Mike Lyon

Painting Drawing Printmaking Japanese Woodblock Printing Furniture Lighting

  • About
    • CV
    • Biography & Technical Development
    • Artist’s Statement
    • Contact
  • Portfolio
    • Drawing
    • Woodblock
    • Painting
    • Equipment
    • Furniture
    • Lithography
    • Silkscreen
    • Workshops
    • Video
  • Exhibitions
  • Representation
  • Press

54 x 29 inch gesture painting (self portrait)

July 3, 2007 By Mike Lyon

Another ‘gesture’ painting — this one uses the same gesture character set as my earlier (and smaller) airbrushed “Jim”, but the gestures are slightly larger (1/4 inch squares) and are painted using the Paasche Flow Pencil, so the tip touches the paper. It’s painted on Rives BFK, so the paper surface has been abraded quite […]

Filed Under: Painting, Video Tagged With: BFK, Character Set, Gesture, Paint, Paper Surface, Pencil, Photos, Portrait Painting, Self Portrait, Stroke

Ethan and Arianna pen and ink drawing

June 14, 2006 By Mike Lyon

Yesterday (June 13, 2006) I completed a smaller drawing of two children, Ethan and Arianna. Pen and ink, but a denser line pattern — about 140 hours to complete on 45 x 31 inch Arches 300 lb. hot press watercolor paper. Here is a shot of the drawing plus some details — click the photos […]

Filed Under: Drawing Tagged With: Arches, Arianna, Drawing, Hot Press, Pen and Ink Drawing, Photos, Watercolor Paper

Subscribe to receive email notification of new articles
Loading

PDF DOWNLOADS

  • Beach Museum Catalog
  • Grabado y Edicion No 36
  • Kansas City Collection
  • Kemper Museum Catalog
  • Kyoto Catalog
  • Mike Lyon CV
  • Post Digital Printmaking (Chapter 10)
  • Technical Development

Follow me

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 1968–2025 Mike Lyon & Lyon Art Ltd, Kansas City, Missouri, USA all rights reserved · Log in