Another Nail in My Heart 8"x20"

"Another Nail in My Heart" oil on panel 8"x20"
Galkyd medium mixed with burnt umber paint applied with a rag.
Drawing done with burnt umber paint and a sable brush. I wiped out the lights with a rag and some paint thinner.
Galkyd and thin washy layer of main colors and values. Then I let it tack up or dry just a bit. Galkyd medium speeds the drying and makes a nice stable underpainting.
Thicker layers of paint and then working out subtle stuff with some sable brushes.
The finished painting.
PURCHASE

The Hustle 11"x14" oil on masonite panel

DO THE HUSTLE!

Did the 1970's really happen? Were the styles distinct and interesting? Leisure suits and Cadillacs were the rage. So it goes. . .
You like? You can but it on ETSY for $140.00
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49588115/the-hustle-1970s-car-scene-11x14-on

SNIKT! Painting of Wolverine from a full page comic.

This is a page from "Wolverine" comics that I did a painting of in oil. I'm including the actual page that it was painted from. I'm just indulging my inner child wanting to not so secretly be a comic book artist. This is oil on Masonite panel and the size (20"x16")


You want it? Buy it on Etsy:
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"Showgirl," oil on masonite 10"x8"

Another step by step.
By it on etsy at:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49198615/showgirl-oil-on-masonite-10x8

"The Curious One," oil on linen 9"x12"

"The Curious One," oil on linen 9"x12"
It's meant to be a conversation piece, a sort of Rorschach test in which you make up a story about what is happening in the picture.
You can buy it on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/48978456/the-curious-one-oil-on-linen-9x12

Something Wicked This Way Comes, oil on birch panel 11.75"x24"

This painting is inspired by the Ray Bradbury story "Something Wicked This Way Comes," but also a bit by the show "Carnivale."

You can buy it on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/48978257/something-wicked-this-way-comes-oil-on

Aftermath, oil on linen 9"x12"

Here's a step by step of a painting I did today. I've already posted it for sale on Etsy for $130. Please visit my page:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/kmencher




Here's the underdrawing. I did with a 30% grey marker. Next, I coated the canvas with burnt umber.

Next I wiped out the light areas with a q-tip and a rag.Next I rested the darks with more burnt umber mixed with a touch of lamp black.

The rest of the painting was done with a palette of cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, and white.

I put some drawings up on Etsy. Check em out.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/kmencher

Dave Atonement, charcoal pencil on paper 12"x9" $40

Sandy Beach, charcoal pencil on paper 12"x9" $40

Chastity Beldt, charcoal pencil on paper 12"x9" $40

Ivan Biggun, charcoal pencil on paper 12"x9" $40

A Couple Versions of a recent Book Cover Illustration

New Bookcover painting in the planning stages.

I'm working on another bookcover. It's called distortion and the main character is a Conan type of character. He even looks like a modern Conan. Here's one of the sketches. The other two are on my blog.

Win a drawing by titleing a painting

Provide a title for this painting
and you can win this drawing.
Email me at kmencher@ohlone.edu
or go to this page on my site:

http://www.kenney-mencher.com/catalog/competition2.htm

Here are some of the titles so far!
Arleen Delilah Simbe, Crow's Feet
Michael Spackman, Time flies!
Cara Mendelsohn, Birdville or Flying High
Ryan Sukenik, Farmer's Nightmare
Todd Heapy, Caw of the Wild
Todd Heapy, "Damn, I just washed my truck."
Brian Newlin, Contemplating the Murder.
Anthony Faber, Where's Tippi?
Dana Davis, Now, what do they want?
Dana Davis, Vincent's gun?
Dana Davis, I love this. Same reason I have cats.
Michael Aschner

1. Retracing His Steps
2. An Overcrowded Mind
3. The Precise Moment He Snapped
4. Murder Whispers to Pedro The Indecisive Groundskeeper
5. Yet Again Alfred Forgets Where He Put His Keys... See More
6. His Muddy Footfalls Sound Like Murmuring Crow Wings
7. They Chuckle at His Expense
8. Retired and Bankrupt Philosophy Professor Buford J. Munson
Wonders What Nihilism Ever Did For Him
9. Munson Ponders if Losing the 'Stache Would Shave Off the
Years
10. Crows Counting Man Can't Subtract

Robert Mendelsohn, Flight of the Valkeries
Robert Mendelsohn, The Old Aviator

New Book Cover

I just finished a commision for a bookcover. It's called "21 Tales by a Modern Master of Noir" Dave Zeltserman

Another page!

Another page in the novel

My comic book. Another page.

I am very interested in what Will Eisner called "sequential art" and I've been doing extensive studies of the genre by reading Scott McCloud's books on the subject as well as reading graphic novels such as "Blankets" by by Craig Thompson.

I guess I'm starting to give in to my belief that illustration art is actually in some ways a higher art than so called "fine art." I think at times, I kept away from doing illustration because I was a fraid I didn't have enough skill. Now I've even done a couple of book covers!

The last couple of pages on my blog are studies and some finished works for a graphic novel/comic book that I am working on with author/screenwriter Paul Foley. These images are not in the correct order.

Come by my website
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/
to see my latest stuff. I'm also working on some tutorials for my students in life drawing classes. Let me know if you want a direct link to the PDF.

Another page in my graphic novel.

Another page in my comic book.

Another page for my project.

Another Brick in the Blog

Another page in the "novel."

Another couple of pages

I've started work on a graphic novel with writer Paul Foley

I'll be posting some of the drawings that I'm working on from time to time for our project!

I'm in a show in SF in January

ArtHaus San Francisco
2010: Resurgence
Select works in various media
by Gallery Artists
Andrea Arroyo, Greg Drasler, Marc Lambrechts, Serena Bocchino, Maxine Solomon, Astrid,
Chris Schiavo, Adam Kurtzman, Carol Massa, Carolyn Meyer, Joanne Landis, Deborah Brown,
Suzanne Benton, Kenney Mencher, Brian Blood, Jan Blythe, Ricardo Carbajal Moss, Jess Johnston

January 8 – March 27, 2010
Opening Reception
Friday evening, January 8th
from 6-9 pm

ArtHaus
411 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
TEL [415] 977 0223
FAX [415] 977 0224
WEB arthaus-sf.com
EMAIL james@arthaus-sf.com
annette@arthaus-sf.com
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesday–Friday,
11am–6pm
Saturday,
noon-5pm

Still another small oil sketch for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts in December.

Another painting for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts

A new painting of my nephew Shawn and his mom Amanda

Another painting for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts in Sacramento

Cake, 9"x12" oil on linen

Warm Evening 9"x12"

I'm starting to make some small oil sketch paintings for a show I'll be in at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento. The show is called "Small Gems."

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