Mike Lyon

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“Rick” 75 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing

March 27, 2007 By Mike Lyon

Today I completed “Rick”, another large scale pen and ink drawing, this one measuring 75 x 45 inches on Arches 300 lb. hot press watercolor paper.

Filed Under: Drawing Tagged With: Arches, Hot Press, Large Scale, Pen and Ink Drawing, Scale Drawing, Watercolor Paper

“Jim” large scale pen and ink drawing

December 19, 2006 By Mike Lyon

Large scale pen and ink drawing — a portrait of my friend, Jim W. At 84 inches high (7 ft) it’s one of the largest of my drawings. I like the rendering of the hairs and of the fabric of the shirt where the woven threads can be made out in places… 

Filed Under: Drawing Tagged With: Drawing, Large Scale, Pen, Pen and Ink Drawing, Scale Drawing, Threads

Tiled Floor of vertical grain oak and padauk

July 25, 1998 By Mike Lyon

While building the dojo floor for the KC Shotokan Karate Club, we decided to leave an area for visitors and observers. We built benches along the windows, and I designed, built and laid this beautiful wood tile floor. First I measured the area, then designed the tile size (tiles had to be less than 4.5″ square so […]

Filed Under: Furniture Tagged With: Beams, Beautiful, Benches, Dark Reddish Brown, Exact Scale, Finished Floor, Observers, Orientation, Padauk, Polyurethane, Scale Drawing, Shotokan Karate Club, Square Feet, Square Tiles, Stripes, Stuff, Tile Floor, Tile Size, Vertical Grain, Wood Tile

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