ACEO’S

ACEO’S “Art Card Editions and Originals” I wanted to give a sneek peek at what is coming in that department. I am working on small ACEO’s in pencil and here is just a few of them. They will consist of various themes, such as Rodeo, Figurative, Wild Life and such like.

Well you can see by the variety I am showing here what I mean. Each of these pieces on average took 5 to as much as 8 hours to complete. They are only 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and thus were a challenge to work on but a lot of fun too.

More are coming as soon as I get the photos taken. We are presently working acquiring images from events such as Rodeos, Civil War reenactments, mountain man and Indian reenactment, and such like, also we are taking pictures of models dressed in various old fashion costume.

Much to come.

We will have some links to videos that will be showing on youtube soon, they are being worked on right now and will soon be featured here.

Of course each ACEO will be marketed here and on ebay soon. We are trying to put enough work together to have a decent show.

Among the ACEO’s, Miniature Masters Series, we are also working on original Oil and Pencil Art. We are presently preparing for a show, and as I work on each piece I will try and post its progress here.

Here are a few examples of what we are presently working on.

Introducing the Miniature Masters Series

The Difficult Lesson Introduction

This is the first of many to come of what I am calling my “Miniature Masters Series”.

This series of pieces will all be done in pencil and will be works centered around the Masters such as, W. Bouguereau, Sargent, Waterhouse and such like. Among these masters is one of my favorites which I decided to begin this series with.

The original work was a beautiful painting created by William Bouguereau and is among my favorite paintings of His. It is hard to narrow down his works to one specific painting as they are all so beautifully done. This one was titled “La lecon difficile” or “The difficult Lesson”. It was a pleasure to draw.

Anyway, the idea of the Miniature Masters Series has be bouncing around in the back of my mind for some time until I just had to do more than just think about it. So here is the beginning of what will be many to come.

I will be offering limited edition prints of each of these works.

I also will be showing progress images of each work as they come along. Sort of a step by step or a walk through of each stage as it unfolds. I will be doing this because I want to give back to the art community by providing insight to how a piece like this comes together.

On average I will spend from 50 to 150 hours on a drawing the size of the pieces represented in the Miniature Master Series. This can represent several weeks for a work to be completed. However, the result is very rewarding though the process can at times be very tedious.

I will follow up this post soon with a larger image of the work along with step by steps, so, until then I hope you will enjoy and watch as this site unfolds.

Mark Branscum