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The Art of Music 2019- 2022
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Shoosty
The Art of Music 2019- 2022
My drawings and paintings on the subject of music is extensive streching back 50 years. I love making live sketches while watching and listening to the bands. I prepare myself like I’m one of the musicians. I get my things ready and wait until they are ready to play. When the music starts I feel the rhythm and begin to draw. When the music stops, I stop. The speed of the gestures makes for exciting results. My method is simple. I use needle-point ink pens from the office supply store. My favorites are the Pilot, Rolling Ball, Precise V5, or V7 with Black Ink. They have very fast ink. These pens keep up with the speed of my drawing. I have yet to find anything that works as well in an art supply store. I have also standardized on my favorite paper. It is 300 gram, hot-pressed, watercolor paper. The paper has a little tooth. It adds character to the final completed work. When I was taught gesture drawing in a studio with a live model we used cheap newsprint and charcoal. The idea was to use inexpensive materials to keep things loose. We would always start with ovals to find the shapes and then tune those in. It always consisted of timed poses. They ranged from 2, 5, 10, and 30 minutes, respectively. I deviate from this formal training while drawing the musicians by using squares and cubes instead of ovals. The results are exciting.
The first thing I do is look around and check the environment and especially the lighting. This helps set the mood and gives the drawing substance. I may add some background elements as the band sets up. Then, as the music begins to get into a groove, I feel the rhythm and start drawing. I never know ahead of time what I am going to end up with. I use cubism liberally. Because the musicians are moving around I frequently give them two noses, two heads, and ten arms. The shapes begin to interact and the drawing becomes a composition. It’s usually messy. When you first see my drawing you might not be able to pick out the figures. When the set is over I like to show the musicians my drawings. Their joy is genuine and infectious. I love the interaction and surprise when they see my work. The bands usually play from a setlist. They play the music that they practice over and over. I make a new unique drawing each time I listen to a band. Each drawing is an invention based on whatever runs through my mind to my hand. Back at the studio, I like to process the gesture drawings with my iPad Pro. I redraw the drawings using vectors. This allows me to sharpen the lines and tease out the highlights. The result is precision fine art that is scalable, exciting in detail, and exacting in the final work results.
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French Horn Detail All That Jazz Live Sketch All That Jazz All That Jazz Detail 1 All That Jazz Detail 2 All That Jazz Detail 3 All That Jazz Detail 4 Eddie Fields and the Band The Band Detail The Honesdale Community Grounds Clarence Spady Band Live Sketch 1 Clarence Spady Band V1 with Detail Rahbo Saab Detail Clarence Spady Detail Clarence Spady Band Live Sketch 2 Clarence Spady Band Live Sketch 2 Detail Clarence Spadey Band V2 A.J.Jump Detail Nate Zaur Detail Clarence Spady Soul Message Band Soul Message Band Live Sketch Soul Message Band Soul Message Band Detail 1 Soul Message Band Detail 2 Soul Message Band Detail 3 Soul Message Band Detail 4 2021 - John Scofield at The Blue Note, N.Y. John Scofield at The Blue Note, New York City 1 and 2 The Joanna Connor Band A Blues Tapestry The Mandingo Ambassadors Live Sketch The Mandingo Ambassadors Rhythm Cloud Cosmic Transitions 3 Cosmic Transitions Live Sketch 1 Cosmic Transitions 1 Cosmic Transitions 2 Cosmic Transitions 1 Cosmic Transitions 2 Cosmic Transitions Bass
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Cosmic Transitions 4 Cosmic Transitions Drummer Cosmic Transitions Drummer Detail Slavic Soul Party Live Sketch 1 Slavic Soul Party 1 Slavic Soul Party Live Sketch 2 Slavic Soul Party 2 Winter’s Jazz Club Sketch 1 Winter’s Jazz Club Eric Jacobson Detail The Walking Bass Line 2 Winter’s Jazz Club Live Sketch 2 Winter’s Jazz Club Live Sketch Detail The Kids Band - Fort Lauderdale - The Culture Room The Kids Band Live Sketch 1 The Kids Band 1 The Kids Band Drummer Josh Diaz - Guitar Moog Man A BluesThe Kids Band Live Sketch 2 The Kids Band 2 A BluesThe Kids Band 3 The Kids Band Drummer Music Maker Jorge Garica - Dedicated to You Live Sketch Jorge Garica - Dedicated to You Modern Jesus Modern Jesus Crusader Drummer Flower Pot Keyboardist Sax Umbilicle Chord Live Sketch Sax Umbilicle Chord Crazy Fingers Keyboards Live Sketch 1 Crazy Fingers Keyboards Crazy Fingers Live Sketch 2 Crazy Fingers Crazy Fingers Live Sketch Crazy Fingers
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All That Jazz Live Sketch
All That Jazz
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Eddie Fields and the Band
