Recent work

Here's a bunch of posters I made for Troy this summer. There's one missing I just know it.

And this is a portrait montage I finished last night. I don't know what to say about it. It's not at the level I want it to be at. I know I can do better. It's not the kind of images I want to make or work from. This is all from very undesirable image sources. All photographs. I had no control over any of the images. But this seems to be the kind of work I can make money by doing.


I really would prefer to work from life and take my own source images.

Endeavor to presevere.

Register For "Drawing From Observation"

Workshop classes start in one week.

Please register as soon as possible.

Call the Marquette Arts and Culture Center: 906-228-0472

First class is on September 21st. I still have room for four more students.

They will run for six weeks on Wednesday nights 5:45-8:45 p.m. in the basement of the Peter White Public Library, the best library in the world. Bring your drawing supplies. I'll bring some for you to use too!

I had a wonderful day today observing nature!

Sincerely,

Mark VandenBosch

Tribal Council Portraits

I went to the Island Casino the other day to see the work I did up on the wall. I went with my friends Kirt and Kyle. Thank you, dudes!



Here's a picture for my mother.

They look really nice up there. I heard they put them up about a month ago. They are located in the hallway that connects the Island Casino with the new Convention Center and the pro shop for the Sweetgrass Golf Course.

Currently, I have two students signed up for my workshop. I just need four more for it to go. Classes start on the 21st of September.

Later,

Mark VandenBosch

Vacation

I've been on vacation and I've seen many people, places and things. I want to say thank you to all the folks I've seen on my vacation. It truly has been a joy to see everyone!

When I get back to Marquette there will be many drawing projects waiting for me. I also will be planning for a drawing workshop that I will teach beginning September 21st. Call the Marquette Arts and Culture Center to sign up.

Marquette Arts & Culture Center
217 N. Front St. (Peter White Public Library)
Marquette, MI 49855
906-228-0472

Bring your pencils and your paper.




Here is a picture of me at my Grandma Garzelloni's house. My mother took the photo. You can see my Grandpa Beef's grape arbor in the reflection of the glass door slider. I think this is a unique picture because there are multiple images layered on top of each other.

Tom Cappuccio told me that reflections do not have shadows. Think about that one.

See you soon!

Mark VandenBosch

Ah, here's a poster I did for Troy Graham. For once I am extremely pleased with myself. All I used was a quill pen and a bottle of ink. Ha! I feel free.



I'm working on comic book stuff now.

Harvey Pekar is dead. I had a hard time with that news. He was a true American Hero.

Until next time,

Mark

What it is?

I completed an illustration for The Marquette Food Co-op. It's going on the cover of their U.P. Farm Directory. Thank you, Sarah Monte, for asking me to do this!

In other news, I broke my glasses and new ones are in the works.

I've been walking around saying thank you.

That's all. I'm locked in to what's happening and I feel good about it!

I'm looking forward to being in Seattle in August for my brother's wedding!

Until Next Time,

Mark VandenBosch

Here I Am.

Well, hello out there. You might be wondering what I've been up to: new job, failed relationship, spring cleaning, self doubt, finding new confidence, seclusion, maybe a bit of meditation (I don't know for sure), listening to old records, playing music with Tim, rearranging, thinking about women, vowing celibacy, getting rid of some possessions, eating a lot of fruits and vegetables, being grateful for my life, playing guitar, observing nature, working my ass off and drawing a bit.

That's about it.

Now, I've made a new poster and here it is below. You can click on the image to see it bigger just like on my web site, markvandenbosch.com! I used an old silk screen print I made in college. I scraped away the blue ink around the rectilinear yellow shape with a razor blade to create apparent streaks of light. I pasted the cut out print on a bristol board and did the lettering by hand. My hand writing is horrible and it looks like some little kid who is learning how to write in second grade did it. I like that.





Man, I hated learning how to write. The print style was called D' Nealian. I didn't use it for this poster but I have in the past. It's a real complicated print but it helps with transitioning to cursive. I'm left handed and it was always weird because I couldn't see what I was doing, moving left to right on the page. I remember not doing my print assignments quickly enough and bringing them home to work on. I had homework in second grade!

The future I do not know. I've got a couple of projects I've been putting off. I seem to run myself a bit thin. Oh, well. We only have one chance at this life as far as I know. On the other hand it would be irrational to live as though this were our last day on the earth. Balance is hard to attain and I wonder if it is unattainable. We'll see.

I've entered the show, Above the 45th, at the DeVos Museum here at N.M.U. I can't remember when it is I should hear back from them. I care but I don't worry about it. We'll see!

I really hope that you are well and enjoying your life. I hope all the ones you know are well too.

Peace and Love (Ask your self what is peace and love. Really go into it if you can.),

Mark VandenBosch