 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing

December 21, 2007 By Mike Lyon

“Crosby” okubi-e (big-head picture), 84 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing is complete. This one is by far the most complex and involved drawing I’ve attempted with almost twice the line density of any previous drawing and over 10 million lines of code required to guide the machine movement. About three weeks to resolve […]

Filed Under: Drawing Tagged With: Crosby, Line Density, Pen and Ink Drawing

Crosby watercolor and ink 90 x 45 inches

November 26, 2007 By Mike Lyon

When my “Sarah” drawing was first exhibited at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the founder’s wife appreciated it and invited me to create a similar life-size portrait of her husband, Crosby, a giant of a man and huge patron of the arts.  They loved this portrait and it was later purchased by the museum […]

Filed Under: Drawing, Featured, Painting Tagged With: Arches, Black Ink, Crosby, Flat Colors, Frisket, Gizmo, Hot Iron, Hot Press, Kemper Museum, Monotypes, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Patron Of The Arts, Pen, Pen and Ink Drawing, Self Portrait, Watercolor Paper, Watercolor Washes

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