The Band Detail
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OLD BUILDING BEHIND THE BANDSHELL STEPHEN SHOOSTER WEARING A CAMPING SHIRT WHILE HODING A DRAWING. “CAMPING NATURES WAY OF FEEDING MOSQUITOES IRON RIVER, MICHIGAN” CLARENCE SPADEY BAND IN THE HONESDALE BANDSHELL
Clarence Spady played 7-26-2021 at a free concert sponsored by the Honesdale County Creative Arts Council. They do these concerts frequently especially in the summer. It was held downtown on a beautiful lawn in front of the courthouse.
I was on an RV tour and discovered that musis was playing that night so made it a point to be there. I am two drawings and at the end of the show was brought on stage for photos. Later the works was added to the blog and I was asked if they can use the images for futre banners. I agreed. It’s nice ot make friends all over based on the arts.
The Honesdale Community Grounds
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Clarence Spady Band Live Sketch 1
Clarence Spady Band V1 with Detail
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Rahbo Saab Detail
Clarence Spady Detail
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Clarence Spady Band Live Sketch 2
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Nate Zaur Detail
Clarence Spady
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The Green Mill is a famous Jazz Club that has a past which includes some famous mobsters. One thing that stood out is that in the year 2021 they are a cash only business.
Soul Message Band The Green Mill, Chicago,
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THE GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB, CHICAGO
Soul Message Band Live Sketch
Soul Message Band
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2021 - John Scofield at The Blue Note, N.Y.
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BLUES COUNTRY CHICAGO
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The Joanna Connor Band
BLUES COUNTRY CHICAGO
A Blues Tapestry
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The Band QR Code
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The Mandingo Ambassadors Live Sketch
The Mandingo Ambassadors Rhythm Cloud
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Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, “Cosmic Transitions” 42
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Cosmic Transitions 3
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Cosmic Transitions 1
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Cosmic Transitions Bass
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Cosmic Transitions Drummer
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The Band QR Code 54
Slavic Soul Party Live Sketch 1
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Slavic Soul Party Live Sketch 2
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We were walking around Chicago a lot. The traffic lights have little men below them. PEN AND INK They light up when you can walk. Above them are the traffic lights themselves. Red, 12” X 12” Yellow Blue and Turning Signal. I made the traffic light and then connected it to the Winter’s Jazz Club Sketch 1 bass player using the keys of the bass. The bass player is oblicious to this. Connected they become a Walking Bass Line.
WINTER’S JAZZ CLUB THE ERIC JACOBSON QUINTET PLAYING THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER. SOPHISTICATED HIPPY, CHICAGO 2021
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Eric Jacobson Detail
The Walking Bass Line 2
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PEN AND INK 12” X 12”
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Winter’s Jazz Club Live Sketch 2
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The Kids Band - Fort Lauderdale - The Culture Room
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The Kids Band Live Sketch 1
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The Kids Band Drummer
Josh Diaz - Guitar
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Moog Man
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A BluesThe Kids Band Live Sketch 2
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CULTURE ROOM FORT LAUDERDALE The Kids Band 2
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A BluesThe Kids Band 3
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Music Maker
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Modern Jesus
Modern Jesus
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Crusader Drummer
Flower Pot Keyboardist
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Sax Umbilicle Chord Live Sketch
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Crazy Fingers Keyboards Live Sketch 1
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Crazy Fingers Live Sketch
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Jason and Charly Live Sketch
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The Rythem Band Live Sketch
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Sax Player
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